By Edward Williams
Hohoe (V/R), Oct. 1, GNA – Mr Ernest Amedior, Hohoe Municipal Director, National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has described corruption as a canker which is gradually crippling into society and must be nipped in the bud.
He said if corrupt activities were not stopped or reduced to the bearest minimum, it would deny citizens from enjoying their fundamental human rights.
Mr Amedior made the remarks during a programme on the Rule of law, corruption and accountability, organised for participants from various women groups in the Municipality.
He said the programme was to assess the strengths, challenges and lessons learnt from an earlier engagement and see how the participants continued to engage members of their groups and society at large.
Mr Amedior commended the participants for how they put the lessons from the first engagement into practice and urged them not to relent on the efforts to reduce corruption.
Mr Daniel Carlos Mensah, Hohoe Municipal Director, Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), noted that corruption had a direct effect on the enjoyment of human rights.
He said corruption isolated and excluded people from accessing resources thereby creating a class between citizens.
Mr Mensah said corruption could cripple an entire judicial system to the extent that the right to justice which was enshrined in the Constitution could not be attained.
Mr Wisdom Kporngor, Hohoe Municipal Coordinating Director, commended the implementation agencies for the engagement on corruption and including women groups.
He noted that the Assembly was also taking the necessary steps to enable the women especially market women have the conducive environment to thrive in their businesses.
Madam Rebecca Titriku, a participant noted that understanding corruption and its effects as well as reducing it to the bearest minimum was one takeaway from the programme.
She urged women to come on board to help in the corruption fight because it affected everyone in society.
GNA
Edited by Maxwell Awumah/Kenneth Odeng Adade
Reporter: Edward Williams