The Ghana Police Service is the most corrupt institution in Ghana, according to a GSS survey.
A new survey by the Ghana Statistical Service has cited the Ghana Police Service as the most corrupt Public Institution in Ghana.
The Police Service is followed by the Ghana Immigration Service and the Ghana Revenue authority in the report published on July 20, 2022.
The report says more 17.4 million bribes were paid in 2021 with police officers topping the list of officials who take bribes at 53.2%.
The reporter further notes Ghanaians with tertiary education were 1.6 times more likely to pay bribes than those without formal education.
SURVEY
The survey also noted Bono East, Savannah and Volta regions recorded less corruption relation activities than the rest of the country.
Here are the top ten public officials who take the most bribes according to CHRAJ and the Ghana Statistical Service:
1. Police officers (53.2%)
2. Ghana Immigration Service officers (37.4%)
3. GRA customs officers (33.6%)
4. Lands Commission (32.4%)
5. Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (29.5%)
6. Passport agency officials (29.0%)
7. Prosecutors, judges or magistrates (22.3%)
8. National Intelligence Bureau (21.2%)
9. National Road Safety Authority (17.8%)
10. Prison officials (17.0%)
It is important to note that the overall prevalence of bribery is not the average of the prevalence of bribery (rate) by type of public official, since it is calculated as all those who had at least one contact with any type of public official and were asked for a bribe, including those who refused to pay it.
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The Minority Leader of Parliament, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu has revealed that the minority group in Parliament is working together with the President Akufo-Addo to salvage and save the Ghanaian economy and more importantly to avoid Ghana sinking into a Sri Lanka situation.
Haruna Iddrisu who was speaking at the end of a recent workshop by the Minority Caucus in the Volta region added that the country is headed in the wrong direction and something must be done to salvage it.
He noted that his side of the house and President Akufo-Addo’s government would be working together to avoid the Sri-Lanka situation happening in Ghana.
The Tamale South MP also reiterated the Minority’s claims that the Electoral Commission is seeking to make the Ghana Card the sole requirement for the purposes of voter registration ahead of election 2024 contrary to the position of the EC.
The Tamale South MP also made reference to a constitutional instrument (CI) that the electoral commission is seeking to introduce to Parliament.
According to him, contrary to what the EC wants the public to believe, the draft CI will make Ghana Card the sole requirement for the purpose of registration while urging the EC not to do things that will destabilise the country.
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