The National Commission for
Civic Education (NCCE) said the fight against corruption must begin from the
home and urged parents to lead by resolving to be incorruptible and good role
models to their children.
“This will give you the moral
urge to effectively educate your children on the dangers of corruption while
inculcating in them good values that include sincerity, truthfulness, integrity
and self-discipline to significantly reduce corruption.”
The Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa
(AOB) District Director of the Commission, Marian Ansah said this at a
community sensitisation durbar at Nwomaso, near Breman-Asikuma, to educate the
people on their role in fighting corruption under the
Accountability, Rule of Law and
Anti-Corruption Programme (ARAP), supported by the European Union.
It aims at using
Good Governance to reduce corruption and improve social accountability.
Mrs Ansah said the good
examples set by parents could trickle down to their children who could
influence their peers in school to become incorruptible in future.
“Focusing on the
present generation alone is a wrong approach to fighting corruption. Parents,
the family and school, regarded as key agents of socialization, must lead the
crusade against the social canker to sustain gains,” she said.
She called on every Ghanaian to
play a positive role to ensure a corruption-free nation for rapid
socio-economic development.
Mrs Ansah said
acts such as tipping a health worker to be attended to before others, forcing
to get admission for children who did not qualify, employing people based on
relations and friendship and acquiring driver’s license illegally, were some of
the corrupt practices citizens engaged in.
Also the embezzlement of state
funds meant for providing educational infrastructure, good roads and health
facilities, among other social amenities impede growth and must be discouraged,
she said.
Touching on whistle blowing, Mr
Samuel Donkoh, the District Director of the Commission on Human Rights and
Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), reiterated the urgent need for individuals to
report crimes and injustices to the security agencies or the Commission for
redress.
He assured of maximum
protection for whistle blowers, who would also be rewarded as provided for in
the Whistle Blowers Act.
Mr Emmanuel Baah,
the District Police Commander, advocated for the formation of community
watch-dogs and intensification of civic education in schools to inculcate in
children the spirit of patriotism to help wipe-out corruption and other crimes.
Source: MyJoyOnline.com
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