The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi says the government’s set up anti-corruption institutions are merely a façade.
According to him, the government is not interested in anti-corruption but in ‘Public Relations (PR) gimmicks.’
His comment comes after the 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index showed that Ghana still ranked 70th out of 180 countries and territories, marking the fourth time the country has been stagnant in its anti-corruption fight.
Speaking in an interview with Citi News in Accra on Thursday, Mr. Gyamfi argued that the government’s failure to resource and strengthen anti-corruption institutions was to blame for the ranking.
“If they are strengthening anti-corruption agencies, how come that we are performing poorly on the CPI? This is their terminal report, it is not about what they say they have done. It is what the results show.”
“If they claim they are fighting corruption, strengthening state institutions, how come that John Dramani Mahama’s worst performance [On Corruption Perception Index] is their best? How come they have not been able to score higher than the 43% they inherited? How come they have not been able to match the record of John Mahama? The score of 48. …The reason is simple. They have not strengthened any corrupt institution, neither are they interested in fighting corruption. They are interested in PR gimmicks,” he pointed out.
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