Sulemana Braimah bemoans widespread public sector corruption

The Executive Director for the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Briamah, says corruption can only be curtailed if public sector thievery is checked.

He suggested that public sector stealing should be called what it is and not the fanciful name we often call it, which encourages persons to indulge in the act.

The lack of public sector accountability and the alarming rate of public sector corruption has been a name.

Various reports indicate that Ghana loses about $3 billion to public sector corruption annually and that is the same amount we have spent months begging the IMF for, and now we are asked to celebrate because we have secured the bailout.”

According to him, Ghana loses $3 billion annually to public sector thievery, adding that public sector thievery has done more harm than good.

The Executive Director, who was speaking at the African Union Day celebrations at the University of Education, Winneba, said institutions that are supposed to lead the fight against corruption are themselves engaged in the act.

The presidency that is supposed to be leading the fight against corruption is the second most corrupt