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Poor standards of services breeds corruption

The new Sierra Leonean Anti-corruption Commissioner (ACC), Abdul Tejan-Cole, has launched an effort to combat the endemic corruption of the nation’s government, largely through his stated mission to apprehend and prosecute anyone in government suspected of corruption. This effort is designed to work with the Ministry of Labour Social Security, and the Ministries of Industrial Relations, Finance, and Economic Development to explore possibilities for increasing penalties or reducing temptation posed by corruption at all levels of government.
Sierra Leonean official corruption is blamed on conflicts of interest, overdependence, and party affiliation, poor conditions of service, nepotism, and sectionalism. In addition, at a socioeconomic level, it can be blamed on poor pay, high unemployment, high prices for essential commodities, and high poverty levels. Many also point to how Sierra Leoneans will perceive politics as the fastest way out of poverty, and do anything possible to secure power, in sole pursuit of corruption-provided compensation.
Advocacy is slated as an avenue through which the ACC may fight corruption, and it is proposed that the ACC specifically target employers and policy makers who fail to provide equitable pay for all levels of employee. They believe that through equitable pay scales, the temptation inherent in official corruption will be weaker. It has also been proposed that anticorruption become a major factor at all levels of Sierra Leonean education as to instil integrity, transparency, and accountability in that nation’s next generation of leaders.
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Facts

  • It is a known fact that handouts do not work; if they worked, the billions of dollars in donations given to non-profits would’ve ended the vicious cycle of dependency in third world nations. But instead of the problems getting better, there is a pressing need for more and more donations every day since millions of children slip through cracks everyday; dying every second from preventable and easily curable diseases.

 

  • Non-profits are allowing millions of children to slip through cracks in the system while millions of dollars are being donated annually.

    Most non-profits use their donations by re-donating to individuals or other organizations without any accountability.

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  • Most non profits raise millions of dollars annually; the cost to construct infrastructure that will provide permanent reliable electricity in over 20 districts in an African country is less than $3 million.

  • Funds raised so locals can drink clean water for a limited period of time unless donations keep pouring in exceeds 10 million dollars. The cost to construct permanent infrastructure for permanent clean water supply in 20 districts in an African country does not exceed 5 million dollars.

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