The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) is calling for the establishment of a specialised anti-corruption court to enhance the fight against corruption.

This proposal is part of the recommendations outlined in GACC's 2023 Corruption Report.

The report highlights that Ghanaians' perception of corruption in the country has risen from 37% in 2002 to 94% in 2022. GACC expresses concern that corruption is becoming normalised in Ghana despite ongoing efforts to combat the menace.

The coalition contends that this normalisation poses a threat to the country's development goals, hindering efforts to achieve inclusive development and move towards 'Ghana Beyond Aid,' where the nation is economically independent, confident, peaceful, and prosperous.

During a media briefing in Accra, Beauty Emefa Narteh, the executive secretary of GACC, called on various stakeholders to intensify their efforts to prevent the normalisation of corruption in Ghana.

“This corruption report is not primary research, but it is just to draw our attention to the fact that the data around corruption is drawing us to the point of normalisation,” she said.

“And once we normalise corruption it means we have gotten to a stage where the country may lose a lot in terms of enriching the corrupt at the expense of the less privileged and the less advantageous.”

“Corruption affects everyone, we want to encourage everybody even as we celebrate International Anti-corruption Day, we should all take a step to say that, we commit to the fight against corruption by rejecting corruption and also by committing to be a change agent wherever we find ourselves,” Mrs Narteh added.