Corruption In Ghana: "A Reality Not Perception". Mr. Senanu - CMaC

Mr. Edem Senanu, Co-Chairman of the Citizens Movement Against Corruption (CMaC) has stated that corruption is no longer a perception, but a reality that has reached a crisis level in the Ghana. He said
corruption has permeated all sectors of Ghanaian society ranging from paying bribes to securing admission to schools, to inflation of contract sums. Mr. Senanu made this assertion  in Tamale when making a presentation at the 2015 Regional Community-Based Organizations (CBO) Festival organized by the Ghana Developing Communities Association (GDCA). He was speaking on the topic: "The Extent of Corruption in Ghana: Perception or Reality". Mr. Senanu said the increasing levels of corruption in the country evidenced in the Corruption Perception Index by Transparency International and Afrobarometer Report by the Center for Democratic Development, Ghana, were affecting the development of the country. He said the practice had become so pervasive that some children in the country were torn between acquiring right or bad ethics as they saw those with bad ethics amassing wealth to the detriment of those exhibiting right ethics. He blamed the situation on the attitude of some Ghanaians that tolerated dishonesty as a way of life and failure to participate in the governance process by demanding answers from those in positions of trust. He also cited lack of adequate anti-corruption institutions and policies as reasons for increasing levels of corruption in the country since perpetrators were always left off the hook. He called for freedom of information law to empower people to demand information about public activities saying this would ensure transparency.