The Executive Director of Transparency International Ghana, Mary Addah, has raised concerns over Ghana’s stagnant performance in the fight against corruption, warning that the trend poses a threat to the Ghana’s sustainable development.
Speaking at a youth leaders empowerment dialogue and civic engagement on the rule of law and anti-corruption at the University of Ghana, Mrs Addah stated that Ghana’s performance on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) showed little progress in recent years.
She noted that Ghana’s CPI score peaked at 48 points in 2014 before declining to 40 points in 2017. Although the score later improved to 43, it largely remained at that level between 2020 and 2023, dropped to 42 in 2024 and returned to 43 in the 2025 assessment.
According to Mrs Addah, the lack of significant improvement is worrying, particularly as administrative corruption is increasingly becoming normalised in society.
She mentioned that the practices such as paying unofficial fees to facilitate processes and students seeking undeserved academic grades as examples of everyday corruption that cut across different sectors.
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Mrs Addah has called for stronger enforcement of the rule of law, transparency and accountability as key measures to address corruption.
She expressed that the governments and public officials must be transparent in their dealings and ensure that laws requiring openness and accountability are effectively implemented.
Mrs Addah further called for continued checks and balances among the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary to safeguard accountability and good governance.
SOURCE: MICHAEL ADUAH/ATLFMNEWSROOM
