By The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has unveiled intentions to introduce legislation focused on regulating campaign financing, highlighting mounting worries about electoral malpractices like vote buying.
Mary Addah, the Executive Secretary of the GII, emphasized the critical nature of tackling this issue, recognizing it as a core facet of corruption-related transgressions.
She underscored the necessity for a concerted effort to address such practices.
Addah articulated these plans during the third day of the 14th Commonwealth Conference for Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa convened in Accra on Wednesday.
“We have been monitoring abuse of incumbency and electoral corruption over the years since 2008. This is a subject we focus on, especially during elections. We are currently collaborating to propose a bill for regulating campaign financing, which is a significant factor driving corruption in Ghana.”
“Elections have become very costly, particularly now because citizens have decided that it is crucial to claim their due during these phases, as that is when they can get it,” she stated.
The Executive Secretary of the GII further advocated for the implementation of a robust asset declaration system to tackle corruption amon
g public officeholders.
