According to the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), the current corruption perception study cost $6 million to produce. A portion of the expense, according to the GSS, came from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Prof. Samuel Kobina Annim, the government statistician, made this information public. On Friday, July 29, they stated on the JoyNews AM Show that they could complete the research on their own with 5 million.
In total, he added, "we spent roughly $6 million on this study, but this clearly had a component of the spending from UNODC side because of the technical help they offered. Once we are doing this by ourselves, we think somewhere around $5 million would enough. The Finance Minister will be consulted, according to Prof. Annim, to determine how frequently this study may be conducted.
Unfortunately, the dialogues have already begun with our development partners. Nevertheless, we will contact the Minister of Finance with CHRAJ to see what the government can do in terms of whether every year or every two years.
The Ghana Police Service was named the most corrupt organisation in the nation in the aforementioned study by the GSS, CHRAJ, and UNODC. More than 17.4 million bribes were paid in 2021, according to the poll, with police officers leading the list of authorities who accept bribes with 53.2%. On Wednesday, July 27, the Inspector General of the Ghana Police Service, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, questioned the survey's methodology in a five-page letter to GSS and CHRAJ.
The IGP stated, "Therefore, our concern is the use of selective ranking technique to project the findings in a manner that places an unfair spotlight on the Police Service with all the others in your corruption index escape public scrutiny.
According to the Police's interpretation of the findings, the research may have been impacted by "a historically prevalent stereotype of the Police Service," Dr. Akuffo Dampare noted.
The Service has throughout the years fostered a pervasive public perception by nearly becoming the institution of choice for such research.
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