The Parliament of Ghana, led by the Speaker, Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin will organise a Nationwide Integrity Awards scheme to recognise people and establishments demonstrating excellence within the combat in opposition to corruption.
The Speaker made this identified throughout a strategic engagement with Ghana’s Key Accountability Establishments (KAI) in Parliament, the place he praised their ongoing contributions to selling transparency and accountability in governance.
Speaker Bagbin emphasised that corruption is a deeply rooted nationwide problem that can’t be tackled by any single establishment alone.
He described it as a “monster” that requires collective duty and powerful collaboration amongst key stakeholders. Based on him, the awards scheme is not going to solely serve to reward integrity however may even assist instill a tradition of moral management and public service.
“The time has come for Ghana to have fun its heroes of integrity,” the Speaker mentioned. “Simply as we sanction wrongdoing, we should additionally recognise these doing what is correct. Parliament is dedicated to strolling the speak and partnering with all accountability establishments to make this imaginative and prescient a actuality,”he mentioned.
The Clerk to Parliament, Mr. Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, underscored the necessity for shared duty and adherence to ideas of justice within the anti-corruption combat.
CHRAJ Commissioner, Dr. Joseph Whittal, additionally urged establishments but to affix the accountability community to take action, emphasizing the necessity for unity and resilience in tackling corruption.
The occasion introduced collectively key anti-corruption our bodies together with the Workplace of the Particular Prosecutor (OSP), Financial and Organised Crime Workplace (EOCO), Nationwide Intelligence Bureau (NIB), Ghana Police Service, Ghana Audit Service, Workplace of the Legal professional-Common, and civil society organisations such because the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) and the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC), together with senior employees of the Parliamentary Service. The awards are anticipated to turn out to be a flagship nationwide initiative to focus on and promote integrity throughout all sectors.
