GHANA'S MOST CORRUPT INST. IS POLICE - DEFENDING CHAMPIONS

For an umpteenth time, the Ghana Police Service have topped the Transparency International’s corruption index of Ghana among Public Institutions making them defending champions to Ghana’s most corrupt public institutions.

Notwithstanding, the societal relevance of the Police in the sustenance of peace, law and order can’t be swept under the carpet (ranging from directing traffic, combating crime, etc.)

The Police Profession is noble but has been stained by a few bad nuts that have made it a project to stain its nobility.

What becomes worrying is that very little radical steps are initiated to curtail this stain to their noble profession.

Although short lived, following each annual corruption index release, the IGP and his associates overtly vow to ruthlessly deal with corrupt police officials.

It therefore isn’t a surprise that the Police secretariat have issued a counter statement in recognition of the report and similarly pledge to sanitize the Service but amidst feeble denials.

As a human institution, bad nuts whose quest to pursue their greed is inevitable, however, the IGP and all concerned should endeavor to uphold and sustain the sanitary measures (rules and regulations) of the Police profession in a quest to lower the defects, plug out the bad elements within and project its dignity. Moreover, the Police CID department known for sting operations must undertake similar operations purposed at purging these bad nuts that engage in corrupt practices.

It is only in this light that the Police institution shall be excluded from societal perception of being corrupt and further being rated as Ghana’s most corrupt public institution.

Equally, Political Parties, Judicial Service (proud 2^nd and 3^rd position respectively on the barometer) and other named public institutions indicted of corruption should salivate over the report and religiously adjust their modus operandi purposed to avoid top corrupt enlistment subsequently.

~ atiemo