The Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO), has emphasized the collective responsibility of individuals and institutions in the ongoing battle against corruption in Ghana.During an exclusive interview with 3News’ Beatrice Adu on Monday, January 29, 2024 she highlighted the prevalence of corruption in society, urging collective efforts in combating the issue.

She also stressed the necessity of concrete evidence in prosecuting corruption, emphasizing that everyone, including individuals and institutions, has a role to play in the fight against corruption.

Madam Addo-Danquah called for a collective change of attitude and mindset to effectively combat corruption.

“One thing that we should always remember is that when you are prosecuting corruption, it is not about what you think, it is about the evidence that you have. If you don’t have evidence, you don’t have a case. That is what the public must understand. People make wild allegations but when it comes to evidence, they chicken out,“ she said in an exclusive interview with 3News’ Beatrice Adu on January 29 at a CDD event Accra.

“I am concerned, everybody should be concerned. What do we have to do? We must all put our hands together and we must fight whatever is fighting us. That is what I can say. The point is that, like the OSP said, if we really need to fight it, then everybody must fight. I have somebody who asked me for support to pay school fees or something.

Then the moment I said I could help, she called me back to say that I should not put it on her MoMo because she is owing MTN, can you imagine. And I did. So, these are small-small things that we think they don’t matter, but they do. It starts from small-small things and become big,” she stated.

“So, everybody must have a change of attitude, mindset, that this is where we are and this is where we want to go. And we must all play a role in the fight against corruption. One person cannot do it. And it’s not about leadership. It’s about everybody playing a role. Whatever is expected you, you do it, whatever is expected of me, I do it. Whatever is expected of institutions, they do it,” Madam Tiwaa stressed.

She further acknowledged the receipt of the docket on the alleged money laundering case involving former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Dapaah.

“I have that, and we are now reviewing, at the appropriate time, we will speak about it. I am not well briefed about the docket, so I don’t want to make any comment on it until we review it. The most important thing is that he has handed over, I don’t have any more thing to add,” she explained.