Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, Minister of Justice and Attorney General, says he is seeking to boost the Whistleblowers Act, 2006 (Act 720) by introducing a reward system for whistleblowers.
“The proposed amendment which seeks to operationalise the Whistleblowers Fund, by ensuring a dedication of thirty per cent of all revenue, accruing from cases conducted on the strength of a Whistleblower’s activity is paid into the fund.
Ten (10) percent of the income directly generated by the whistleblower’s efforts which were paid to the whistleblower, was approved by Cabinet last week and would be laid in Parliament before the end of the year,” he said.
The Minister of Justice said this at a public forum to mark International Human Rights Day (2022) held at the British Council in Accra.
The occasion was on the theme: The State of Human Rights in Ghana: Progress, Challenges, and the Way forward.
Mr Dame recalled that a Technical Committee to draft Standard Operating Procedures for Whistleblowers Protection was launched in Ghana in August 2022.
He explained that the Technical Committee’s work would culminate in a set of rules which would boost the Whistleblowers regime in the country.
Mr Dame noted that the state of human rights in the country could best be described in one single phrase ” Lots of ground gained with some more room for improvement.”
“This phrase is apt upon a holistic consideration of the state of human rights in Ghana from the conventional civil and political rights to the...
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