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Company News of Saturday, July 27, 2019
Source: Ghananewsagency.org
2019-07-27
Contestants with the teachers
Samuel Zan Akologo, Executive Secretary of Caritas Ghana, said that although there was no excuse for corruption, a sustainable retirement system was however essential to mitigate corruption in Ghana.
He noted that if public office holders were badured of a dignified retirement plan, this would greatly help reduce their desire to engage in corrupt practices.
Mr. Akologo told Wa at the first anti-corruption contest between the Sing M / A Primary and Fielmuo TI Ahmadiyyah Elementary School Integrity Clubs of the Wa Municipality and Sissala West District. the Upper West region.
The Executive Director of Caritas Ghana also stressed the need not to alter pension contributions, which resulted in delays in the processing of applications, which often leads to the misery of some retirees.
He added that the lack of filiation jobs was also a contributing factor to the chancre of corruption and called on the government and private employers to create decent jobs for citizens, adding that this would allow people to maintain their integrity and avoid corruption in the best of society.
Mr. Akologo pointed out that the threat of corruption called for a multi-stakeholder approach of collaboration including faith-based organizations, hence the basis for the creation of the Interfaith Alliance known as the Forum for Action for the Advocacy. inclusion, transparency and harmony (FAITH).
The members of the Faith include the Office of the National Imam Chief (ONCI); Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches of Ghana (GPCC); Conference of Catholic Bishops of Ghana (GCBC); Marshallan Relief and Development Services (MAREDES); Federation of Muslim Women's Associations of Ghana (FOMWAG) and Caritas Ghana.
In its effort to help reduce corruption in Ghana, FAITH has launched a project called "Interfaith Hearts, Attitudes and Minds to End Corruption in Ghana" or "I-SHAME Corruption in Ghana".
The project is funded by the STAR-Ghana Foundation with the partnership of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in implementation.
Ms. Patience Sally Kuma, Regional Director of NCCE for the Upper West, said that the project "I-SHAME Corruption in Ghana" aimed to address the attitudes and attitudes that tended to perpetrate acts of corruption in society.
She said that the project's goal has long been to create a new generation of Ghanaians "with zero tolerance for corruption through civic education" by creating Integrity clubs in elementary schools in ten regions of the world. Ghana and reorienting students towards understanding the dangers of corruption. society.
These clubs are trained in the anti-corruption training manual, and quarterly contests such as quizzes, debates and essays are organized to test club members' understanding of corruption and their interest in the project.
Fiemuo T.I. Ahmadiyyah Primary School won the contest with 44 points in three sets to beat Sing M / A Primary, who scored 35 points.
Fielmuo T. I. Ahmadiyyah received three boxes of pens, a pack of exercise books, a dictionary of advanced learners and a cash amount of 150.00 GHC.
Sing M / A Primary also won a box of pens, a pack of exercise books, a dictionary of advanced learners and a cash amount of 150.00 GHC.
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