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 ANTI-CORRUPTION

Introduction/Definition:

Corruption is the misuse of public office for private gain. It encompasses abuses by government official such as embezzlement and nepotism, as well as abuses linking public and private actors such as bribery, extortion, influence padding and fraud.
    Corruption poses serious threat to development otherwise development challenges. It has the tendency to undermine democracy and good governance; also it undermines economic development.
    b. Problem Statement:
         Corruption undermines:

  • democracy
  • economic development
  • peace and security; it also
  • breeds poverty, and
  • creates false class system,
  • culture of impunities,
  • undermines judicial independence,
  • limits access to information, and
  • destroys the merit system through patronage

 There are three (3) basic types of corruption;

  • petty corruption-includes extortion, bribe-seeking, bribery, speed money, wheel greasing, misapplication of entrusted property etc.; these are usually practice by low-level bureaucrats and occurs between private and public sectors;
  • Grand & administrative-this includes quid pro quo donations, fronting, tax evasion, payroll padding, embezzlement, favoritism, sexual exploitation and abuse (sexual harassment on job), illegal awarding of contracts; here, these are usually practice by high-level bureaucrats and private sector;
  • State capture-this is the highest and most dangerous of the three; usually when the apparatus of state has broken down and become an instrument for corporate or criminal non-state actors for corporate gains or for the promotion of criminal activities; e.g. guns running, drug trafficking, trafficking in persons (TIP) etc; when law makers are serving foreign interest, state capture becomes very dangerous. These are usually practice by criminal networks, law enforcement agencies and high level government officials.

    c. Objectives:
      Anti-corruption can be checked through the promotion of      transparency and accountability in the governance process.
   d. Methodology:

  • Governance monitoring i.e. budgets, legislative process, procurement, extractive industries;
  • Advocacy for good public policy and citizens’ participation and just laws;
  • Civic education/awareness to public on dangers of corruption;
  • Research and Surveys i.e. documenting cases of corruption;
  • Constructive engagement i.e. assisting in the development  of policies that address lapses in public sector;

    e.Strategy:

  • Promote the UN Convention Against Corruption;
  • Build partnership with international anti-corruption groups;
  • Promote the AUCPCC;
  • Promote ECOWAS Protocol
  • Build coalition of anti-corruption group
  • Build partnership with key governance institutions like Governance Commission, GAC, LACC;
  • Build partnership with legislative committees;
  • Promote all international protocols

   f. Legal Instruments:

    • UNCAC
    • AUCPCC
    • ECOWAS Protocol
    • Constitution
    • Penal Code
    • National anti-corruption strategy
    • Act creating the LACC
    • Act limiting budgetary transfers
    • New Election Laws etc;

             Responsibility:
                  -Programme Assistant/Anti-Corruption
                  -Expert Panel
                  -Senior Policy Analyst

Partners

CIVICUS

World Civil Society Alliance

PWYP

Publish What You Pay International

CSCF-UNCAC

Civil Society Coalition Friends of the UNCAC 

ADF

African Democracy Forum

BTN

Budget Transparency Network;

WACSOF

West African Civil Society Forum;

NACCSOL

National Coalition of Civil Society Organizations of Liberia