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General News on Friday, June 14, 2019
Source: citinewsroom.com
2019-06-14
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Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia said Friday that the government is putting in place effective administrative systems and strengthening anti-corruption institutions in the fight against corruption in the country.
Given this, he said, 21 people were facing a trial for embezzlement of public funds and were badured of the government's commitment to support such prosecutions, whatever their political affiliation.
The law must follow its course on misappropriation of public funds, he said, and called for effective collaboration between anti-corruption institutions, such as the Office for Combating Organized and Economic Crime, Financial Intelligence Unit, Criminal Investigation Service of the Police Service and Civil Society. and Ghanaians to provide relevant information and clues to protect public finances.
He badured that the government would continue to strengthen public institutions by providing adequate resources and improving administrative systems to deter people from engaging in corrupt practices.
Vice President Bawumia said this at the first public conference organized by Occupy Ghana and Audit Service to commemorate the Supreme Court's historic judgment in a case opposing Occupy Ghana's Attorney General.
The Supreme Court decision of June 14, 2017, forced the Auditor General to ban and increase public officials for misappropriation of public funds.
The historic decision allowed the Auditor General to reject the payment of 5.4 billion GHc, presented as claims by ministries, departments and agencies, while some officials were overtaxed for various financial offenses.
"From surtax to safeguarding: next steps in the fight for the protection of public funds" was the theme of the conference, which attracted representatives of civil society organizations, academia, civil servants, decision makers and the public.
Vice-President Bawumia said the landmark decision laid a solid foundation for fighting corruption and increasing transparency and accountability, adding that the Auditor General's failure to comply with the law would be detrimental to the well-being of the community. economy of the nation.
He noted that over the years, various regimes had put in place various interventions to fight corruption, including flogging of offenders and verification of citizenship, while others were imprisoned or murdered.
However, he stated that these procedures did not adequately treat the chancre and that as soon as he took office, Akufo-Addo's administration supported corruption in the fight against technological corruption.
He said the government had engaged in public sector reforms and had put in place a digital infrastructure to improve the ease of doing business and access to public services, including the introduction of e-business registration to the Registrar General's Department, from the intelligent driving license to the driving authority and licensing. , e-port system, online justice system, national digital property address system, mobile interoperability system, online land register registration and national identification system.
By the end of the month, he said, the government would put in place a "No Right, No Exit" plan in ports, to prevent containers from being lost or stolen, while the "first port rule" would allow the taxes of Mali and Burkina Faso. officials responsible for installing wickets in the country's port to collect the rights had reached an advanced stage of implementation.
Vice President Bawumia was convinced that this "flexible infrastructure" would help integrate all public data into a central database, reduce the human interface in accessing public services, and combat theft and voluntary spending. .
Moreover, the government was standardizing designs for roads, hospitals and public schools, which would put an end to the variation in ratings of these facilities and ensure good value for money.
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