The former Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Emile Short has expressed concerns about the increasing number of massive corruption cases being uncovered and said the situation has reached “frightening proportions.”
“The lack of accountability, the mind set of people going into public office and also the fact that there is no sensitisation or awareness creation about the evils of corruption and the cost of corruption.”
[contextly_sidebar id=”bIOhKq82ASXq98FxosPvkgT5D7Gqiy5F”]Speaking on Accra-based radio station Joy, the former Commissioner said the menace will continue until government devises effective measures to deal with it.
“I think if we begin to demonstrate to the public that the resources that we are losing can be used to provide social services such as hospitals, educational services.If we do some analysis of these, people will begin to appreciate the cost and the evils of corruption.”
The Head of the Human Security Department of the National Security Secretariat, Brigadier-General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah (rtd) recently expressed concern about the never-ending corruption cases in Ghana, saying the situation had reached an epidemic levels.
The Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood, last Wednesday also decried the level of corruption and the pervasive abuse of state resources by individuals and institutions entrusted with public funds.
The situation, she said, has created serious doubts in the minds of Ghanaians whether any public official or institution could stand up to scrutiny.
“Our country is caught in an unending spiral of decadence. Every day we read and hear of unspeakable corruption and abuse of the public purse by individuals and institutions entrusted with public funds. The situation has reached tipping point and our citizens genuinely wonder if any public official or institution can stand up to scrutiny,” she bemoaned.
President Mahama has directed the Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Woode to investigate the Commissioner for the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Lauretta Lamptey.
The CHRAJ Boss has come under widespread criticism for her decision to spend about $180,000 on rent alone within a space of three years.
The acting Director of the National Service Secretariat and 26 others are being investigated by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) for paying over 7 million ghana cedis to non-existent NSS personnel.
By: Marian Efe Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana