According to the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), Ghana’s current legal system is inadequate for fighting corruption.
The OSP’s Director of Strategy, Evaluation, and Communication, Samuel Appiah Darko, asserts that the nation requires more robust and efficient anti-corruption legislation.
Speaking on Thursday, November 14, at a seminar in Accra, Mr. Appiah Darko underlined the significance of strengthening current legislation in order to combat corruption more forcefully.
“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.”
Source: Citinewsroom