The Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, has described Ghana’s position on the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) as disappointing.
Transparency International (TI)’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2023, which was released today, January 30, 2024, revealed that Ghana has scored 43 in the fight against corruption for the fourth year in a row.
The report released by The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), the local chapter of Transparency International in its report said, Ghana scored 43 out of a clean score of 100 and ranked 70th out of 180 countries and territories included in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2023 released today, 30th January 2024 by Transparency International (TI).
This feat marks the fourth consecutive year of stagnation in Ghana’s anti-corruption efforts, as indicated by the CPI.
Transparency International blamed Ghana’s standstill on the failing legal system, which it claims is making public officials less accountable and fostering corruption.
Commenting on Ghana’s score issue at GII’s round table discussion themed “Corruption and Justice: Where does Ghana stand?” The Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng said the country is standing at a single spot spinning around slowly on one foot in a circle, much like a gyroscope and that the conversation on corruption is becoming sterile.
“The fight against corruption is proving to be an unruly bride indeed…we are not recording much success and progress is hampered, and we are unable to move the needle appreciably to improve our scorecard.”
“We certainly know the cure to the malaise but we are unwilling to take the medication fully, it is as if we don’t want to actually cure it though we reckon it is slowly killing us. it is as if we do not know what we want,” Kissi Agyebeng said.
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