A Non-Governmental Organisation, Youth Bridge Foundation (YBF) in collaboration with the Ghana Anticorruption Coalition (GACC), has set out on a quest to demystifying the public's perception about corruption on Tuesday.
This follows Ghana’s latest performance on the 2019 Corruption Perception Index report by Transparency International as the country scored 41 points out of 100. The score is not so much of an improvement of what the country recorded in 2018.
Although the country performed better than over 30 others in the sub-region, it could not catch up with countries like South Africa, Senegal, São Tomé and Príncipe, among others
Another report from the anti-graft body, Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), disclosed that the country loses close to US$3 billion to corruption annually.
Executive Director of GII, Linda Ofori-Kwafo says that although successive governments have made efforts to minimise corruption, more needs to be done to deal with the canker.
The lecture, which is slated for February 18, 2020, at the British Council Auditorium, will have an assistant professor in the Sonoco International Business Department at the University of South Carolina's Darla Moore School of Business, Christopher B. Yenkey as the main speaker.
Currently, he is studying the effects of political violence and corruption on global capital flows, particularly to African countries.
The lecture, which comes of at 3:30 pm is expected to bring together stakeholders from various public sectors in the country to deliberate on the causes and effect on corruption perception and ways to deal with the phenomenon.
Latest Stories
-
Sports facilities are better managed by institutions – UG Sports Director on maintenance of Legon stadium
28 mins -
Ghanaian businesses must align vision with strategy to mitigate ESG Risks – KPMG
39 mins -
MTN achieves 30% localisation of Scancom PLC
40 mins -
Attorney-General: Some lawyers sacrifice ethics for ‘cheap’ political gains
51 mins -
Bond market: Volume up by 12.45% to GH¢746m
52 mins -
Cedi records year-to-date loss of nearly 29%; one dollar going for GH¢17.10
1 hour -
‘Our priorities are wrong in Ghana’ – UG Sports Director on sports development
1 hour -
The Fourth Estate’s investigative report wins 2nd place at 2024 AIJC
1 hour -
GPL: Our fans spur us on – GoldStars head coach Frimpong Manso on unbeaten run
2 hours -
Plantain chips are breaking hearts in Africa
2 hours -
61 new architects acquire state license to practice in Ghana
3 hours -
Masloc CEO honoured as capacity building Shero of the Year
3 hours -
MPs’ Repeated Attempts to Sue the Speaker: Unintended Consequences for the 2024 Elections?
3 hours -
Today’s front pages: Tuesday, November 5, 2024
3 hours -
Galamsey: Investigation into attack on Joy News’ Erastus Asare and colleagues already growing cold
3 hours