{"id":94448,"date":"2015-02-26T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T06:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=94448"},"modified":"2015-02-25T20:05:57","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T20:05:57","slug":"ghanaians-wont-be-surprised-by-iea-survey-npp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=94448","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaians won\u2019t be surprised by IEA survey \u2013 NPP"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said many Ghanaians will not be surprised by the Institute of Economic Affairs\u2019(IEA) survey that ranked the Office of the President as the second most corrupt institution<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>in country.<\/p>\n

The Socio Economic and Governance survey which was conducted in all the ten regions of Ghana also ranked the Police Service as the most corrupt institution while tax officials and Members of Parliament were ranked as third and fourth most corrupt officials respectively.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Eyewitness News<\/strong>, the Director of Communications for the NPP, Nana Akomea said many Ghanaians \u201cwill not be surprised[by the survey] because there is a very big perception out there that corruption starts from the head.\u201d<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”jzR4CgAWpnivFCSu4iZDxtryg2xUw3Bp”]Nana Akomea said though the perception held by Ghanaians about corruption may not be the \u201creality, it has to be to dealt with\u201d since it is present.<\/p>\n

Refering to some corrupt deals under the Mahama- led administration,Nana Akomea noted that about 20 million dollars given to the Savannah Accelerated Development Agency(SADA) for afforestation was wasted, adding that no one was asked to account for that the huge amount of money.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe very same company that is engaged in this tree planting exercise is given another contract to go and produce guinea fowls. The company has no track record in producing fowls and as we speak we haven\u2019t seen anything out of this,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n

Provide evidence\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a related development, government has challenged the IEA to provide evidence to back claims that the Office of the President is the second most corrupt institution in Ghana.<\/p>\n

A press statement signed by the Minister for Communications, Dr. Omane Boamh further rejected the claims saying the timing of the purported survey<\/strong> j<\/span><\/a>ust a day before the\u00a0President presents the State of the Nation Address cannot be lost on the objective-minded\u00a0members of the public.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernment strenuously rejects any such suggestion that the Office is corrupt, let alone being the second\u00a0most corrupt institution in Ghana,” the Minister said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe practice where groups or organisations purport to conduct polls and through a visceral approach publish their outcomes in a manner that seeks to create the\u00a0impression of corruption does little to advance the fight against corruption,\u201d Omane Boamah added.<\/p>\n

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By:Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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