{"id":70595,"date":"2014-12-02T14:35:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T14:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=70595"},"modified":"2014-12-02T16:07:01","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T16:07:01","slug":"ghanaians-trust-military-politicians-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/ghanaians-trust-military-politicians-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Police rated the most corrupt public institution again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ghanaians have rated the Police Service, the most corrupt public institution again, in the latest Afrobarometer report released on Tuesday by the \u00a0Center for Democratic Development (CDD).<\/p>\n

According to the report, 89% of Ghanaians rated the Police top in the corruption perception index.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”6l8hz0ITc7KB8aLDEXuFmJqL5D6V5E0x”]In 2011, a survey released by the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) also identified the Police institution as the one perceived by many to be the most corrupt institution with a score of 4.6 out of 5.0.<\/p>\n

On the issue of trust, the Afrobarometer report revealed that Ghanaians trust the military more than politicians in the country.<\/p>\n

Over 80% of Ghanaians also perceive public officials as corrupt.<\/p>\n

Mr Daniel Armah-Attoh, the Afrobarometer Project Manager for Anglophone Africa said \u201cmost Ghanaians have little or no trust in public institutions such as the tax department,\u00a0 local government bodies, police, parliament, ruling party, electoral commission, president, courts of law and the opposition part.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe only public institution that is trusted a lot alongside religious and traditional leaders is the military,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The report further indicated that about 45% of Ghanaians do not trust the opposition parties and perceive them to be corrupt too.<\/p>\n

Governemnt’s performance in fighting corruption<\/strong><\/p>\n