The Executive Director of Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has bemoaned the extent of corruption in the country.

In an interview on JoyNews’ Newsfile on Saturday, Linda Ofori-Kwafo said corruption has been normalised in Ghana.

She added that, as a result, efforts being made by the Office of the Special Prosecutor to fight corruption do not reflect in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI).

Her comments follow Ghana placing 72nd in the 2022 edition of the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) report released on Tuesday, January 31.

In the report released by Transparency International (TI), Ghana scored 43 out of a total of 100.

This means Ghana has not made any progress on the CPI score of 43 for the past three years.

According to Madam Ofori-Kwafo, the normalisation of corruption is causing people to lose trust in the country’s institutions and government.

 “People are losing trust in the government that actually came on the back of fighting corruption,” she added.

She further noted that if stringent measures are not taken to curb corrupt practices, the nation will be headed for doom.

She urged that the Office of the Special Prosecutor be well resourced “with the power of recovering stolen wealth, power to investigate and sanction corruption.”