According to Peter Lanchene Toobu, a member of parliament representing Wa West, Ghana's problem is that everyone is corrupt, without exception, and that the only way to completely fight corruption is by first recognising that it exists.
In response to the 2021 Ghana Integrity of Public Services Survey report, he stated that the Police Service's top spot on the Corruption Perception Index did not surprise him.
He contends that a nation's police force is a reflection of its populace; as a result, if Ghana's police force is the most corrupt in the world, Ghanaians are likely to be corrupt in general. "The fact of the situation is that Ghana and everyone in this nation are corrupt; before we can think about how to escape it, we must first admit that we are corrupt. The fact that the Ghana Police Service, which I left only a few years ago, once again topped the ranking didn't surprise me. mainly because each nation's police force reflects its own character.
Every nation's police force serves as a symbol of the attitude of that nation. Therefore, everything you discover in the Police Service is typical of the nation. The research's depiction of a highly corrupt police force indicates that the country as a whole has a serious problem; We cannot perceive its depth. Thus, he explained on JoyNews' PM Express, "that's only the top of the iceberg."
He did, however, express concern over the President's Office's ranking on the Corruption Perception Index.
He asserts that the Police Service's competition with the Presidency for the title of most corrupt institution in the nation shows beyond a shadow of a doubt that Ghana's corruption is ingrained and that weeding it out may prove more difficult than anticipated.
The fact that the Presidency is ranked top on the Corruption Perception Index Chart indicates that corruption is a problem for the entire nation. And most likely, it is ingrained in our society and is a part of who we are. "We have to look at it as a people and agree that listen, it is not about pointing fingers, Ghana has a problem, and it's being confirmed by the Global Perception Index just recently where Ghana is 73rd on the list with a very low mark of 43. That is only a confirmation, he continued.
He emphasised that the third place of parliamentarians on the list merely serves to demonstrate that all Ghanaians, regardless of their status, are corrupt.
He continued by saying that without the appropriate tools to promote accountability and transparency in the state institutions, Corruption will remain deeply ingrained in Ghana's social and political structure.
"So if you're talking about how corrupt lawmakers are in general, well, every Ghanaian is corrupt, and being a member of parliament doesn't make you any less of a Ghanaian. I've always thought that everyone has the potential to commit a crime.
"Everyone has the ability to be corrupt. In the heat of the cover-up, where there is fire raging in many institutions, every institution wants to cover up so that it doesn't come out that this is the most corrupt institution, you would find a huge corruption scandal being covered up without transparency and without systems that can expose people who are corrupt.
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