DVLA most corrupt institution- GII report

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June 15, 2017 12:52 PM

A survey to find people's perfection of corruption in Kumasi has ranked several institutions from the most to the least corrupt

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Ghanaians in Kumasi say the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) is the most corrupt institution in the metropolis according to a survey report by the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) Consortium.

The survey which was taken between April and May 2016 was to find the perception of Ghanaians on corrupt institutions in the nation.

A whopping 85.9 percent of the people who took the survey rated the DVLA as the most corrupt institution.

It is followed by the Passport Office, the private sector, public officials and the political parties in that order.

On the other side of the coin, the military was perceived by people as truest of all institutions recording a 59.7 percentile for no corruption.

51.8percent thought the media was not corrupt and 51 percent same about about NGOs.

The findings of the research was presented by Mr. Samuel Harrison-Cudjoe, a Research Officer of the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC).

The event was graced by officials of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Judicial Service and the religious bodies.

Other interesting findings included that 95 per cent of the 40.3 per cent of people who made contact with the police reported paying bribe to the officers.

In a similar survey in the Asante-Akim Central Municipality, the police service came top of the ranking, followed by the judiciary with the Ghana Education (GES) placing third.

Mr. Kwasi Boateng Asumeng, Programmes Manager of GACC, said four out of every five people captured in the survey had come into contact with the police for one reason or the other.

A third out of the number admitted paying bribe in their encounter with the police.

Mr. Harrison Cudjoe, a representative of GII, said the report provided district specific evidence as basis for engaging district level government institutions and stakeholders to help reduce corruption at the sub-national level.

The survey was carried out in 48 other selected districts across the 10 regions and is part of the four-year United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded project called “Accountable Democratic Institutions and Systems Strengthening (ADISS)”.

ADISS seeks to renew and build upon on-going efforts and also increase the capacities of anti-corruption civil society organizations to motivate citizens to apply pressure on policy makers and institutions through a number of targeted and focused actions with the aim to reduce corruption.

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