USA Africa Dialogue Series - Ghana: Corruption of Ghana’s Legislature: Real or perception?

Transparency International, a highly reputable watchdog organisation on the public purse, released its annual report on corruption in Ghana on Tuesday, 9^th July, 2013, ranking Ghana's Legislature as the sixth most corrupt institution on a list made up of other public institutions like the Police Service, the Judiciary, and Political Parties amongst others.

While many Ghanaians might have welcomed the report not only as good news but also as a true reflection of perception of the general public about corruption by the members of the august house in Ghana, the members of the house whose reputation and ego were given a very healthy significant blow were all over the airwaves condemning the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), a subsidiary of Transparency International's report whose work Ghanaians use as a barometer for measuring corruption in the country.

Not all; some MPs went to a great length by issuing threats to haul the Directors of the GII before the Privileges Committee of Parliament. Indeed, corruption in Ghanaian politics—most significantly, among the MPs—is no more a mere perception but a reality that the MPs have to fight now or leave for history to judge them by.

Furthermore, those MPs who are still living in a dreamland and hell-bent on hauling the GII before the Privileges Committee of parliament must revise their notes since Parliament cannot be exonerated entirely from the corrupt practices prevalent in Ghana. As such, threatening individuals and institutions who comment on their activities with court action is like attempting to cow the general public into submission. Read More

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