The Ghana Revenue Author\u00adity (GRA) has partnered five organisations to tackle corruption in customs operations for enhanced revenue mobilisation and trade facilitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The organisations are the Com\u00admission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Office of the Head of Civil Service, Committee of Freight Forwarders\u2019 Association (CoFFA) and the World Customs Organisa\u00adtion (WCO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The partnership is dubbed, \u2018Fighting Corruption and Promot\u00ading Integrity through Collective Action.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It forms part of the Anti-Cor\u00adruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme rolled out by the WCO in 2019 to restrict cor\u00adrupt behavior and promotes good governance in customs operations and administration in Ghana and seven other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The A-CIP Programme is also aimed at realising the objectives of the WCO Revised Arusha Declaration provides customs administrations with a practical approach for anti-corruption policies and practices as stipulated in the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) Article 5 in order to reduce and eventually eliminate opportunities for corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At a workshop in Accra yester\u00adday to assess Ghana\u2019s progress on the Collective Action since 2019, Deputy Minister of Finance, Abe\u00adna Osei Asare, in a speech read on her behalf, said corruption was a huge challenge to the country\u2019s development, hence the many initiatives such as the establish\u00adment of the Office of Special Prosecutor (OSP) to deal with the menace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said the government recog\u00adnises the need for collaboration between institutions and other stakeholders to work together towards dealing with corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a critical institution in government\u2019s efforts to mobilise revenue, she noted that, there was the need for high level of integrity and professionalism, especially for staff in avoiding corrupt practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The partnership, Mrs Os\u00adei-Asare, said, provides the GRA with the opportunity to institute globally-approved and time-tested anti-corruption mechanisms in its operations to clamp down on corruption<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She reiterated the government\u2019s commitment to work with all relevant groups in developing appropriate measures to prevent corruption in all sectors of the Ghanaian economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deputy Commissioner of Operations, GRA, Baffour Anane Asare indicated that the perceived lack of integrity and presence of corruption could destroy the legitimacy of a customs admin\u00adistration and severely limit its capacity to effectively accomplish its mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the assistance of the WCO, he said, the GRA had prioritised the strengthening of its internal control mechanisms and the improvement in the public perception and confidence in GRA customs operations and administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To achieve this, he noted that, the GRA customs was focused on enhancing collaboration with other anti-corruption stakeholders including Ghana Integrity Initia\u00adtive (GII).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, Mr Asare stated that, the Authority had engaged the private sector measure performance integrity perception and build synergies with parallel change initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He urged the partners to work closely with the GRA to enhance integrity and curb corruption, saying that \u201cthe fight against corruption and the promotion of integrity are the responsibility of all of us and need collective action to be successful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ms Scarlet Wannenwetsch, Collective Action Specialist, Basel Institute on Governance, said, the risk of corruption could negative\u00adly affect investments in the coun\u00adtry, hence the need for Ghana to adapt existing mechanisms to curb corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a major stakeholder in in\u00adternational trading, she explained that, promoting integrity and anti-corruption in customs was crucial to enhancing effective cus\u00adtoms administration, improving trade facilitation, and ultimately strengthens economic develop\u00adment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This, she said required that customs authorities establish and maintain a collaborative dialogue with the private sector to identify corruption risks, design and im\u00adplement effective anti-corruption policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCollective action can be an effective tool to improve customs policies and procedures as well as their implementation and support anti-corruption efforts towards creating a fairer business environ\u00adment,\u201d she added<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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