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Kodjo Adams / Desmond O. Nyarko, RNG
Accra, March 20, GNA –
Professor Henry Kwasi Prempeh, Executive Director of the Center for Democracy
Development, said the growing standardization and acceptance of the 'protocol' list
in the system is part of the corruption, affecting the chain of development in
the country.
"The protocol has become a
little backdoor to the rule of law and begins to emerge
growing in society, where the allocation of scarce public resources, whether
contracts or contracts without regard to transparent, competitive and
democratic processes, "he said.
Prof Prempeh said this
Tuesday at a stakeholder forum on the theme: "Civil society and combating
Against corruption: lessons learned and good practices ", in Accra.
The event was
organized by Star Ghana Foundation in collaboration with Accountability, Rule
law and anti-corruption program, strengthen action against corruption,
Ghana and the European Union.
He said despite the
strengthening of the powers of the Auditor General's department, the creation of the
Prosecutor's office and other anti-corruption institutions, there was still more
efforts to be made in the fight against corrupt practices.
The teacher noted
that the country had been engulfed in corrupt activities in most institutions and
organizations, stressing the need for all hands to be on the bridge for
attack the threat and pave the way for other development projects.
Touch the
Teacher. Prempeh said that his country's growing successes in the fight against corruption
collaboration between civil society organizations (CSOs) has contributed
immensely to the fight against corruption.
"The outcome of
corruption has become a national agenda and a campaign issue for politicians, a
the situation that led to the establishment of the Office of the Secretary-General
Prosecutor to fight against corruption, "he added.
He said the practice
Investigative journalisms have also contributed to the fight against
corruption, where individuals caught in corrupt practices were arrested,
through trials and imprisoned to deter others.
On the lessons to be
Professor Prempeh urged civil society to go beyond dialogue
mutually, to a more systematic process by devising innovative ways of generating
public opinion and ensure public participation in the fight against corruption.
He called for regular
collaboration with civil society organizations and the media and make effective and strategic use of
social media to strengthen the advocacy campaign in the fight against
Corruption.
He urged CSOs to
expand anti-corruption work and deepen the education campaign to create
public awareness of their programs for trust and public participation.
Professor Prempeh
encouraged all and various help in the fight against given discretionary powers
to the authorities, which has somehow contributed to the abuse of power, leading to
corrupt practices, calling for strict enforcement of the country's law without
fear or favor.
Dr. Esther
Ofei-Aboagye, chairman of the board of directors of Star Foundation Ghana, said that
In October 2017, the Foundation launched a call to fight against corruption to improve the
the effectiveness of citizens' actions against corruption through the provision of
grants and technical support and brokerage of relationships between stakeholders.
She said the program
was to identify possible strategies and actions to improve the
collaboration among stakeholders for sustainable actions against corruption.
Some
Participants said that corruption started with the state of mind and that the country
must change the mentality and behavior to fight corruption because
there were more than 20 related anti-corruption policies.
They called for
need to educate the public that corruption was a big threat to sustainable development
development, and the need for reorientation of values to change perceptions
on the position of the people and the wealth to which it must correspond.
"The public has come
to support the idea that, if you are a public figure, you have to live in a
a rich lifestyle, regardless of the person's ability to afford it
luxury life or not, "they added.
Mr Anthony K. Ameka,
a representative of the Ghana Chamber of Pharmacy, strategic partners of
The Ant-Corruption organization said his team had created the pharmaceutical group
The supply chain that sought to advance the national procurement review
pharmaceutical products, the registration of the re-registration of products with the
and drugs.
He mentioned the lack of
information, where some pharmaceutical companies are unwilling to disclose
information relevant to their investigation and the low participation of parliament in their work.
activities as some of the challenges militant their operations.
GNA
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