Anti-corruption campaigner, Vitus Adaboo Azeem, has urged stronger commitment in the fight against corruption, calling on both institutions and the media to step up their efforts.
Speaking at the National Forum on Media and the Fight Against Corruption in Accra on Thursday, March 26, Mr. Azeem emphasized that organisations leading the anti-corruption agenda must do more to achieve tangible outcomes.
The former Executive Director of the Ghana Integrity Initiative highlighted the critical role of the media in promoting accountability, stressing that journalists must be intentional in how they engage public institutions to avoid legitimising unproductive activities.
“Institutions like the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition, Transparency International Ghana and others must intensify their fight against corruption.
“Journalists should be able to boycott press conferences that are frivolous and a waste of time. If MPs abandon Parliament and go and sit at EOCO, the media should not appear there at all. If after an hour the media don’t show up, they will leave,” he stated.
His remarks come at a time of growing concern over the effectiveness of anti-corruption measures in the country, with increasing calls for closer collaboration between state institutions and the media to confront the challenge more decisively.
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