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GHANA LOSES GHS5 BILLION TO CORRUPTION IN 2021 — REPORT

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Ghana loses GHS5 billion to corruption in 2021;


Ghana lost roughly GHS5 billion in real money through the installment of pay-offs to public authorities in 2021, the Ghana Integrity of Public Services Survey (GIPSS) has unveiled.

 

This is identical to close to 33% of the 2021 spending plan of the Ministry of Education, which is executing one of the Government's lead programs, Free Senior High School (free SHS).

 

The Government is as of now attempting to beat the clock to raise about GHS4.5 billion through the Electronic Transactions Levy (E-Levy) - a homegrown income preparation improvement measure to help public turn of events.

 

The lady public study, named: "Defilement in Ghana - individuals' encounters and perspectives" additionally unveiled that more than 17.4 million pay-offs were paid in a similar period.

 

The review was led by the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) as a team with the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

 

It gathered proof based data from 15,000 families the nation over affecting individuals who were 18 years and more established on the types of defilement influencing the number of inhabitants in Ghana.

 

This is to decide the commonness of the circumstance and its overarching typologies, give benchmark pointers that can be utilized to illuminate pertinent arrangements to control authoritative defilement in different public establishments in the country.

 

Aside from the money installment, which contributed 84.8 percent of the types of pay off paid, 13.3 percent of the pay-offs paid were food and beverages; 9.7 percent, trade for different administrations; 5% assets, and 2.2 percent creatures.

 

The pay-offs were paid by 33.6 percent residents to accelerate methodology; 15.8 percent, as an indication of appreciation; 13.8 percent, to stay away from the installment of fine; 10.8 percent to stay away from issues, and 3.1 percent, to keep away from the retraction of public utilities.

 

To be continued.... Don't go anaywhere!

 

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