{"id":846,"date":"2014-02-19T07:15:35","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T07:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citi.hatuasolutions.com\/?p=846"},"modified":"2014-02-19T07:15:35","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T07:15:35","slug":"death-penalty-wouldnt-stop-corruption-vitus-azeem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/02\/death-penalty-wouldnt-stop-corruption-vitus-azeem\/","title":{"rendered":"Death penalty wouldn\u2019t stop corruption \u2013 Vitus Azeem"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_854\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-854\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/citi.hatuasolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/vitus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-854\" alt=\"Vitus Azeem, Executive Director GII\" src=\"http:\/\/citi.hatuasolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/vitus-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-854\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vitus Azeem, Executive Director GII<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Executive Director of the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Vitus Azeem says calls for the activation of death penalty for corrupt politicians and public office holders is not the solution to fight the menace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has not succeeded in stopping people from engaging in corruption&#8230;; I don\u2019t think that that is something that will work in our environment.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>A development Economist and Entrepreneur, Dr Kofi Amoah on Tuesday during a <strong>Citi FM<\/strong> roundtable discussion on the topic \u2018\u2019A New Economic Paradigm for Ghana\u2019\u2019 suggested that the state should introduce the death penalty for persons caught and charged for corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why I am calling for a serious consideration of introducing the death penalty for people who case corruption&#8230;\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>According to Dr Amoah this could be the only solution to the increasing rate of corruption in government.<\/p>\n<p>But Speaking on <strong>Eyewitness News,<\/strong> Mr Vitus Azeem said death penalty is not and has never been the best approach. \u2018\u2019if you have stolen money, the money should be recovered; if you have stolen money to build houses and buy vehicles, those things should be recovered and sold.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He also stated that Ghana\u2019s parliament will not pass \u2018\u2019such a law anyway, it will not yield any results and shouldn\u2019t be considered at all.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Mr Azeem further mentioned that people have been shot in the past for corruption but the canker still leaves with us. \u2018\u2019Our experience has shown us it hasn\u2019t worked.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019Action does not necessary mean death penalty,\u2019\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Evans Effah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Executive Director of the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Vitus Azeem says calls for the activation of death penalty for corrupt politicians and public office holders is not the solution to fight the menace. \u201cIt has not succeeded in stopping people from engaging in corruption&#8230;; I don\u2019t think that that is something that will work in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[38],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Death penalty wouldn\u2019t stop corruption \u2013 Vitus Azeem - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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