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Ghana’s Asset Declaration Regime Requires Immediate Strengthening, Moving Beyond Mere Submission – Vice President


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Vice President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has declared that Ghana’s current asset declaration regime is inadequate and must be urgently strengthened to serve as a meaningful tool in the country’s anti-corruption campaign.

Delivering a keynote address at the National Anti-Corruption Conference, the Vice President took aim at the perfunctory nature of existing asset disclosure practices.

“Our asset declaration regime requires immediate strengthening, moving beyond mere submission,” she said.

Under the current legal framework, public officials are required to declare their assets, but enforcement is weak, and declarations often remain inaccessible to the public. Critics have long argued that the system is symbolic rather than functional.

The Vice President’s remarks align with findings from recent governance indexes and corruption reports. The 2022 Ghana Statistical Service Corruption.


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