Auditor General says it's impossible to eliminate corruption in Ghana

General News on Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Source: yen.com.gh

2019-02-13

The Auditor General, Daniel Domelevo, said that it was almost impossible for Ghana to completely eliminate corruption.

According to him, the chancre can not be completely eradicated, but can be managed or reduced.

He said corruption permeates every fiber of Ghanaian society and makes it very difficult to fight.

Speaking at a public meeting on Tuesday by Citi FM and the Media Foundation for West Africa, Domelovo said "it can never happen" that corruption is completely eradicated in the country. "Under the guiding principles of state policy set out in our constitution, the state is required to eradicate corruption and abuse of power.

I did a little exercise to check the meaning of the eradication of corruption and I completely eliminated it. I said that in Ghana, this could never happen, "he said.

"Some said to completely destroy, I said the same thing, it can never happen. I continued and saw it reduced, and I said maybe that's what the constitution meant. With respect to the reduction, we may not be able to do it. "

He added that to fight corruption, it was necessary to identify what constitutes canker, as well as to raise public awareness of these issues.

"I think if you want to eliminate or reduce corruption significantly, you have to do a number of things, including education. I think we need to clearly identify what constitutes corruption, "said the Auditor General.

He advocated that the country's laws be amended to allow individuals to prosecute corruption-related cases.

He added that corruption affects society as a whole and that, therefore, individuals must be able to hire people involved in the chancre.

"I seriously think that we must privatize or commercialize the prosecution for corruption," Domelovo said.

"It is an offense that affects us all and we should all have the right to sue corrupt practices. This will help control corruption because if I aim to sue you, you will also aim to sue me. So we will control ourselves.