Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) is charging the Roads Minister to take the necessary actions against the alleged corrupt workers in his ministry rather than lamenting the prevalence of the canker in his institution.

Kwasi Amoako-Attah, during an inspection tour on Wednesday, August 23 disclosed that there were “a lot of corrupt people and thieves” in his ministry.

Mr Amoako-Attah added that the rot was so pervasive that when new recruiters were brought in to replace the old corrupt workers, they engaged in unscrupulous activities that were worse than their predecessors.

But speaking in an interview with JoyNews, the Fundraising Manager of GII, Michael Boadi said the Minister has the capacity to ensure that the alleged corrupt officials are brought to book, so he must take swift actions and limit the complaining.

Mr. Boadi said, “If he has identified persons who are corrupt in his ministry, he must report them. Failure to do so is a total betrayal to the state. It is in itself, it’s a complicity of the crime that is being perpetrated against the state.

“And so we beg him, he should stop lamenting. He should do the right thing; report them, and have them investigated, prosecuted, and sanctioned to serve as a lesson.

The Roads Minister must show us evidence that he is committed to helping this country develop.”

The Fundraising Manager further highlighted the seeming norm and increase in government officials complaining to the media about the existence of corrupt activities in their institutions.

He, however, contended that complaining rather than prosecuting the culprits involved in those acts was not enough to help in the development of Ghana.

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Mr Boadi stressed that if the Minister believes he has evidence that there are police and customs officials involved in corrupt activities he is in a position to engage their superiors and then ensure that the necessary action is taken.  

“He has the competence, he has the know-how, the resources, and the capacity to even call an investigation, so that we can identify the culprits and then have them punished.”

 Additionally, Mr. Boadi said that as government officials who are voted into power, much is expected of them by the electorates, hence complaining about an issue instead of resolving it was the bare minimum they could do.

“If it is all about them complaining that we elected them to steer the affairs of this country, then we can all manage the government or we can run the country," he stressed.