Ghanaians have rated the Police Service, the most corrupt public institution again, in the latest Afrobarometer report released on Tuesday by the Center for Democratic Development (CDD).
According to the report, 89% of Ghanaians rated the Police top in the corruption perception index.
[contextly_sidebar id=”6l8hz0ITc7KB8aLDEXuFmJqL5D6V5E0x”]In 2011, a survey released by the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) also identified the Police institution as the one perceived by many to be the most corrupt institution with a score of 4.6 out of 5.0.
On the issue of trust, the Afrobarometer report revealed that Ghanaians trust the military more than politicians in the country.
Over 80% of Ghanaians also perceive public officials as corrupt.
Mr Daniel Armah-Attoh, the Afrobarometer Project Manager for Anglophone Africa said “most Ghanaians have little or no trust in public institutions such as the tax department, local government bodies, police, parliament, ruling party, electoral commission, president, courts of law and the opposition part.”
“The only public institution that is trusted a lot alongside religious and traditional leaders is the military,” he said.
The report further indicated that about 45% of Ghanaians do not trust the opposition parties and perceive them to be corrupt too.
Governemnt’s performance in fighting corruption
- Over time, the percentages of Ghanaians who think government has performed “very badly” or “fairly badly” in fighting corruption increased by 43% between 2002 to 2014 and 17% between 2012 to 2014.
- On the flip side, in the same periods, the percentages who believe government has performed “very well” or “fairly well” in fighting corruption declined by 38% and 18% respectively.
The report sampled views of 2,400 Ghanaians in the ten regions of the country between May to June 2014.
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By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh/citifmonline.com/Ghana