Kumasi (Ash), Jan 30, - The National
Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) is to embark on a massive anti-corruption
drive to get the people to stand up against corrupt practices by public
officials.
Madam Josephine Nkrumah, its
Chairperson, said this would be done over a five-year period and meant to
promote accountability, stop dishonest or unethical conduct.
Speaking at a staff meeting of
the Commission, held in Kumasi, she announced that the European Union (EU) was
going to provide the funding.
The meeting provided the platform
to discuss the challenges and concerns of the workers and the way forward to
enhance performance.
Madam Nkrumah indicated that
corruption was a canker that required strong and sustained national effort to
effectively deal with.
She added that everybody should
be part of the campaign to make corruption a disincentive.
She encouraged the workers to
remain undaunted and work hard to aid people to live up to their civic
responsibilities.
She assured them that the
management was doing everything to address the challenges they had been
struggling with.
Mr. Patrick Nelson, Programmes
Manager of the EU, hinted of plans to organize capacity building training for
the workers to help achieve the intended outcomes of the campaign.
He said they would be
sufficiently equipped to carry out public education and advocacy for increased
transparency and accountability by public officials, to bring down corruption.
He noted that corruption was a
huge obstacle to economic and social development and needed to be fought on all
fronts.
GNA
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