The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) has raised concerns over the insufficient focus on anti-corruption measures in the manifestos of political parties contesting the 2024 general elections.
The coalition bemoaned the lack of commitment to making corruption a central theme in political discourse as the December 7 elections approach.
Speaking at a forum in Accra on the theme "Elections and Anti-Corruption: What is the Next Government Agenda?" Beauty Emefa Nartey, Executive Director of the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC), emphasised the disconnect between election promises and concrete anti-corruption strategies.
She noted that while the manifestos of the major political parties collectively contain 32 anti-corruption commitments, only four specifically address the enforcement of existing anti-corruption legislation. "Corruption and the fight against it do not show explicit in election conversations as Ghana nears another election on December 7. "The major political parties have a total of 32 anti-corruption commitments scattered in their manifestos.
