{"id":73659,"date":"2014-12-12T14:25:02","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T14:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=73659"},"modified":"2014-12-12T14:28:23","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T14:28:23","slug":"set-new-anti-corruption-body-prof-s-k-b-asante","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/set-new-anti-corruption-body-prof-s-k-b-asante\/","title":{"rendered":"Set up new anti-corruption body – Prof S.K.B. Asante"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former President of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, Professor S.K.B Asante is advocating for the setting up of an independent agency to deal with issues of corruption in the country.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”BYbsMGJGVb95gFEEEKtUHtNQ5Nblhv9y”]According to him, Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), which is expected to perform such functions, is seriously incapacitated.<\/p>\n

Speaking in an interview with Citi News<\/strong>, Professor S.K.B Asante justified his call by bemoaning the negative effect of corruption on the economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need a real dynamic highly committed agency to deal with corruption, a very strong dynamic independent body that will be set up within the constitution,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to human rights watchers, the image of CHRAJ has been severely dented in the last few months after the Commissioner was accused of indulging in acts that have brought the name of the Commission in disrepute.<\/p>\n

\"lauretta_3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Commissioner, Ms Lauretta Vivian Lamptey is currently being investigated by the Attorney General\u2019s Department<\/strong><\/a><\/span> for spending taxpayers money on hotel bills<\/strong><\/a><\/span> instead of occupying her official residence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know that we have CHRAJ enshrined in the constitution as well, but you see the present situation of CHRAJ; do you think its people will get the moral strength to investigate any corruption? Would it actually be free from interference from the executive?\u201d Professor \u00a0Asante asked.<\/p>\n

Ghana in recent times has also recorded a number of huge corruption cases including financial malfeasance at the Savannah Accelerated Authority<\/strong><\/a><\/span> (SADA), and the infamous payment of GH\u00a251 million to businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
\nFollow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A former President of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, Professor S.K.B Asante is advocating for the setting up of an independent agency to deal with issues of corruption in the country. [contextly_sidebar id=”BYbsMGJGVb95gFEEEKtUHtNQ5Nblhv9y”]According to him, Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), which is expected to perform such functions, is seriously incapacitated. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":73421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[38],"yoast_head":"\nSet up new anti-corruption body - Prof S.K.B. Asante - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/set-new-anti-corruption-body-prof-s-k-b-asante\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Set up new anti-corruption body - Prof S.K.B. Asante - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A former President of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, Professor S.K.B Asante is advocating for the setting up of an independent agency to deal with issues of corruption in the country. [contextly_sidebar id=”BYbsMGJGVb95gFEEEKtUHtNQ5Nblhv9y”]According to him, Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), which is expected to perform such functions, is seriously incapacitated. […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/set-new-anti-corruption-body-prof-s-k-b-asante\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-12-12T14:25:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-12-12T14:28:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Professor-S.K.B.-Asante.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"240\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"209\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/set-new-anti-corruption-body-prof-s-k-b-asante\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/set-new-anti-corruption-body-prof-s-k-b-asante\/\",\"name\":\"Set up new anti-corruption body - Prof S.K.B. Asante - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-12-12T14:25:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-12-12T14:28:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/set-new-anti-corruption-body-prof-s-k-b-asante\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/set-new-anti-corruption-body-prof-s-k-b-asante\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/set-new-anti-corruption-body-prof-s-k-b-asante\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Set up new anti-corruption body – Prof S.K.B. Asante\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\",\"name\":\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"description\":\"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Set up new anti-corruption body - Prof S.K.B. Asante - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/set-new-anti-corruption-body-prof-s-k-b-asante\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Set up new anti-corruption body - Prof S.K.B. Asante - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","og_description":"A former President of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, Professor S.K.B Asante is advocating for the setting up of an independent agency to deal with issues of corruption in the country. [contextly_sidebar id=”BYbsMGJGVb95gFEEEKtUHtNQ5Nblhv9y”]According to him, Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), which is expected to perform such functions, is seriously incapacitated. […]","og_url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/set-new-anti-corruption-body-prof-s-k-b-asante\/","og_site_name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3","article_published_time":"2014-12-12T14:25:02+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-12-12T14:28:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":240,"height":209,"url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Professor-S.K.B.-Asante.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@citi973","twitter_site":"@citi973","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/set-new-anti-corruption-body-prof-s-k-b-asante\/","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/set-new-anti-corruption-body-prof-s-k-b-asante\/","name":"Set up new anti-corruption body - Prof S.K.B. Asante - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-12-12T14:25:02+00:00","dateModified":"2014-12-12T14:28:23+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/set-new-anti-corruption-body-prof-s-k-b-asante\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/set-new-anti-corruption-body-prof-s-k-b-asante\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/set-new-anti-corruption-body-prof-s-k-b-asante\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Set up new anti-corruption body – Prof S.K.B. Asante"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/","name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","description":"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73659"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}