Berekum East and West School Children Commemorates 2025 AU Anti-Corruption Day.
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| 2025 Anti-corruption Campaign at Freeman Methodist School. |
The pupils of both Berekum East and West Districts respectively of the Bono region on 11th July, 2025 commemorated the 2025 Africa Union Anti-Corruption Day.
The sanitization of anti-corruption was observed by over 450 school children from some selected schools from the two districts including Freeman Methodist School, All for Christ JHS, Genesis Preparatory and JHS and Christ the King Academy.
The commemoration which was organised by Citizens Watch Ghana in collaboration with Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) with the support from Hewlett Foundation was very well embraced by the school children for receiving such a loudable education on anti-corruption.
Presenting the brief remarks on behalf of the Executive Secretary of the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC), Beauty Emefa Narteh (Mrs.), Mr Simon Asore, the Executive Director of Citizen Watch Ghana and Focal Person of Berekum LANet remarked that, Anti-Corruption Day renews the call for bold, inclusive, and united acton to tackle the persistent scourge of corruption in Africa.
Corruption continues to undermine our development, deepen inequality, and erode public trust in institutions. In Ghana, the cost is undeniable.
The 2023 Auditor-General’s Report revealed that, the country lost over GH¢11 billion to financial irregularities, resources that could have transformed education, healthcare, and job opportunities for its citizens.
But it is our young people who can bear the harshest consequences. Corruption disrupts access to quality education, reduces job prospects, limits opportunities, and undermines trust in public systems.
These realities make it more challenging for young people to envision a future built on fairness and integrity. And yet, it is these same young people who hold the power to change the story.
The GACC recognises that empowering youth to stand against corruption is a critical step toward building a fairer, more inclusive Ghana where development benefits all, not just a few.
In line with this, the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC), and our partners have commited to the implementation of a nationwide youth-targeted anti-corruption campaign.
In 2024 for instance, the GACC, through its Local Accountability Networks (LANets), empowered 27,667 young people, including first-time voters, across 33 districts in 14 regions, with the knowledge and skills to identify and resist election-related corruption.
This year, the GACC, in alignment with the African Union’s 2025 theme: “Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations,” is expanding its youth-focused anti-corruption efforts to 40 districts across 16 regions.
This year’s initiative, supported by the Hewlett Foundation, will raise awareness about corruption, promote civic engagement and encourage whistleblowing.
We will leverage physical and digital engagement platforms such as schools, religious, social, community and media platforms to motivate a new generation of youth to lead with integrity and demand accountability from duty bearers and to report corruption.
It is our collective responsibility to empower our youth to be the generation that is fully committed to the fight against corruption.
To all actors, parents, teachers, community leaders, religious institutions, media, public agencies, and civil society, we urge you to stand behind the youth. Let us support and protect them as they take a stand for transparency and justice.
Finally, I call on the youth of Ghana to rise to the occasion by taking a personal pledge against corruption by committing to the 3Rs of fighting Corruption - Resist, Reject, and Report corruption!
Story by Opamago Paparichy/Alrich24newsgh.blogspot.com
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