{
  "id": 132121,
  "title": "Public officials demanded bribes from nearly 7 in 10 Ghanaians in late 2025 – GSS Report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/public-officials-demanded-bribes-from-nearly-7-in-10-ghanaians-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-04T13:20:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/public-officials-demanded-bribes-from-nearly-7-in-10-ghanaians-in-late-2025-gss-report/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A new report from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) reveals that public officials demanded bribes from nearly seven in every ten Ghanaians in the latter half of 2025, marking a significant rise in corruption pressures. Despite overall improvements in the country's governance indicators, citizens' day-to-day experiences with bribery worsened between July and December 2025, according to the latest Governance Series report. The survey found that the share of Ghanaians who reported receiving demands for unofficial payments by public officials surged from 51% in the first half of the year to 69% in the second half. This suggests that the problem now lies more in what officials would ask rather than what citizens willingly offered. Additionally, the proportion of citizens who actually paid a bribe to access public services increased from 14.3% in the first half of the year to 18% in the second half, indicating that one in six Ghanaians succumbed to bribery. Government Statistician Dr Alhassan Iddrisu presented the findings at a Governance Series event, emphasizing that while the full year of 2025 saw an improvement in Ghana's overall governance performance compared to the previous year, the data highlights an alarming trend in citizens' experiences with bribery throughout 2025.",
  "summary": "A new governance data release by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) says public officials demanded unofficial payments from nearly seven in every 10 Ghanaians who encountered bribery situations in the second half of 2025.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}