The Centre for Public Interest Law (CEPIL) has indicated that unless an independent prosecution mechanism is established, the fight against corruption in the country would be meaningless.
“There is an urgent need for independent prosecution mechanism in Ghana, indeed with the absence of an independent anti-corruption enforcement mechanism, Ghana will not succeed in its fight against corruption,” CEPIL Executive Director, Mr Augustine Niber has said.
Another area of grave concern he says is the worrying trend of inconsistent budgetary allocations to key anti-corruption institutions, which he argues has rendered them heavily under resourced.
He was speaking at a news briefing to on the Centre’s latest findings in two research reports on the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and the Public Accounts Committee of parliament.
“There is the tendency that the President may choose a crony or a person who is sympathetic to the course of his/her party, and not necessarily because the person is competent for the job,”
The Centre has recommended that the mandate of anti-graft agencies like CHRAJ should be autonomous as a distinct anti-corruption body and equipped with the necessary independence, prosecution powers and resources to address corruption issues in the county.
By: Kasapafmonline.com/Ghana
