By Dennis Peprah
Sunyani, (Bono), Dec. 16, GNA – The Sunyani Municipal chapter of the Local Accountability Network (LANet) under the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC), has urged the nation’s Christian community to frontline the nationwide fight against corruption.
Mr Raphael Godlove Ahenu, the Secretary of the chapter who gave the advice, noted that corruption desecrate, undermined and cast a slur on Christendom, saying “corruption flourishes when we accept and approve the little compromises we do in the church.”
He said the clergy also ought to remain bold and question the source of wealth of some members, saying the teachings of the bible frowned on all forms of corruption and expected Christians to also tackle the economic ill.
Mr Ahenu gave the advice at a sensitization forum for the Zion and Good News Youth Ministry of the Sunyani Central District of the Church of Pentecost in Sunyani.
The Sunyani chapter of LANet in collaboration with the GACC with support from GIZ, the European Union, and the Helwalt Foundation organised the event.
It aligned with broader efforts to empower young people to speak up, demand transparency, and play active roles in building a corruption-free society to mark the 2025 commemoration of the International Anti-Corruption Day.
The International Anti-Corruption Day is observed globally on December 9 each year to raise awareness on the effects of corruption and to mobilize citizens and institutions to take action against the menace, which remained the bane of accelerated national development.
Mr Ahenu, also the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Media Foundation (GloMeF), a human rights and media advocacy organisation, expressed regret that majority of Ghanaians professed to be Christians, however, acts of corruption appeared even within the church manifesting in forms of bribery, nepotism and misappropriation.
He said the sensitization therefore sought to amplify the voices of the young people to demand responsible leadership, accountability, and a renewed commitment to the fight against all forms of corruption.
Mr Ahenu urged the youth to rise and play their quota towards fighting the canker, saying young people always suffered the brunt of a corrupt society and nation.
In an open forum, many of the young people who spoke, noted that law enforcement remained the surest remedy towards fighting corruption and called on the government to empower anti-corruption institutions to ensure that corrupt public officials were prosecuted accordingly.
Mr Enoch Peprah and Mrs Anna Gyimah, the treasurer and secretary of the youth ministry respectively, expressed their appreciation to the organisers, describing the sensitization as insightful and welcoming.
GNA
Edited by Lydia Kukua Asamoah