By Franklin ASARE-DONKOH
The Special Prosecutor, Mr. Kissi Agyebeng, says he is highly disappointed in Ghana’s poor standings on the global Corruption Perception Index (CPI).
He cited Ghana’s stagnated position on the CPI as worrisome, highlighting the country’s lack of progress in the fight against corruption.
“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 cure it though we reckon it is slowly killing us. It is as if we do not know what we want,” Mr. Agyebeng lamented.
The Special Prosecutor’s lamentations were in response to the latest CPI findings. Saying “We are standing at a single spot spinning around slowly on one foot in a circle, much like a gyroscope, the conversation 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.”
He highlighted the awareness of the solution to address corruption but emphasized a lack of commitment on the part of duty-bearers to implement effective measures.
Ghana attained a score of 43 out of a possible 100, securing the 70th position out of 180 countries and territories in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2023, released by Transparency International (TI) on Tuesday, January 30, 2024.
This marks the fourth consecutive year of stagnation in Ghana’s anti-corruption efforts, according to the CPI. Four out of six Sub-Saharan African countries that maintained a stagnant score for four or more consecutive years experienced a subsequent decline in their CPI score the following year, representing a concerning trend.
