The Citizens' Movement Against Corruption (CMaC), a coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) against corruption on Saturday held its maiden healthwalk dubbed: "Healthwalk Against Corruption".
The "Healthwalk Against Corruption", which was organised in collaboration with Dansoman Keep Fit Club started at 0700 hours from the MTN Office on the Graphic Road, through the Mortuary Road, down to Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Road, through Mamprobi to the Dansoman Keep Fit Club premises at Dansoman.
The walk which lasted for almost three hours brought together hundreds of participants who wore orange CMaC T-Shirts bearing the inscriptions such as “Say No To Corruption” and “Your Voice and Action Count”.
Participants song and danced to brass band music and distributed anti-corruption stickers and flyers to the public, as part of effort to sensitise them against corruption.
Mr Kingsley Offei-Nkansah, CMaC Convener said the aim of the walk was to draw the attention of Ghanaians to the need to intensify the fight against the canker of corruption in the country.
He urged Ghanaians not to tolerate corruption at all levels of the society, adding that people who engaged in corrupt practices should not be shielded.
The Convener said CMaC and other CSOs could make sure that government is kept on its toes in the fight against corruption.
Mr Kenteman Nii-Laryea Sowah, CMaC Steering Committee Member said the Healthwalk would be replicated across the country to raise more public awareness in the fight against corruption.
He urged government to bring to justice all public officials who have misappropriated public funds, in order to ensure that they are punished for their crime; which would also serve as a deterrent to others.
He urged the media not to relent in its efforts to expose all forms of corrupt practices in the country for the good of people.
The youngest participants in the "Healthwalk Against Corruption", nine year old Pascalline Arthur of Mamprobi Sempe One Primary class four told Ghana News Agency that she was happy to be part of the walk because corruption if allowed to persist would destroy the nation and there would no future for her and colleagues.
