2024

English TI AU Letter AACD 2024

TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL'S OPEN LETTER TO THE AFRICAN UNION ON THE OCCASION OF THE EIGTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AFRICA ANTI-CORRUPTION DAY

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GII - AU Anti-Corruption Day 2024 Press Statement

A CALL FOR AN “EFFECTIVE WHISTLEBLOWERS PROTECTION
MECHANISM: A CRITICAL TOOL IN THE FIGHT AGAINST
CORRUPTION

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2023

GII releases Ghana's CPI 2023 Statement

Ghana scored 43 out of a clean score of 100 and ranked 70th out of 180 countries and territories included in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2023 released today, 30th January 2024 by Transparency International (TI). This marks the fourth consecutive year of stagnation in Ghana’s anti-corruption efforts, as indicated by the CPI.

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GII calls on the President and Anti-Corruption

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has followed with keen interest the discourse on the leaked report on the work of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) dated 19th March 2021 and authored by Professor Frimpong-Boateng, former Chairman of the IMCIM. The report makes a plethora of allegations that GII demands an urgent independent inquiry/investigation into the veracity or otherwise of the allegations.

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GII ELECTS NEW BOARD CHAIR AND VICE

Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), the National Chapter of Transparency International wishes to announce to the general public that, in keeping with the principles of good governance and accountability, has elected ....

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Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2022

Ghana for the 3rd consecutive year, scores 43 out of a possible clean score of 100 and ranks 72 out of 180 countries and territories included in the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released today by Transparency International (TI). This score, reflects a lack of progress in the country’s fight against corruption.

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2022

COMMEMORATING AFRICAN UNION ANTI-CORRUPTION DAY 20

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) joins millions around the continent of Africa to commemorate the 2022 AU Anti-Corruption Day in a rather sober mood as corruption in our beloved countries continue to...

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CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX (CPI) 2021

GHANA STAGNATES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST
CORRUPTION – CPI 2021

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2021

GHANA INTEGRITY AWARDS (GIAWARDS) 2021 - VOTING

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) is calling on the general public to vote for the Integrity Personality of the Year 2021 either through the Ghana Integrity Awards (GIAWARDS) website or via USSD short code.The voting procedure is as follows:

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To the African Union on the Fifth African Anti-Cor

On the occasion of this fifth African Anti-corruption Day, the 28 Chapters of Transparency International across all Africa’s Regional Economic Communities in Central, East, North, Southern and West Africa take the opportunity again to;

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COMMEMORATING 2021 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

On the occasion of this year’s International Women’s Day Celebration, the Ghana
Integrity Initiative (GII), the local chapter of Transparency International (TI) wishes
to congratulate women from all walks of life for their immense contribution towards
nation building.

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CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX (CPI) 2020

Ghana’s score of 43 placed her 10th in SSA. Seychelles is ranked highest with 66 points followed by Botswana with 60, Cabo Verde with 58, Rwanda with 54, and Mauritius scored 53 as the top five countries in SSA. Ghana also performed better than 39 other SSA countries including Benin, Lesotho, Burkina Faso, and Ethiopia, etc.

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2020

GII Elects New Board Chair

The new Board Chairperson, Mrs. Elsie Bunyan is a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience in audit, financial management, project management and procurement. She has been working in the development field since 1999 and has audited many donor-funded projects.

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OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT

Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has learnt with extreme concern allegations of bribery
involving Mr. Asante K. Berko, former Chief Executive Officer of Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) by
the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the United States of America

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CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX (CPI) 2019

Ghana scored 41 out of a possible clean score of 100 in the CPI 2019 and ranked 80 out of
180 countries/territories included in this year’s index. This year’s score of 41 shows that
Ghana’s score remained the same compared to its CPI 2018 score (41).

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2019

GII HOLDS MAIDEN EDITION OF GHANA INTEGRITY AWARDS

Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) in August 2019, launched the Ghana Integrity Awards with the aim of honouring Institutions and Individuals whose effort is contributing positively and sustainably to the fight against corruption. The AWARDS is responding to the new thinking that, fighting corruption is

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KILLING OF AHMED HUSSEIN-SUALE, AN ATTACK ON THE F

The news of the murder of Ahmed Hussein-Suale, a known Investigative Journalist with Anas’ Tiger-Eye PI has been received by the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), the local chapter of Transparency International (TI) with grave trepidation as the act is signaling a dangerous twist to the fight against corruption in Ghana.

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GII DEMANDS REMOVAL OF NEW GRA BOARD-CHAIR UNTIL .

GII is calling on the President, to revoke the appointment of Mr. Kwame Owusu following the intense public outcry in the pending investigations into allegations of abuse of office and conflict of interest involving Mr. Owusu.

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GLOBAL CORRUPTION BAROMETER (GCB) 2019

The results show that, more than 1 in 4 people who accessed public services, such as health care and education, paid a bribe in the previous year. This is equivalent to approximately 130 million people across the region, the report indicated.

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CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX (CPI) – 2018

The 2018 CPI scores Ghana 41 out of a possible clean score of 100 and ranks the country 78 out of 180 countries/territories included in this year’s index. The 2018 CPI used nine (9) out of the thirteen (13) data sources of independent institutions with high level of credibility to compute the index for Ghana

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2018

AU Day Against Corruption

Transparency International and its 28 chapters in Africa applaud the African Union (AU) for
earmarking 11 July as African Anti-Corruption Day and dedicating 2018 to the fight against
corruption.

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March 26

The RTI Coalition and the RTI Action Campaign Group welcomes the important step taken by Executive to table the RTI Bill in Parliament at the last sitting of the House which ended on Friday, March 23rd 2018.

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RTI ACTION CAMPAIGN GROUP

Parliament goes on recess tomorrow March 23, 2018. While we accept that the Bill cannot be passed immediately, at the minimum we expect the bill to be laid in Parliament before it goes on recess, tomorrow.

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RTI Action Campaign Statement

Though we are encouraged by the renewed commitment of the President to see to the passage of the RTI Bill, we have been disappointed in the same manner before. Therefore, the RTI Campaign Group can no longer fold our arms and wait for the government. This is the reason why we are here today.

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Corruption Perception Index 2017

Ghana Integrity Initiative Press Release on Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index 2017

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February

COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF A MULTI-STAKEHOLDER ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGIC MEETING ON THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION (RTI) BILL HELD ON 8TH FEBRUARY 2018 AT ALISA HOTEL, ACCRA

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2017

November 6

The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) commends the Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs for finalising and submitting its report to the floor of Parliament on 17th October. We equally acknowledge that the Bill has been taken through the Second Reading Stage. The Coalition further takes note of the commencement of the Consideration Stage during last week...

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September 5

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Ghana Anti–Corruption Coalition (GACC), Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Citizens’ Movement against Corruption (CMaC), and Africa Center for International Law and Accountability (ACILA) express deep disappointment with the statement issued by the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) on 31st August, 2017 captioned ‘GJA on Anti- Corruption Crusade’.

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August 31

Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), the local chapter of Transparency International, wishes to commend H.E. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo for making great strides in the fight against corruption by instructing the security agencies to investigate allegations of corruption made against officials within his government.

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July 24

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), the local chapter of Transparency International has observed with grave concern the allegations and counter allegations made amongst the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission

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June 30

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) and Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) are dismayed with yet another allegation of bribery involving Ghana’s Parliament. The reported news that the National Lotteries Authorities (NLA) paid some monies in 2016 to members of the Finance Committee of Parliament

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June 2

GII, SEND-GHANA, GACC, CMaC and CDD Call for Speedy and Transparent Investigation into Corruption Allegations

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February

Supporting New Beneficial Ownership Transparency Champions in Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria

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March

Media Brief
GII Consortium launches report tilted: “CORRUPTION IS EATING US UP: A CALL TO ACTION”

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Corruption Perception Index 2016

Ghana Integrity Initiative Press Release on Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index 2016

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2016

2016 Election

The Second Report on Monitoring Abuse of Incumbency and Electoral Corruption in Ghana’s Election 2016

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June

ABUSE OF INCUMBENCY AND ELECTORAL CORRUPTION 2016

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April

1,363 Ghanaians mount Pressure on Parliament: “……..demanding the passage of the RTI bill”

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January

GII Press Statement on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2015

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2015

OCTOBER

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION COALITION

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14th September 2015

GACC COMMENDS ANAS FOR HIS BOLD STANCE AGAINST CORRUPTION AND THROWS ITS WEIGHT BEHIND HIM AND HIS TEAM AT EXPOSING CORRUPTION IN THE JUDICIARY

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September

TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL AND ITS CHAPTER IN GHANA CALL ON THE AUTHORITIES TO INVESTIGATE THOROUGHLY ALLEGATIONS OF JUDICIAL CORRUPTION

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August

JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED: THE CASE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CHRAJ

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JUNE

REVIEW OF ASSETS DECLARATION REGIME MUST REQUIRE VERIFICATION AND PUBLICATION OF DECLARED ASSETS

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June

GHANA INTEGRITY INITIATIVE CALLS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR GENERAL

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2014

July

A CALL ON PARLIAMENT TO ADOPT THE NATIONAL ANTI CORRUPTION
ACTION PLAN (NACAP)

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2013

October

Mr. President, We Demand Vigorous Action on the SUBAH Scandal

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October

Mr. President, We Demand Vigorous Action on the SUBAH Scandal

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2009

June

PRESS STATEMENT TO LAUNCH TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL’S
GLOBAL CORRUPTION BAROMETER (GCB) 2009

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