Regional News of Wednesday, 2 May 2018Source: ghananewsagency.orgNCCE intensifies campaign against corruptionNational Commission for Civic EducationThe Municipal Office of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in Asante-Akim South has step up an anti-corruption campaign, reaching out to various identifiable groups in the Municipality. The exercise dubbed “Anti-corruption, Rule of Law, and Accountability Programme” (ARAP) is a Ghana-European Union (EU) partnership aimed at supporting the National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP). The goal of the five year programme is to build the capacity of the NCCE, the Commission on Human Right and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and the media to conduct campaigns for increased accountability and reduction in corruption. Mr Samuel Otchere, the Municipal Director of the NCCE, said corruption was a social evil which posed a serious threat to national development. Mr Patrick Asare, A senior Civic Education Officer of the NCCE charged religious bodies to join the anti-corruption campaign as a service to humanity and posterity and encouraged religious leaders to use the pulpit to preach against corruption since most of the perpetrators were Christians and Muslims.

Source: GhanaWeb May 02, 2018 15:45 UTC