Minister of Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori Atta has revealed that the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) continued with the reconstruction of the Head Office, opened 32 new district offices, upgraded six new regional offices, renovated the Bono East regional office, and recruited 220 new staff.
He said the Commission investigated 6,200 cases on human rights, administrative justice, corruption, and breaches of code of conduct for public officers in 2021. It will investigate 9,900 such cases in 2022.
Presenting the 2022 budget statement in Parliament, Mr. Ken Ofori Atta said the Commission also carried out 2,466 public education and sensitization activities on human rights and plans to undertake 5,000 public education and sensitization activities in 2022.
The Commission organized a sensitization workshop for heads of departments and Chief Executive Officers in the public sector on the commission’s oversight role on actions and decisions of public officials and public services. It also collaborated with the Public Sector Reform Secretariat to roll out the Grievance Redress & Capacity Building of Client Service Units in MDAs as part of the Public Sector Reform for Results Project (PSRRP).
The Commission investigated 205 Administrative Justice cases and carried out 629 public education and sensitization activities on Administrative Justice.
Also, the Commission visited 135 MMDAs and 150 MDAs to verify NACAP implementation reports for 2017-2019. In addition, the Commission disseminated the 2020 NACAP Annual Progress Report and commenced preparations for the first Actual Corruption Survey in Ghana.
In addition, the Commission engaged 100 MDAs on Public Service Integrity Programme (PSIP), including enforcement of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers, Asset Declaration regime, Conflict of Interest rules, and Gift Policy and also completed an investigation of 47 cases on corruption and breaches of code of conduct for public officers and carried out 776 public education and sensitization activities on anti-corruption and NACAP.
The Minister said in 2022, the Commission will continue to monitor the implementation of NACAP and complete its first Actual Corruption Survey in Ghana. In addition, the Commission will commence Corruption Risk Assessment for 10 new organizations, and partner with the Public Sector Reform Secretariat to roll out implementation of Service Charters for MDAs and MMDAs in response to public demand for better service delivery.
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