A research termed "Voice of the People" survey conducted in July 2005 by the Ghana Integrity Initiative has revealed that corruption was rife in the country.
The survey revealed that over 87 percent of respondents were unconcerned about reporting incidence of corruption because they were not sure something would be done about it.
Mr George Amoh, Coordinator of the Advocacy and Legal Advice Centre (ALAC), who made this known to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview said ALAC has been established to fill the gap that exist between witnesses and victims of corruption and the institutions that have been set up by the state to address such matters.
"ALAC therefore provides the platform to link the complainant to the appropriate forum for the necessary redress" he said.
Mr Amoh said ALAC's was first pioneered by Transparency International (TI) in Eastern Europe in 2003 and so far 27 Centres have been established across the world.
"ALAC's strongly believe that people are usually apathetic in the face of corruption because they are not provided with the simple, credible and viable mechanisms to effectively combat the menace" he said.
Mr Amoh explained that ALAC Ghana would provide the avenue for people and corporate bodies who have either become victims or witnesses of corrupt practice's to lodge their complaint with the appropriate institutions for redress.
He said since ALAC's inception in May 2009, it has received 13 complaints and have engaged the services of 2 lawyers to offer advice and assistance to the complainants.
Mr Amoh said by the end of the year an effective Memorandum of Understanding with partner state institutions would be signed to ensure that cases referred are perused to their logical conclusions.