Tag: corruption.

Corruption Very Endemic Along Aflao Border – Security Experts

A Security Expert in Aflao, Daniel Akpalu has bemoaned the security situations at the Aflao border which he described as “very porous.” According to him, there are many instances where people especially travelers complained that law enforcement official at the border extorted money from them making corruption very endemic along […]

GII Report: Ashanti Region Tops In Corruption In Health & Education Sectors

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) Consortium has revealed in its new Report that corruption continues to be felt greatly in the health and education sectors of the country and that Ashanti Region is tops as the corrupt Region in the education and health sectors. The Report, “Cost and Impact of […]

Blockchain Technology – A Potential Catalyst To Prevent Corruption, Says Chinedu Echeruo

Mr. Samuel Koranteng, Acting Corporate Services Executive of MTN Ghana

The guest speaker at MTN Business World Breakfast Meeting Mr. Echeruo has cited blockchain technology as a potential catalyst in the fight against corruption in African countries. This revealing statement was made at the 22nd MTN Business World Executive Breakfast Meeting held in Accra. According to him, the nature and […]

CDD Urges Gov’t To Take Concrete Action On Growing List Of Corruption Cases

The Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has called on the government to seize the current pro-anticorruption political moment to take decisive and concrete action on the growing list corruption cases in the country. On the occasion of this year’s International Anti-Corruption Day, which is being commemorated under the theme, […]

JJ Rawlings Says Gov’t Alone Can’t Fight Corruption

Rawlings and Akufo-Addo

Former President Jerry John Rawlings says until Ghanaians see it as a duty and responsibility to assist in confronting the fight against corruption, government would have a hard time doing it alone. He said the corruption he faced when he first came to power in 1979 was not as bad […]

A Large Government Means Large Corruption – Martey

Reverend Professor Emmanuel Martey,

The immediate past Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Reverend Professor Emmanuel Martey, has accused government appointees of showing signs of corruption. “A large government means large corruption. So we should have a constitutional direction. NPP and corruption, I said clearly that what has been proven, the NPP appointees […]