Based on the research by the Ghana Statistical Service, we present the Top 10 institutions that collected BIG CASH Bribes in 2021 that will shock you.
Strangely, the Ghana Police is missing after it placed first in the frequency of bribe collection with 53.2%. It was nowhere near the top in terms of the amount ( BIG CASH Bribes) collected.
Officers of the Lands Commission, prosecutors, judges or magistrates, and immigration took the spotlight as those who charge huge amounts of money as bribes in 2021.
This revelation by the survey carried out by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) and the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) gives detailed empirical evidence of the level of corruption and bribery going on in public and private institutions.
The study was dubbed, ‘2021 Ghana Integrity of Public Services Survey’
According to the report, the average highest cash bribe [GHc1, 669] was paid to Lands Commission officers, followed by prosecutors, judges or magistrates with an amount of GHC1,208 and GHC950 for immigration officers.
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Top 10 Institutions that collected BIG bribe monies in 2021
Check the list below for the top huge cash bribe-collecting public institutions.
- Lands Commission
- Prosecutors, Judges, or magistrates
- Ghana Immigration Service
- Elected Local Government Representatives
- MMDAs Officials
- GRA Customs officials
- Passport agency officials
- Teachers, lecturers, or professors
- Public utility officials
- Doctors, Nurses and Midwives
With these findings, the report suggests that “the largest average bribes are paid to public officials with whom most citizens have little contact in their daily lives.”
These large bribes, the GSS and CHRAJ said although rarely paid, generally “influence important decisions by public officials, which can have substantial economic or personal consequences (for example, by influencing land-related decisions, immigration matters, or prosecutors and judges).”
The report also indicated that a smaller average amount of cash bribes was paid to health workers and police officers.
It highlighted that the smaller cash bribes paid are mostly given to public officials who engage frequently with members of the public.
“Conversely, the dynamics behind smaller bribes seem to be related to public officials with whom people have more frequent contact (such as police officers, and health care workers, public utility officials) as well as to bribes that are paid to avoid moderate fines or sanctions, to maintain utility connections or to reduce tax payments,” the report added.
The survey also revealed that about GH¢5billion in bribes were paid in both the private and the public sectors.
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Source: Ghana Education News