The Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Professor Ken Attafuah, says the authority has been receiving complaints about some of its officials indulging in corrupt activities.

In an interview on the Citi Breakfast Show, the NIA boss said just like other human organisations, there will be bad nuts in there, but the authority is doing its best to pluck them out.

“We are not saints. Our people are not necessarily better than others. But I think that the monitoring and disciplinary measures we are putting in place are generally working. Some are still continuing, but we are doing our best.”

“We have received reports of corruption at, for instance, the El Wak stadium. We have received reports of crook boys and girls infiltrating our system. In one instance, I even had to close down an entire office in order to change the personnel. We had to do that after we confirmed that the personnel were indulging in all manner of corrupt activities. We interdicted those people and appropriate interdisciplinary measures are underway.

A survey by the Ghana Statistical Service and its partners has revealed that an estimated amount of GH¢5 billion was paid as bribes in the year 2021.

The report dubbed ‘2021 Ghana Integrity of Public Services Survey’ indicates that 26.7% public sector officials and 9.1% private sector players engaged in bribery acts.

The survey was conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service in collaboration with other stakeholders in the fight against corruption.