Accra, Oct. 26, – Mr Mustapha
Hamid, Minister of Information, has said that Government would soon roll out a
campaign designed to check and eradicate corruption and non-punctuality within
the public and civil service.
He said the ethics would guide
the citizenry to do what is right, that will inure to the development of the
country.
Mr Hamid said this in an
interview with the Ghana News Agency, after addressing a Public Lecture
organized by the Islamic University College, Ghana, in Accra.
The lecture was on the theme:
Whom and What Must I believe?: "Reflections on Life, Politics and
Religion"
He said the campaign dubbed:
“Values campaign” would also aim at enhancing moral and ethical values, such as
punctuality and corruption.
Mr Hamid said the massive
campaign would also help educate the public through Radio and Television to
remind “the citizenry” to be ethical.
He said ethics should be the
foundation for national development, as it is a guide for right and wrong of
human conduct, adding that, “if we don’t have code of ethics, we would always
be talking about lateness to work and corruption, which are all ethical issues
that undermine the national development.”
The Information Minister said
there was the need to always monitor the award of contracts to avoid conflict
of interest, which impedes development.
He said the most reason why laws
do not work in our societies was due to “lack of strong ethical foundations,”
and that, the initiative must be “supported and encouraged by all to improve
our ethical values as human beings”.
GNA
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