{"id":326209,"date":"2017-06-07T14:30:13","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T14:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=326209"},"modified":"2017-06-07T14:30:13","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T14:30:13","slug":"state-agencies-could-be-compromised-by-questionable-donations-gii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/state-agencies-could-be-compromised-by-questionable-donations-gii\/","title":{"rendered":"State agencies could be compromised by ‘questionable’ donations – GII"},"content":{"rendered":"

Critical state agencies open themselves up to the slippery slope of conflict of interest by accepting donations from questionable sources; according to the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII).<\/p>\n

The organisation’s Executive Director, Linda Ofori Kwafo, made this point as she questioned the rationale behind a donation to the Attorney General\u2019s office by the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”C1pnRbEqZbSApPIETXXSfudrC1Paj0iS”]\u201cWe are not saying we don\u2019t trust the institution to act with integrity; but if we don\u2019t take care, a public officer might be found wanting when it comes to conflict of interest and when it comes to performing a public duty,\u201d she said in a Citi News<\/strong> interview.<\/p>\n

The Chinese Ambassador to Ghana on Tuesday presented a GHc 10,000 cheque and some office equipment to the Attorney General\u2019s office to support the organisation of a stakeholders\u2019 consultative workshop, on the Office of the Special Prosecutor Bill, 2017.<\/p>\n

A similar donation<\/a><\/strong><\/span> was made to the police service by the Ghana Association of Chinese Societies, raising concerns and suspicions from the public that Mrs. Kwafo said were valid.<\/p>\n

These donations,\u00a0notably, come at a time where some Chinese nationals have gained notoriety for involvement\u00a0in illegal mining activities, with a significant number of them currently grappling with cases in the court of law.<\/p>\n

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Aisha Huang has been nicknamed the galamsey queen for allegedly anchoring illegal mining activities in the Ashanti Region<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mrs. Kwafo noted that, the law enforcement is \u201ccurrently dealing with matters that concern Chinese engaging in illegal mining, so if the very institutions that are mandated under our law to deal with these matters are accepting gifts at this time, then it raises concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n

She further questioned the motives of the Chinese, and \u201cwhy it is not donating to other institutions. These are questions that are worth asking, so if some responses can be given to us, that will be fine… For our state institutions, I am sure many other Ghanaians are concerned that we are taking such gifts at this particular moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/Farida Shaibu\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Critical state agencies open themselves up to the slippery slope of conflict of interest by accepting donations from questionable sources; according to the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII). The organisation’s Executive Director, Linda Ofori Kwafo, made this point as she questioned the rationale behind a donation to the Attorney General\u2019s office by the Chinese Ambassador to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,11],"tags":[15,7930,150,3],"yoast_head":"\nState agencies could be compromised by 'questionable' donations - GII - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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