Africa: The Ugly Face of Corruption in Africa

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It is generally anticipated that the recent debt relief granted to some African countries will go in long way to help these countries including our beloved Ghana to overcome the development obstacles confronting them. However, if corruption is not rooted out from the hearts, minds and acts of our politicians, the anticipated benefits of debt relief will not be felt and in some ten years time, we will be back to square one.

Corruption in Africa is not only endemic but is also entrenched and must be addressed with vehemence to uproot this canker. Corruption in society must be exposed and confronted in whatever form it manifests, along the lines of the anti HIV/AIDS campaign. Corruption, by its nature is a covert transaction which is difficult to measure in its scope and extent. Definitions may vary, as do perceptions of what constitutes corruption in a given context. This for instance could be the reason why succeeding governments can accuse each other of being corrupt. It is either the both have different perceptions of corruption or altogether there is a deadly corruption virus which attacks once people are in office. Otherwise, how come all the apostles integrity and anticorruption being accused of corruption themselves. The accusers have now become the accused.

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