Should We Have An #Anti-CorruptionIdeasFest To Solicit Ideas That Will Enable Ghana To Seal All The Loopholes Through Which Public Funds Are Syphoned Off Into Private Pockets?

If the authorities in Ghana succeed in plugging all the loopholes through which taxpayers' money is syphoned off into private pockets, our nation could be swiftly transformed into an African equivalent, of the egalitarian societies of Scandinavia.

If all the taxes due from importers and exporters at Ghana's ports - which ought to be set at rates so low that only the most recalcitrant businesspeople with try to evade them - were actually collected and paid to the state, for example, the government of Ghana would be able to easily provide  free world-class healthcare for ordinary people, provide well-designed and well-built affordable accommodation that ordinary people who cannot afford to build their own homes, could purchase over the long-term in schemes that use affordable rental rates as monthly installment payments, and also provide free world-class education from kindergarten to tertiary level in Ghana for all those with the aptitude to study.

The question is: How can the government seal all the loopholes through which taxpayers' cash is syphoned off into private pockets?

Could the creativity of ordinary people in Ghana not be tapped to find ways of sealing the many loopholes through which thieves milk the system dry - by offering handsome cash prices in competitions for the best ideas to help our homeland Ghana to achieve that most desirable of common-good ends?

 It is also important that all those who report the theft of public funds in Ghana are given immunity from prosecution for any information they provide, which leads to the successful prosecution and imprisonment of those responsible for such egregious crimes.

And  if the state also offered 10 percent of each amount of taxpayers' money that whistleblowers save for the nation, by reporting the theft of such public funds, which  leads to the prosecution and imprisonment of all those who steal taxpayers' money, would it not make a huge difference to the fight against corruption in Ghana?

Would such a policy not be incentive enough to encourage many patriotic citizens to actively participate in the fight against corruption in our country?

Above all, why do civil society organisations that fight corruption in the system, such as #OccupyGhana, not set up interactive websites where those who want to do so, can provide valuable information anonymously to expose corruption -  including the theft of public funds through the inflation of government contracts, for example?

Perhaps #OccupyGhana needs to hold an #Anti-CorruptionIdeasFest on social media platforms to solicit ideas to help Mother Ghana to successfuly seal all the loopholes through which thieves in our country syphon off public funds into private pockets? Food for thought for the thoughtful? Perhaps.