[ 2016-05-26 ]

Disregard for implementation of our laws fuelling corruption - GII executive

The Executive Director of the Ghana Integrity
Initiative [GII], Linda Ofori Kwarfo, says the
wanton disregard for the implementation of
policies and legislations on corruption is to be
blamed for the rising cases of the canker in the
country.


She observed that enforcement of legislations on
corruption in the country has been very poor,
resulting in a lot of corrupt practices.

"Ghana is a country where policies, legislations,
and due processes have been clearly laid down as
to what we should do in order to prevent such
happenings but unfortunately, Ghana is also a
place where not much is done when it comes to the
enforcement and implementation of laid down
procedures, policies, legislations that will help
us minimize corruption, abuse of power and any
form of wrongdoing or inpropriety,” she said.

Speaking on 3FM about the Auditor General's report
which revealed that the State lost GHC4 million on
the Achimota - Ofankor road project, she wondered
why the issues of misappropriation among other
financial malpractices keep recurring on yearly
basis.

Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho
criticised the Committee on Roads for its failure
to properly scrutinise the project, resulting in a
loss of revenue to the State

“Year in year out when we take a critical look
at the Auditor General’s report ... the issues
that are coming up are not new and I am sure if
you actually take time to go through the past
ones, you will see similar things.The most
important thing is beyond the speaker'
displeasure. What else are we suppose to do as a
nation?” she asked.

Ms Kwarfo has thus urged Ghanaians to demand
accountability from the government on
corruption-related issues, noting that could be
one of the ways help reduce the canker in the
country.

“It’s about time Ghanaians demand more
accountability from government," she said, adding
that Ghanaians can have that opportunity of window
when during election year "to teach our leaders
that if they do not do what the law they have
passed mandates them to do, then we the citizens
will either go to court and follow that long
processes to get them to do their work or then we
vote them out of power.”

Source - tv3network.com|

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