{{Ghana has received international commendation for reducing bribery and corruption at the borders with its West African neighbours. }} <\/p>\n
The commendation was captured in the ECOWAS backed 21st Road Governance Report. <\/p>\n
The report ranks Ghana as the country with the lowest bribery cases in the sub-region but indicts it for making slow progress in eliminating harassment at the border post at Paga. <\/p>\n
The report represents information on checkpoints, bribes and delays based on data collected between July and September, 2013. <\/p>\n
On bribes, the Mali-Burkina Faso border tops the list of borders where high bribes are paid with as much as US$25 per 100 kilometre. <\/p>\n
Travelers using Ghana\u2019s border post at Paga with Burkina Faso pay the least bribe, less than US$2 on average per truck. <\/p>\n
In terms of delays, the Tema-Ouagadougou corridor maintained the tag of long delays with more than eight hours per trip. <\/p>\n
The report also sites harassments at Ghana\u2019s Paga border post and calls for more action to check it. <\/p>\n
Overall across the sub-region, the report observed an increase in the number of controls up to 2%, illicit payments by 3% and delays by 15%. <\/p>\n
It challenges governments to show more political will to reduce the many barriers to trading in the ECOWAS region.<\/p>\n
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