Ghana Needs Specialised Anti-Graft Court – Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition1 min read

The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) is advocating for the establishment of a specialised anti-corruption court to promote the fight against corruption.

This is part of recommendations contained in the GACC’s 2023 Corruption Report released on Friday ahead of the International Anti-Corruption Day on 9 December.

According to the report, the perception of Ghanaians about corruption in the country grew from 37% in 2002 to 94% in 2022.

The anti-graft coalition fears corruption is becoming a normal practise in Ghana despite various efforts to curb the menace.

This normalisation, GACC says poses threats to the country’s development aspirations to transform, advance inclusive development and as well move this country to ‘a Ghana Beyond Aid’ which will translate to an economically independent, confident, peaceful and prosperous nation.

Speaking at a media briefing in Accra on Friday (8 December), the executive secretary of GACC, Beauty Emefa Narteh called on various stakeholders to step up effort to avert normalisation of corruption in Ghana.

“This corruption report is not a primary research, but it is just to draw our attention to the fact that the data around corruption is drawing us to the point of normalisation,” she said.

“And once we normalise corruption it means we have gotten to a stage where the country may loose a lot in terms of enriching the corrupt at the expense of the less privilege and the less advantage.”

“Corruption affects everyone, we want to encourage everybody even as we celebrate International anti-corruption day, we should all take a step to say that, I commit to the fight against corruption by rejecting corruption and also by committing to be a change agent wherever we find ourselves,” Narteh added.