Source: newsthemegh.com
If re-elected in the 2024 elections, former president John Dramani Mahama has declared that he will create a Governance Advisory Council as part of his goal to enhance political governance, assist in reducing corruption, and ensuring the respect for human rights in the nation.
Mr. Mahama said members of the proposed Governance Advisory Council will include representatives of civil society organizations, religious leaders, traditional leaders, and common Ghanaians while speaking to NDC executives and supporters as part of his campaign to guide his party to the 2024 elections.
If elected in 2024, Mr. Mahama, who has pledged to fight corruption and bad administration on a long-term basis, says the Council’s duties will include releasing an annual report on the state of government in Ghana.
“Every year, the Council will release a report on the state of human rights, corruption, and a report on our governance, which will serve as a guide for the government to know whether we are on the right track with regards to issues if governance, corruption, human rights, media and other freedoms including torture and crime” Mr Mahama said.
In order to encourage greater governance and combat corruption, Mr. Mahama established the Governance Advisory Council.
For government officials and ministers of state, Mr. Mahama created a code of ethics during his presidency.
The code of ethics mirrored the goal of his administration to maintain an orderly government with well-defined processes, protocols, and performance standards. Despite some concerns being acceptable in a traditional cultural environment, he reminded the ministers of state that they are prohibited by governance ethics and the law.
“One of the strongest ways to prevent unacceptable conduct and abuse of office by public officials is to demarcate the ethical boundaries within which actions and inactions could be deemed to be acceptable or unacceptable”, he noted.