Police and Presidency are the most corrupt institutions in Ghana – research report
An Afrobarometer study undertaken by the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has revealed that the Police are believed to be the most corrupt people in Ghana, with the Office of the President in second place in the corruption perception.
For the police service, 65 per cent of Ghanaians believe most police are corrupt, while 31 per cent believe only some police are corrupt.
With the Presidency, 55 per cent of Ghanaians said it was the most corrupt, while 40 per cent said it was partly corrupt.
Legislators, judges and magistrates and tax officials made the top five perceived corrupt groups.
At the bottom of the list, Non-governmental organisations, Private and public media were viewed more favourably as being the least corrupt.
Per the report, 77 per cent of Ghanaians believe corruption has increased. This figure has risen from 53 per cent of Ghanaians in 2019.
Only 6 per cent of Ghanaians currently believe corruption is reducing.
To corroborate this report, the most recent Corruption Perception Index released by Transparency International revealed that Ghana failed to make significant strides in tackling corruption.
Between 2020 and 2021, Ghana maintained its score of 43, which is still below the average, with countries scoring higher viewed as less corrupt and those with the least scores being more corrupt.
As far as fighting corruption is concerned, fewer than 30 per cent of Ghanaians believe that people can report corruption without fear of retaliation, which is a decline of 4 percentage points compared to 2019.
Among key public institutions, the Ghana Armed Forces, religious leaders, traditional leaders, and the courts are the most trusted.
In general, trust in institutions declined between 2019 and 2022, with trust in the presidency declining by 25 percentage points.
