The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has stated that Ghana’s current legal framework is insufficient to effectively combat corruption.
According to Samuel Appiah Darko, Director of Strategy, Evaluation, and Communication at the OSP, the country needs stronger and more effective anti-corruption laws.
Speaking at a forum in Accra on Thursday, November 14, Mr. Appiah Darko emphasized the importance of bolstering existing laws to address corruption more decisively.
“Ghana is a country that we have so many laws, but we don’t have efficient laws. For me, from the Office of the Special Prosecutor and as a lawyer, I am happy we have not passed the Conduct of Public Officers’ Bill, although I am in the anti-corruption business, because as it stands now, if we pass it, it will become another white elephant.
“So the law as it stands now is piecemeal. Even when we talk about gifts, there is no ceiling, but we know in the UK and other places, an MP cannot take, say, a gift beyond £300. In Ghana’s Conduct of Public Officers’ Bill, there is no ceiling.”
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