Ghanaians still believe the Police Service is the most corrupt institution in Ghana, according to the 2019 Afrobarometre survey of the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD).
The report indicated that 57 percent of Ghanaians think the police are corrupt most or all of the time while 32 percent think they are corrupt some of the time.
The police topped 13 institutions that were studied in the survey. The media was the least corrupt among them while 20 percent of Ghanaians think that the media are corrupt most or all of the time, 61 percent of them said they are only corrupt sometimes.
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This is followed by judges and magistrates who are seen as the second most corrupt institution.
The report stated that “More than half (53%) of Ghanaians say corruption in the country has worsened “somewhat” or “a lot” during the year preceding the survey, a 17-percentage-point increase compared to 2017. This follows a huge (47-percentage-point) improvement between 2014 and 2017.”
It also showed that the Army, religious leaders, and the presidency were seen as the most trusted public institutions in the country.
The survey was executed by Afrobarometer in 34 countries.
