Yves Hanson-Nortey has expressed confidence in Ghana’s existing anti-corruption mechanisms, stating that the country already has enough tools to curb the menace.
The former Tema Central MP emphasized that institutions like the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO), the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), and the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) are capable of handling corruption cases effectively.
“For me, anything that would fight corruption, I support it, whatever shape or form it takes, in so far as it is legal and falls within the confines of the law,” he said on Good Morning Ghana show on Metro TV monitored by MyNewsGH.
Hanson-Nortey pointed out that corruption in Ghana is closely linked to the cost of politics, with political parties often seeking illegal means to fund expensive campaigns. He highlighted the pattern of illegal activities that spike around election periods.
“There’s always a trend—when we are getting closer to elections, you hear of galamsey on the rise, fertilizer smuggling, gold smuggling. It’s all within the same space because political parties want to find resources to run expensive campaigns,” he noted.
To address this, he proposed the introduction of a Political Party Funding Act to ensure transparency in how political parties secure resources. He believes such legislation would help trace funding sources and curb corruption in the political space.
Despite supporting the fight against corruption, he argued that Ghana does not necessarily need new initiatives, such as the recently established Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), to achieve accountability. “We had all the tools that could have helped us to achieve that without necessarily creating something new,” he stated.
Hanson-Nortey insisted that the ultimate goal of anti-corruption efforts should be to recover stolen state resources for the benefit of Ghanaians. “At the end of the day, the people of Ghana must be the beneficiaries of whatever surrounds us in terms of recouping our resources,” he said.
