Private Legal practitioner, Ace Ankomah has said that Ghana needs a Bribery and Corruption Act, and is recommending that all the anti-corruption legislations which are scattered in the nation\u2019s statutory books must be put together into one Act.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the main problems has been that these laws are scattered\u2026It is time to have a Bribery and Corruption Act. We must pull all of these into one piece of legislation and then everybody knows where it is,\u201d he advised.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”Z35M7YE8EYEiDwtkYGjevrAfcYgOS7rc”]According to the former law lecturer, the country does not need any new laws to fight corruption because there are existing laws when applied to the letter, can rid the nation of corruption.<\/p>\n
The issue of corruption has become topical in recent years following some major scandals which rocked the nation.<\/p>\n
The Mahama-led government has come under fire for its seeming indifference<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/a>to numerous calls from citizens for persons indicted in such corruption cases to be prosecuted.<\/p>\n But the President, John Mahama has called on Ghanaians to help his government<\/strong><\/span><\/a> tackle the social canker.<\/p>\n Former boss of the GYEEDA Abuga Pele and another, Philip Asibit are standing trial in the infamous corruption scandal at the Authority.<\/p>\n Speaking on Citi FM\u2019<\/strong>s news analysis programme, The Big Issue,<\/strong> Ace Ankomah disclosed that Ghana has one of the most advanced anti-corruption legislation in the world.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have some of the most advanced anti-corruption legislation on planet earth passed in 1977 and 1979 which have remained black letters on our dusty statute books that nobody refers to and nobody applies and that is what I call the joke,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n He explained that although the laws exist, \u201cit is time to harmonize these things and into one uniform anti corruption legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr. Ankomah was however pessimistic that with the posturing of some government officials, his advised will be not heeded to.<\/p>\n \u201cLooking at some of the attitudes of some of the government people, I don\u2019t think they are ready to listen\u2026\u201d he said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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