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Maulvi Mohammed Bin Salih, the Ameer and Missionary -in-Charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, has proposed that the fight against corruption should start with reforming social values, grounding in them appropriate concepts of social justice and moral education programmes.

He said the country has not demonstrated any practical commitment to stamping it out completely or at least reducing this menace to its bearest minimum.

Instead, he noted, the citizens only engaged in mere empty words of condemnation echoed every now and then by its leaders while the monster called corruption is with impetuosity even lacing its athletic shoes to engage the recently established Special Prosecutor’s Office on a marathon race.

Maulvi Bin Salih made the proposal while addressing thousands of Ahmadi Muslims at the 88th Annual Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at Pomadze, near Winneba on Saturday.

The three-day convention is on the theme: Corruption, a threat to national development, peace and stability”.
The Ameer said corruption was perpetrated not only by public officials but also by persons who were in positions of trust, in private enterprise or non-profit organisations.

He said corruption stems from the abuse of judicial power, administrative power of a kind, political authority as well as financial prowess.

Maulvi Bin Salih advocated for the creation of a common platform by the leadership of the various religious bodies in the country to champion the fight against corruption.

He said the leaders must place themselves in strategic positions to repel every act of corruption with much force as that, that which inspires the corrupt act.

He said religious heads must take the first step in the fight against the monstrous corruption that has eaten deep into the fabric of society for all to join in the struggle to eliminate the canker.

Maulvi Bin Salih said ‘’ we need to garner our determined efforts to weed out the corrupt elements in our society.
He said such unhealthy elements are intent of achieving their avowed, nefarious, materialistic and selfish wishes through whatever means fair or foul, to the detriment of all others’’.