General News of Monday, 10 February 2020Source: mypurefmonline.comProcurement breaches, a key cause of corruption in Ghana - Civil SocietiesBeauty Emefa Narteh, executive secretary of the GACCThe Local Chapter of Transparency International (TI), Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) and the Ghana Anti-corruption Coalition have called on the government to place a premium on checking procurement breaches in the various state institutions as it continues to hamper the country’s effort in tackling corruption. We are shortchanged more in these areas as the issue of sole sourcing and misprocurement continues to drain the country of its revenue and value for money.” She told participants of the event. She advocated for a robust national anti-corruption strategy through the establishment of complaints units and training of judges and procurement investigators in white color crimes to mitigate the leakages and the continuous mulcting of the country through ‘misprocurement’ and sole sourcing. Corruption continues to be a major national issue. Scores blame the weak nature of the country’s institutions as a major setback in the anti graft war.

Source: GhanaWeb February 10, 2020 18:56 UTC