The Ghana Integrity Initiative, (GII), The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition and SEND Ghana, have formed a GII Consortium and introduced an internet platform meant to encourage citizens to report corruption.

The platform: ipaidabribe.org.gh would enable the civil society organisations (CSOs) to engage in an effective anti-corruption advocacy meant to facilitate an active citizens participation and ownership of anti-corruption activities.

Citizens by logging onto the website could report a corruption issue which would inform the GII consortium in their advocacy against corruption.

The platform is launched as part of a project called: "Accountable Democratic and System Strengthening Project (ADISS) meant to increase civil society engagement in effective lobbying and law reform advocacy.

The project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), aims to increase anti-corruption reporting mechanisms and institutions by citizens.

Ms Joyce Danquah, ADISS Project Coordinator, who took participants through the project to solicit public support, said ADISS would engage in extensive public sensitisation on corruption.

She explained that the project which would run for four years seeks to build upon on-going efforts to fight corruption while increasing the capacities of anti-corruption CSOs to enable them motivate citizens to put pressure on policy makers with the aim of reducing corruption.

"Under the ADISS project there would also be a conscious effort to educate citizens on the cost and impact of corruption," she said.

Ms Danquah explained that most people are not motivated to report corruption because they do not know the impact on them as individuals.

She urged citizens to make use of the ipaidabribe.org.gh internet platform or report corruption on a toll free number 080010025.

Participants including officials of Ghana Police Service, National Commission for Civic Education, Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice, Institute of Democratic Governance, the Media, officials of selected District Assemblies commended the project, pledging full support.