The Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) and Senior Advisor to the President on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Dr Nii Moi Thompson, has stated that tackling corruption decisively would resolve more than 90% of Ghana's developmental challenges.

Speaking at the launch of the Ghana Statistical Service's Governance Series Wave 1 Report in Accra, on May 28, 2025, Dr Thompson described corruption as "the single largest threat to national development", emphasising its corrosive impact on public institutions and resource allocation.

In his address, Dr Thompson outlined a three-tiered "corruption pyramid", starting with routine bribery at the base. "When citizens must pay bribes for basic services, it erodes their confidence in the very institutions meant to serve them," he said.

At the middle tier, bureaucratic corruption, seen in procurement fraud, diverts critical resources was featured. "A school desk inflated from GH₵50 to GH₵100 due to graft means loss in the magnitude of half as many desks for students.