Speaking at the launch, the Chairperson of the NCCE, Josephine Nkrumah, said the report has the necessary information to promote best practices and prevent environmental degradation.

“The research we have here in the report, provides a baseline data for public education anti-corruption, enhance accountability in public institutions, and improved environmental management under an EU funded program known as the anti-corruption, rule of law and public accountability programme,” she said

The research report is expected to support key institutions to increase the ability of citizens and civil society organizations to hold government and duty bearers accountable.

The NCCE used 8,672 respondents in the 216 districts in the country as a baseline for the report.

A former commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, Justice Emile Short, highlighted some of the effects corruption has on the country, and how it affects development in critical sectors of the economy.

“I think this is very important in our advocacy, for people to understand the cost of corruption, what it is doing to as a nation, what it is depriving us from; good roads, electricity, monies that can be used to provide decent toilet facilities for the 80% of people who have been reported to not have decent toilet facilities,” he said.

He further said that emphasis should be placed on advocacy of the impact of corruption. This he says will help in fighting the menace every Ghanaian.

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By: Farida Yusif/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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Mr Samuel Harrison-Cudjo, a Research Officer at the GACC, said the training was part of efforts by the organisations to disseminate and educate citizens on the CDD-Ghana’s “I Am Aware” Project, at the district level.

The new LANets Officials are from the Karaga, Sagnarigu, Gushegu, Nkoranza South, Kadjebi and Ada East Districts,

They would be trained be able to use up-to-date information and evidence-based data on the state of public service delivery in the country.

They would specifically cover data related to the state of infrastructure and its provision, resource allocation, and service delivery outcomes in the provision of basic education, health, water, sanitation, security, roads and agriculture to demand for accountability from duty-bearers.

Mr Mohammed Awal, a Research and Programme Officer at the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development, at the opening of the training programme, on Wednesday, said the LANets comprised Civil Society Organisations, Community-Based Organisations and other organised interest groups in the District.

These, he said, also included Women’s groups, Persons with Disability groups, Religious groups, youth groups, opinion and Traditional leaders, artisans’ associations and market women Associations.

He explained that the LANet concept sought to enhance the capacity of civil society actors at the local level for effective engagement and collaboration between civil society and Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to promote citizens’ participation in governance.

Mr Awal said the “I Am Aware” was the CDD-Ghana’s flagship project, on accountability and transparency.

It is a non-partisan citizen empowerment campaign, while the LANets exist in 33 districts in seven regions comprising the Northern, Western, Central, Brong-Ahafo, Volta, Ashanti and Greater Accra Regions.

He said the project collected, analysed, archived, and disseminated user-friendly socio-economic data on the state of public good and public service delivery in 216 districts, located in all the 10 regions of the country.

The aim, he said, was to empower citizens, particularly, the poor and vulnerable, to improve their awareness and engagement with duty-bearers in order to make them more accountable and responsive.

He explained that the data was in formats that were easily accessible to citizens.

It also tracked commitments and promises made by public officials and duty bearers to improve public service delivery and disseminated the progress made twice a year during the project period.

The GACC is a cross-sectoral grouping of public, private and civil society organisations with the sole aim of building a national effort to confront the problem of corruption and advance effective control measures.

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Source: GNA

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