More than $148bn is lost to corruption in Africa - AU Report

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• ERICUS-ERICUS 12 years ago

  YET THEY GO ROUND BORROWING AND TAKING HUGE LOANS TO ADD TO THE WOES OF AFRICA - SHAMEFUL AFRICAN LEADERS (ANYWAY FEW OF THEM MAY BE EXEMPTED)

  YET THEY GO ROUND BORROWING AND TAKING HUGE LOANS TO ADD TO THE WOES OF AFRICA - SHAMEFUL AFRICAN LEADERS (ANYWAY FEW OF THEM MAY BE EXEMPTED)

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• HON SHAMO 12 years ago

  HALF OF THAT MONEY IS WITH NDC AND THEIR LUNATIC THIEF WOYOMI

  HALF OF THAT MONEY IS WITH NDC AND THEIR LUNATIC THIEF WOYOMI

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• Ewusi 12 years ago

  Did Mahama attended the workshop?

  Did Mahama attended the workshop?

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• blueprint 12 years ago

  That is why africa is stuck

  That is why africa is stuck

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• Oba Nyansani Baako Pe In Ghana! 12 years ago

  Mahama and his stupid NDC party spent 100bn. That is NDC for fools.

  Mahama and his stupid NDC party spent 100bn. That is NDC for fools.

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• ELINAM 12 years ago

  All countries mentioned are persecuting and jailing but Ghana.
  President K4 says "show me the evidence" and our BNI sitting down to be told to act b4 they do so.
  Ooh, what a banana republic we have at hand?

  All countries mentioned are persecuting and jailing but Ghana.
  President K4 says "show me the evidence" and our BNI sitting down to be told to act b4 they do so.
  Ooh, what a banana republic we have at hand?

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• Appletus 12 years ago

  It's sad...isn't it? All of a sudden, parliament has become a money making institution.

  It's sad...isn't it? All of a sudden, parliament has become a money making institution.

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• Nana Appiah 12 years ago

  Kufuor Is the Head of the Corruption theme..That Idiot thinks he is invincible... He Stole so much during the Currency Change, He got paid 20% Bribe for all Contracts, he should be investigated together with his family and fr ...
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  Kufuor Is the Head of the Corruption theme..That Idiot thinks he is invincible... He Stole so much during the Currency Change, He got paid 20% Bribe for all Contracts, he should be investigated together with his family and friends...GLOBALLY. All his affiliated Businesses Should be Audited for Tax evasion and Money Laundering.. Mahama pls. Seek the Help of USA, CANADA, and the UK..It can easily be done..Right from the time he took office Until Now...Kufuor has Destroyed the Very Ghana that was entrusted onto him by J J Rawlings and the people of Ghana..

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• DAN 12 years ago

  and start over

  and start over

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• OTAANI ABOA ATONGO JOHN MAHAMA 12 years ago

  MAHAMA OTAANI ABOA IS THE KING OF ALL CORRUPTION. NDC THIEVES

  MAHAMA OTAANI ABOA IS THE KING OF ALL CORRUPTION. NDC THIEVES

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• HON SHAMO 12 years ago

  NDC GAVE $58M TO ONLY WOYOMI, JOHN MAHAMA TOOK GHANA's $180M AS FOR FELIX OFOSU KWAKYE, ASIEDU NKETIA AND THE NUMRIOUS NDC PROPAGANDA MINISTRY ONLY GOD KNOW HOW MUCH THEY STEAL

  NDC GAVE $58M TO ONLY WOYOMI, JOHN MAHAMA TOOK GHANA's $180M AS FOR FELIX OFOSU KWAKYE, ASIEDU NKETIA AND THE NUMRIOUS NDC PROPAGANDA MINISTRY ONLY GOD KNOW HOW MUCH THEY STEAL

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• Agyaagya 12 years ago

  Are you,whatever tribe you come from is better than [ tanni].Uncivilized attitude,what makes you think your better off than someone.IGNORANCE.

  Are you,whatever tribe you come from is better than [ tanni].Uncivilized attitude,what makes you think your better off than someone.IGNORANCE.

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• Paa Frank 12 years ago

  If a public official making less than 50,000 dollars /year is able to put up 500,000 - 1 million dollar house, it begs the question. Everybody knows this so why do we keep fooling ourselves. All foreign aids should be frozen ...
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  If a public official making less than 50,000 dollars /year is able to put up 500,000 - 1 million dollar house, it begs the question. Everybody knows this so why do we keep fooling ourselves. All foreign aids should be frozen for 5-years unless it's beign managed by the doners, corruption will go on unabated.

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• SULE 12 years ago

  The right to information bill is very critical to the advancement of very good democratic governance. However, this bill has been lingering for a long time without it's passge. The NDC gov't promised to pass it, but we are st ...
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  The right to information bill is very critical to the advancement of very good democratic governance. However, this bill has been lingering for a long time without it's passge. The NDC gov't promised to pass it, but we are still waiting for this pormise to be fulfilled. The leadership need to demonstrate a very strong committment to address the canker of corruption which has been a very very strong singular factor in thwarting many an African country's, Ghana inclusive, efforts are sustainable development and growth. We applaud all efforts at strengthening our institutions and also, putting in place the requisite legislative framework and policies which are enforceable and applicable to the letter. Corruption in Ghana under the NDC has been taken to new heights with various sums of monies doled out to cronies and political financiers under very false and fraudulent ciscumstances, with the average Ghanaian, being the ultimate loser in all these acts of fraudulent impunity.

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• KWABENA OHEMENG,LONDON. 12 years ago

  In the United Kingdom in 2011 the government lost 36 billion pounds through corruption. Of this amount 26 billion loss was in the public sector alone.This goes to show that corruption is a very big problem for governments all ...
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  In the United Kingdom in 2011 the government lost 36 billion pounds through corruption. Of this amount 26 billion loss was in the public sector alone.This goes to show that corruption is a very big problem for governments all over the world and that the public sector is the most guilty.What is most needed is governments ability to put in place as qiuckly as possible systems to stop such corrupt practices.This is where governments in africa are found wanting.Robust systems must be in place to stop corruption and those found guilty of it must be severely punished.Governments must also encourage their citizens to report public servants whose lifestyles are far above their wages and such whistleblowers should be rewarded.A rich country like Britain is relentlessly fighting corruption in the public sectors with all the tools at its disposal.Should poor Ghana take corruption in the public sector less seriously?

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• American 12 years ago

  A continent with a billion people only has, by reckoning 148 billion as 25% of GDP, an income of only $592 billion a year? Is that correct? The GDP of
  Nigeria and South Africa alone is $650 billion by World Bank figures.

  A continent with a billion people only has, by reckoning 148 billion as 25% of GDP, an income of only $592 billion a year? Is that correct? The GDP of
  Nigeria and South Africa alone is $650 billion by World Bank figures.

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• Pelicles 12 years ago

  Corruption is stagnating anything on the African continent. Imagine a storekeeper of a hospital putting up a million dollar mansion?
  
  The problem is we, are keeping lip service in fighting that cancer and we are in this to ...
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  Corruption is stagnating anything on the African continent. Imagine a storekeeper of a hospital putting up a million dollar mansion?
  
  The problem is we, are keeping lip service in fighting that cancer and we are in this together.
  
  Recently, a reporter uncovered massive corruption going on in the NYEP branch in the Ashanti Region and we are yet to hear if any official will be punished.

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• Appletus 12 years ago

  Precisely so, Pelicles. The MPS, ministers, budget directors, accountants are all culpable. Until the heavy hand of law descend on these guys , nothing gets changed.

  Precisely so, Pelicles. The MPS, ministers, budget directors, accountants are all culpable. Until the heavy hand of law descend on these guys , nothing gets changed.

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• anna 12 years ago

  its is a shame and also sad our leaders we look up to you 1!!!!!!!

  its is a shame and also sad our leaders we look up to you 1!!!!!!!

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• Pontius Pilate 12 years ago

  you sit with these cheats and praise them to the high heavens and turn round to complain to the common man. what do you expect us to do. thanks for the information anyway but sorry we are more than aware of the situation. the ...
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  you sit with these cheats and praise them to the high heavens and turn round to complain to the common man. what do you expect us to do. thanks for the information anyway but sorry we are more than aware of the situation. the problem is we have no solution so we "leave it to God"

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• Appletus 12 years ago

  Freedom of Information bill is still languishing in Parliament in Ghana. What are we doing about that? There is need to be a modest beginning in the fight against corruption and the FOI bill is a good start. It is astonishing ...
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  Freedom of Information bill is still languishing in Parliament in Ghana. What are we doing about that? There is need to be a modest beginning in the fight against corruption and the FOI bill is a good start. It is astonishing to observe how government officials whom you know , all of a sudden, are owners of fleet of cars, houses and businesses. And you ask yourself, how the hell did s/he make it? We need to stop paying lip-service and get to action. How many officials have been reprimanded on corrupt charges? Does that suggest we do not have corrupt officials in Ghana?

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• Kofie Bazuka 12 years ago

  Mrs Alsup said corruption is a global problem and a serious threat to prosperity, security and development and impedes economic growth, trade and investment, perpetuates poverty and compromises markets and supply chains.
  Obv ...
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  Mrs Alsup said corruption is a global problem and a serious threat to prosperity, security and development and impedes economic growth, trade and investment, perpetuates poverty and compromises markets and supply chains.
  Obviously the above statement sums up Ghana and Africa's problem.
  If the head of government is corrupt, then tell me how you expect the rest to be? Yes they too will be corrupt.
  Unless Ghana changes her ways in regards to corruption, we will forver remain poor.
  Think about freedom of information law, no government want to pass it, just ask why?, and you have the answer.

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• Abeeku Mensah 12 years ago

  Corruption and or parallel underground economic activities like the black market exchange system is here to stay and will never be eliminated in Africa especially in Sub-Sahara African nations.
  While this reported amount is ...
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  Corruption and or parallel underground economic activities like the black market exchange system is here to stay and will never be eliminated in Africa especially in Sub-Sahara African nations.
  While this reported amount is more than the budgets of 60 percent of African nations, it is the high probability that 90% of the said amount is in safe keeping in foreign banks and financial institutions that bothers me and not the fact that the money is either missing or misappropriated. Here is the deal, as long as the money is spent in African or allowed to circulate in African banks, these banks are likely to have the resources to grant loans for private developments. It is the fact that we are too stupid but quick to hide our loot in foreign nations a sure sign of our misunderstanding of banking and finance 101 that irks me. These days some in Ghana do hide their money in South African Banks when our lessons should tell us we are just confirming what South Africa apartheid system did conclude about black people and their intellectual capacities. Yes the majority blacks are in charge in South Africa but they are just caretakers of systems that are still wholly or mostly owned by the white minority. Money is not lost if it circulates in each country where the money was destined by design and not what our brain dead leaders do with their loot.

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• sbrooks 12 years ago

  But that still doesn,t mean you should let their ass of the hooks. Leaders are chosen by the people to represent them why should you be screwed by the very people you vote into office. Two things needed One, vote on the basis ...
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  But that still doesn,t mean you should let their ass of the hooks. Leaders are chosen by the people to represent them why should you be screwed by the very people you vote into office. Two things needed One, vote on the basis of fidelity not tribe or party because to do so only screws you.Secondly don,t accept no accountability, you can always push for what's right even if you don't get it, at some point you,ll get your message through.

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• DAN 12 years ago

  and i will pay less tax...

  and i will pay less tax...

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• Bewise 12 years ago

  The citizens should request from the world bank not to release any more funds to these corrupt leaders. Ask them to provide their plans for what they need the money for, the world bank should provide a committee to oversee th ...
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  The citizens should request from the world bank not to release any more funds to these corrupt leaders. Ask them to provide their plans for what they need the money for, the world bank should provide a committee to oversee these projects, that way, the funds wll be use properly.

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• SFO report fraudster Nduom Yorke 12 years ago

  This stupid women is telling us what we already know. The figure quoted is a tip of the iceberg. Why does her govenment back African fools like Kuffuor, Busia and even JB Danquah while demonising and killing heroes like Kwame ...
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  This stupid women is telling us what we already know. The figure quoted is a tip of the iceberg. Why does her govenment back African fools like Kuffuor, Busia and even JB Danquah while demonising and killing heroes like Kwame Nkrumah, Mugabe, Gbagbo, Patrice Lumumba and Sankara. These pointless conferences only take place in Africa, and paid for by the disadvantaged African. If this woman had any morals, she would not be part of this, but would rather investigate the multinationals paying the bribe. The spirit of Osagyefo will rise again

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• OKPOLATSA 12 years ago

  Catch and imprison all of them.

  Catch and imprison all of them.

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• dentesf 12 years ago

  corruption is part of ourlives in Africa
  and there is no way we can do away wih it. We may be able to reduce but its impossible to do away with it completely.
  This is because often times top officials in governments are be ...
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  corruption is part of ourlives in Africa
  and there is no way we can do away wih it. We may be able to reduce but its impossible to do away with it completely.
  This is because often times top officials in governments are behind the corrupt practices

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• Awuradebasa 12 years ago

  JJ Rawlings stole $3.5 billion from Ghana alone.

  JJ Rawlings stole $3.5 billion from Ghana alone.

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• THE CHOSEN ONE 12 years ago

  OH POOR SOCALLED AFRICAN LEADERS.DO YOU NEED THESE VULTURES TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU ARE CORRUPT.THE U.S.EMBASSY ORGANIZING ANTICORRUPTION SEMINAR FOR YOU TO COME WITH YOUR BLACK ASSES TO LISTEN THE RUBBISH THEY HAVE TO SAY.SHA ...
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  OH POOR SOCALLED AFRICAN LEADERS.DO YOU NEED THESE VULTURES TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU ARE CORRUPT.THE U.S.EMBASSY ORGANIZING ANTICORRUPTION SEMINAR FOR YOU TO COME WITH YOUR BLACK ASSES TO LISTEN THE RUBBISH THEY HAVE TO SAY.SHAME ON YOU AND WHAT YOU STAND FOR.

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• KNYC (USMC) 12 years ago

  That tells you how BACKWARD they are. All they think about is money, but they don't like to work for it.

  That tells you how BACKWARD they are. All they think about is money, but they don't like to work for it.

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• Adwoa 12 years ago

  A very big shame to African Leaders,because of their selfishness and greedy, they always portray themselves as beggars to the western world and when they get the grants,then they keep the monies to themselves and again seek f ...
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  A very big shame to African Leaders,because of their selfishness and greedy, they always portray themselves as beggars to the western world and when they get the grants,then they keep the monies to themselves and again seek for huge loans in the name of their countries and also use them for their personal interest.Thieves God fire will burn them all.

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