Reporting acts of corruption through the media ahead of anti-corruption state agencies, is an affront to the Whistleblowers Act, Linda Ofori-Kwafo Executive Secretary, Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition has indicated.
She was speaking at a workshop for journalists in Koforidua on Forest Law Enforcement and Governance organised by Friends of the Earth, Ghana and funded by the European Union.
Mr Kwafo advised journalists to study the Whistleblowers Act carefully and act within its ambit.
“Journalists like any citizen must furnish the appropriate anti- corruption state agencies with information on corruption and monitor the progress of such investigations to ensure that they were concluded and made public,” said.
She said any action to the contrary ceases to be whistleblowing by the provisions in the Whistleblowers Act.
The journalists were of the view that given the position of the Whistleblowers Act then there is no need enlisting journalists to help expose corruption.
They were of the view that exposing acts of corruption through the media does not prevent the anti-corruption state agencies from investigating such allegations.
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