Corruption is eating deep into society — NCCE Director warns

The Hohoe Municipal Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Mr. Ernest Amedior, has cautioned that corruption is a dangerous canker that is slowly eating into the fabric of society and must be tackled head-on.

According to him, failure to curb or drastically reduce corrupt practices will deprive citizens of the full enjoyment of their fundamental human rights and entitlements.

Mr. Amedior made these remarks during a sensitization programme on the rule of law, corruption, and accountability, which brought together participants drawn from various women's groups within the municipality.

He explained that the engagement was aimed at reviewing the strengths, challenges, and lessons picked from a previous encounter, while also assessing how participants have been sharing the knowledge acquired with members of their respective groups and the larger community.

The NCCE Director lauded the participants for putting into practice the lessons learned from the earlier engagement and encouraged them to sustain the momentum in the fight against corruption.

Also speaking at the programme, the Hohoe Municipal Director of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Mr. Daniel Carlos Mensah, emphasized that corruption has a direct negative impact on the enjoyment of human rights.

He noted that corruption tends to isolate and exclude sections of the population from accessing essential resources, thereby creating inequality and division among citizens.

Mr. Mensah further warned that corruption has the potential to completely cripple the judicial system, making it impossible for people to access justice, which is a right guaranteed under the 1992 Constitution.

On his part, the Hohoe Municipal Coordinating Director, Mr. Wisdom Kporngor, commended the implementing agencies for organizing the engagement and for involving women groups in the anti-corruption campaign.

He disclosed that the Assembly is putting measures in place to ensure that women, particularly market women, have a conducive and enabling environment to grow and sustain their businesses.

One of the participants, Madam Rebecca Titriku, described the programme as insightful, noting that understanding the meaning and effects of corruption, and the need to reduce it to the barest minimum, was a key lesson learned. She called on all women to actively join the fight against corruption since its effects affect everyone in society.