The 2012 African Union (AU) report on corruption has revealed that more than $148 billion is lost to corruption in Africa every year.The amount,which are funds meant for projects such as hospitals and schools in communities, are diverted into private pockets of corrupt public officials while the poor and the needy continue to suffer and the continent as whole fails to make progress.Ms Lauretta Vivian Lamptey, Commissioner on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, made the disclosure at the opening of the 2rd Conference of the African Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (AAAC) in Accra.She called on African countries to employ all the necessary mechanisms to prevent,detect,punish and eradicate corruption and related offences in public and private sectors of he continent.She said it is also necessary that African governments find ways of promoting, facilitating and regulating as well as co-operating among state parties of the AU to ensure the effectiveness of measures and actions put in place to detect,punish,eradicate and prevent corruption.Ms Lamptey called on governments to remove the obstacles to the enjoyment of social, economic,cultural, political and civil rights in order to promote socio-economic development in Africa.
Posted on: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 20:03:49 +0000
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