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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 87598, member: 27"] A civic education push in Buipe just put ordinary citizens in the driver's seat on corruption accountability, backed by serious international money. Central Gonja social audit event basics [LIST] [*]The Central Gonja District Office of the National Commission for Civic Education ran the engagement in Buipe. [*]It fell under the Participation, Accountability and Integrity for a Resilient Democracy programme. [*]German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development commissioned the initiative, with the European Union and Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs co-financing it. [*]German International Cooperation handled the actual implementation on the ground. [/LIST] What district director Suuk pushed for [LIST] [*]Cletus Y. Suuk framed the exercise as a way to build community ownership of development projects and local policies. [*]Weak citizen-state engagement and limited awareness of local government processes were flagged as the core problem. [*]Suuk described social auditing as a hands-on, participatory tool for tightening public accountability. [*]Gaps in civic engagement, he warned, create breathing room for inefficiencies and corrupt practices to take hold. [/LIST] CHRAJ officer's take on the social contract [LIST] [*]Baba Abukari, Programme Officer at the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, grounded his remarks in democratic theory. [*]His argument was that public officials hold power but remain answerable to the citizens they serve. [*]Accountability, in his framing, requires transparency, answerability, and real consequences for duty bearers who fall short. [/LIST] Outcomes and commitments from participants [LIST] [*]Central Gonja District Chief Executive Mahama Fuseini gave updates on Assembly projects and work by MP John Abu Jinapor. [*]Participants resolved to prioritise building a public transport terminal in Buipe as their top community project. [*]A seven-member social auditing committee got constituted to chase land, funding, and follow-up accountability on the issues raised. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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