News:
December 6, 2018
Member of Parliament (MP) for Klottey-Korle Dr. Zanetor Agyeman Rawlings has said over monetization of Ghanaian politics is one of the major drives for corruption.
She opined that it is an issue of demand and supply and pointed out that the blame should not be only put on the shoulders of politicians.
“We must ask who are also putting the unreasonable demand on politicians, we must all look in the mirror not as office holders but as members of this society and citizens, what way we are contributing to this whole thing call corruption. As a society institutions are made up of people, corruption only occurs where people are present”, she lamented.
According to the Klottey-Korle lawmaker, the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) should take the lead and break down what is the meaning of corruption, “so that everyone would understand where he or she fits into this whole matrix when we talk about corruption only then can we address the issue of corruption thoroughly”.
Dr. Zanetor Agyeman Rawlings was contributing to a debate on the floor of the House touching on the effect of corruption on the African continent and Ghana as a whole.
Again corruption is not a disease that should only be diagnosed among politicians and civil servants, it is a disease in all human beings, it affects all levels of our societies.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com