Corruption is endemic in our society, and leaves us open to exploitation by foreign interests.
We need effective, wise, sacrificial leadership to set the example for the populace to rid our society of corruption. We need t ... read full comment
Corruption is endemic in our society, and leaves us open to exploitation by foreign interests.
We need effective, wise, sacrificial leadership to set the example for the populace to rid our society of corruption. We need to put the interests of our country first in all we do.
ZoRRo 11 years ago
The BNI should have been hot on corruption and arresting corrupt senior officials (like the FBI in US), instead of being just a government support group.
The BNI should have been hot on corruption and arresting corrupt senior officials (like the FBI in US), instead of being just a government support group.
ATONGO 11 years ago
DO YOU COUNT ON OUR BNI? DO YOU TRUST THE BNI? THEY EXIST JUST BY NAME. TELL ME ONE OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS. WHAT DID THEY DO THE WHOLE OF 2012? TELL ME ONE. THEY ARE THRE TO GUIDE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO DUPE THE COUNTRY. THIS ... read full comment
DO YOU COUNT ON OUR BNI? DO YOU TRUST THE BNI? THEY EXIST JUST BY NAME. TELL ME ONE OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS. WHAT DID THEY DO THE WHOLE OF 2012? TELL ME ONE. THEY ARE THRE TO GUIDE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO DUPE THE COUNTRY. THIS IS THEIR OFFICIAL DUTY. WHEN DID YOU HEAR THAT THE BNI HAS ARRESTED A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL ON CORRUPTION CHARGES? BUT THE STEALING IN GOVERNMENT GOES ON ALL THE TIME. THE BNI WOULD RATHER STEAL OUR MONEY IF THEY SHOULD GET THE CHANCE.
Be Bold 11 years ago
The issue is not the foreigner. We keep voting wrong leaders into office and then a day after voting we turn around and blame the same people we voted for. We are reflection of our leaders so should stop talking and suck it i ... read full comment
The issue is not the foreigner. We keep voting wrong leaders into office and then a day after voting we turn around and blame the same people we voted for. We are reflection of our leaders so should stop talking and suck it in . Who employs the staff at BNI? The same leaders we vote for. The foreigner’s first priority is the foreigner so why blame them if we continue to be foolish?
ELINAM 11 years ago
A country like ours that lacks the balls to jail wrong doers in leadership can't be ever right.
Here in the US, my governor went to jail for accepting gifts from a contractor working for the state, four years latter, the ma ... read full comment
A country like ours that lacks the balls to jail wrong doers in leadership can't be ever right.
Here in the US, my governor went to jail for accepting gifts from a contractor working for the state, four years latter, the mayor of my city is indicted for allowing a city contractor to remodel his kitchen and drive way.
When the city news paper leaked the news, he made effort to pay the contractor the $35,000, but it was too late and was found guilty of corruption.
Criminals in leadership in Ghana has been blowing money way more than the above mentioned leaders but can't be jailed?
What the hell is going on in Ghana?
Are we waiting for some young guy from the army to come wipe the slate clean with more blood that will make Rawlings looked like a choir boy?
Yes I went and said it 11 years ago
CitiBank wants to setup in Ghana...can you imagine how many corrupt Ghana officials are in line to place their corrupt needs in front of the bank's officials once in Ghana to view the possibilities?
China is re-colonizing Gh ... read full comment
CitiBank wants to setup in Ghana...can you imagine how many corrupt Ghana officials are in line to place their corrupt needs in front of the bank's officials once in Ghana to view the possibilities?
China is re-colonizing Ghana and the rest of Africa with money not guns or handcuffs.
GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 11 years ago
YOU CANT STEAL AND NOT DO YOUR JOB.
YOU CANT STEAL AND NOT DO YOUR JOB.
shamu 11 years ago
The only way we can kill corruption is not to go against those fighting it, but rather support them. Since ever independent of Ghana, no Ghanaian leader has fight corruption effectively like Rawlings. Instead we In turn to go ... read full comment
The only way we can kill corruption is not to go against those fighting it, but rather support them. Since ever independent of Ghana, no Ghanaian leader has fight corruption effectively like Rawlings. Instead we In turn to go against a noble leader like him. Simply because we are part of the system of corruption.
However, today we stand to say all whatever we want to, but forgeting that there is an unforgetable man if not in the history of ghana, but in the history of africa who came out with a system of rulling a country like ghana in africa to be successful. Because we are wicked, most of us refuse to recognize him. Yet we are still suffering of the same system that he fought very well agains. This God sent man to Ghanaians treated the most wicked people or leaders by sentensing them to firing squard. Actually, after doing that, the whole Ghana turned like a great message was sent to us. All of a sudden, the corrupt practicing completely deminished like a medicine was given to each an every Ghanaian. Since then, the country began to progress rapidly like a space ship. Only not to live power, The most wicked, hateful, divisionists took over and find their way by introducing a type of corruption we have ever seen just for thei individual pockets.
Today we are crying for him indirectly. while the wicked ones continue to modernize the system of that evil doing.
Corruption in Ghana... 11 years ago
My Dear Shamu:
You got this wrong. Rawlings can't claim that deep in his senses his hands have not been tainted with corruption. He used the barrell of the gun, intimidation and sheer despotic rule to quell corruption o ... read full comment
My Dear Shamu:
You got this wrong. Rawlings can't claim that deep in his senses his hands have not been tainted with corruption. He used the barrell of the gun, intimidation and sheer despotic rule to quell corruption only for a time as you suggested. But what did we see after his 3 months rein of terror. Can Rawlings justifiably account for all the wealth he acquired and now has during his regime. Can you tell us how many houses Rawlings has in and outside of Ghana? How and why did he educate his children outside Ghana if he really believed in probity? Unless and untill Ghanaians change their mindset, it will be difficult to stop corruption. Unless we truly have an accountable government and a legal system that can deal with corruption cases and hand out severe penalties according to the laws in Ghana, we can forget about stopping Ghana. Unless all Ghanians will rise and tell ourselves that enough is enough and use the power of our votes to vote in selfless and visionary stewards of the affairs of the nation, then forget about stopping corruption. But please, Shamu, you can't single out any leader in Ghana since independence whose hands have been clean from corruption. Leaders from Nkrumah till today have seen corruption walking the corridors of government but they have turned their faces away and allowed it to go on because it favored them. To his credit, Rawlings started OK, but he got sucked into it for most part of his rule. But I can assure you that one day and one day this canker will be stopped in Ghana forever. look forward to that day, Shamu.
EZEKIEL 11 years ago
Even Jesus will accept that BROWN ENVELOP ! Somehow, one gets the impression that our leaders are NOT REALLY INTERESTED in fighting the menace and SO LONG AS WB/IMF CONTINUE TO LEND US MONEY,the LAZY POPULACE will forever ta ... read full comment
Even Jesus will accept that BROWN ENVELOP ! Somehow, one gets the impression that our leaders are NOT REALLY INTERESTED in fighting the menace and SO LONG AS WB/IMF CONTINUE TO LEND US MONEY,the LAZY POPULACE will forever talk about "Corruption" but WILL NEVER RISE UP AGAINST IT !!!
We all know how many MANSIONS Kwame Nkrumah built in Cairo for Fathia as the CIA told us AFTER the Coup!!
Yes I went and said it 11 years ago
If one took all the corrupt Ghanaians in leadership, immigration, business services and placed them tied to a pole on the beach in front of a firing squad today you would either reduce Ghana's population to that of the size o ... read full comment
If one took all the corrupt Ghanaians in leadership, immigration, business services and placed them tied to a pole on the beach in front of a firing squad today you would either reduce Ghana's population to that of the size of Liberia's or Namibia's population or run out of bullets first!
Nana Kweku Arhin 11 years ago
Corruption in Ghana has penetrated deeply in the Ghanaian society for decates. And not until the people of Ghana wake up and demand that the Government do something about it right now to eradicate this evil act, it will cont ... read full comment
Corruption in Ghana has penetrated deeply in the Ghanaian society for decates. And not until the people of Ghana wake up and demand that the Government do something about it right now to eradicate this evil act, it will continue to persist. The workers union, as as the TUC, including students of the Universities should start monthly demonstrations for the next twelve months until Parliament passes a stringent law prohibiting bribery and corruption within the Ghanaian society. We just cannot simply talk about it but we should demand it from the leadership of the Country to do something about it to eradicate it from our society.
Truth 11 years ago
Dear Mr Osei-Poku. Whilst I commend you for this piece on the corruption in Ghana, I pray that some day, in your lifetime, you become a leader in a corrupt nation and see whether it is easy to get rid of this ingrained disea ... read full comment
Dear Mr Osei-Poku. Whilst I commend you for this piece on the corruption in Ghana, I pray that some day, in your lifetime, you become a leader in a corrupt nation and see whether it is easy to get rid of this ingrained disease. Good Luck, boy!
HAWA YAKUBU 11 years ago
We ARE waiting for you to come out and change things to eliminate corruption mr political science student
We ARE waiting for you to come out and change things to eliminate corruption mr political science student
EMMANUEL OSEI-POKU 11 years ago
THANK YOU VERY MUCH...WE WILL WORK TOGETHER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH...WE WILL WORK TOGETHER.
Kwadwo James 11 years ago
I living in USA and we belive in taxs and they used the money for the natoin where do ghana taxes go. Here any thing you buy you know you have to pay 6% how can I buy car and send it to ghana and pay more than what pay here.
I living in USA and we belive in taxs and they used the money for the natoin where do ghana taxes go. Here any thing you buy you know you have to pay 6% how can I buy car and send it to ghana and pay more than what pay here.
Kk3 11 years ago
E dey be keke!!! Truth, if Ghana can cut the deeply rooted corruption in half in 4 years( very actionable) , that's an incredible and profitable feat. Good and accountable governance, will be the best way to achieve this or ... read full comment
E dey be keke!!! Truth, if Ghana can cut the deeply rooted corruption in half in 4 years( very actionable) , that's an incredible and profitable feat. Good and accountable governance, will be the best way to achieve this or anarchy will.
It's only a matter of time before people explode out of stifling poverty and acute hopelessness.
It's happened before and it will happen again! Look and live 'aban nipa'
sbrooks 11 years ago
I'll try to be brief. First off understand that Black people are no more greedy than any other kind. All governments are corrupt, all people steal, all nations have people that steal, however they do differ in the level of to ... read full comment
I'll try to be brief. First off understand that Black people are no more greedy than any other kind. All governments are corrupt, all people steal, all nations have people that steal, however they do differ in the level of tolerance to that stealing and this is where it differs for most African people. Part I con't
sbrooks 11 years ago
Part II I don't care if you call it the BNI or whatever. Any agency enacted to guard the people against corruption can not and must be tied to the goverment. The police will not police themselves, the Banks will not limit spe ... read full comment
Part II I don't care if you call it the BNI or whatever. Any agency enacted to guard the people against corruption can not and must be tied to the goverment. The police will not police themselves, the Banks will not limit spending, and the Government will not ever hold itself accountable if given the chance con't
sbrooks 11 years ago
I was warned not to flood the site with any more posts. There is a way trust me.
I was warned not to flood the site with any more posts. There is a way trust me.
Pontius Pilate 11 years ago
i have said time and again that if a problem exist in the "whiteman's land" chances are, the next generation will only read about it. in sharp contrast, in the "blackman's land" generations unborn will all come and meet the s ... read full comment
i have said time and again that if a problem exist in the "whiteman's land" chances are, the next generation will only read about it. in sharp contrast, in the "blackman's land" generations unborn will all come and meet the same problem.
it is obvious and factual both scientifically and biblically that man by nature is corrupt. the whiteman realized this long ago and so dealt with it more practically. what did they do? simple:
1. as much as practicable, they reduced human contact in instances that can easily promote corruption. for example they knew if you put a policeman who is poorly remunerated but lives an affluent life at a traffic joint, chances are 99% of the time he will take bribe from traffic offenders and let them go. simple solution, put security cameras instead of "humans" and monitor. once caught and recorded on camera, no way out you pay for your stupidity, you learn a lesson and repeat no more.
2. similarly revenue collection is taken away and mechanized because for man coming into contact with money will steal simple. road toll collectors, cashiers at the banks irs revenue collectors, the ports you name them and you conclusion is quite easy.
3. the system will sometime allow you to flaunt your wealth but have a nice way of dealing with it. for example, you can build a 20 bedroom mansion where you can keep your pets and shoes. no problem but the property rate that will be slapped on the facility will let you reason as to whether to invest in commercial edifice to pay for itself or build un-occupied edifices for self aggrandizement.
pardon me for my long talk but when we talk of corruption and hope that people will on their own magnanimity be less corrupt, we will be joking. system and i day say only effective system can correct this mess.
sbrooks 11 years ago
OK Pontius you're smarter than me. You figured out a much shorter way of saying it. I liked to add a few things.1 Stiff penalties 2. Amend constitution with stealing being and unpardonable offence. not the president or anyone ... read full comment
OK Pontius you're smarter than me. You figured out a much shorter way of saying it. I liked to add a few things.1 Stiff penalties 2. Amend constitution with stealing being and unpardonable offence. not the president or anyone else gets you off the hook!3.Disclossure File your taxes
Gina 11 years ago
Corruption in Ghana is done in broad daylight for all to see and unfortunately, no one faces accountability and as a result, it is spreading like wild fire and difficult to control.
Corruption in Ghana is done in broad daylight for all to see and unfortunately, no one faces accountability and as a result, it is spreading like wild fire and difficult to control.
insight to the bone 11 years ago
Center to all this corruption now is the ewe tribalism that has a stranglehold on the ndc and now most of the state agencies that are to combat this menace. yes corruption exists in all countries but ours has become more noto ... read full comment
Center to all this corruption now is the ewe tribalism that has a stranglehold on the ndc and now most of the state agencies that are to combat this menace. yes corruption exists in all countries but ours has become more notorious than the nigerian , during kuffuor's time it was know he and his cronies would try and secure a 0.5 to 5% commission now ndc is known for not less than 20% going up all the way to 200 300 or even 500% . loans achieve even parliamentary approval are withdrawn as business wise it just doesnt make sense. the civil service especial ministry of finance has turned into a money grabbing arm twisting mafia that up to 3 years ago would frustrate any endeavor undertook en if one would not pay , in short the process would move at a snails pace . the last couple of years if you dont pay your files and docs would go missing or you would eventually be accused of defrauding the state or some other fabricated heinous crime and end up with the bni , police or some other agency of repression fighting for your life. in short would take by force from you what you did not willingly give.Some now advocate for JJ methods of dealing with this system of doom, but rawlings style of governance can never come back as the revolution propaganda and media hype was nothing but a sophisticated cover and camouflage of the ewe persecution of the Akans mainly the ashantis as by the end of the Acheampong era most govt institutions and factories were being managed by Ashantis, today most are in the hands of northerners , Gas and ewes so to clean up the babies and fruits of the revolution with another is impossible , the only solution is now a civil war . now tribalistically speaking without being accused again of chauvinism or Akan nationalism we have a situation whereby this alliance of the ewes , part of the gas and northerners , that is less than 15 % of the population by varios means of election engineering , rigging divide and rule now are looting as quickly as they can all the wealth of the nation as they know this can not last forever . unfortunately when they are done we shall be left with a war and no future for our children due to our own laziness to see the truth for what it really is . here is a govt so busy with their cover up for the SADA that not a single minister or leader to come out this Easter with a message of hope as their hearts are filled with so much evil and hate . yes this govt will leave one day for sure despised and hated by the people , never to come back again.
LEO R. SAM 11 years ago
80% OF GHANAIANS ADMIRE CORRUPTION !!!
MAJORITY OF GHANAIANS ADMIRE WEALTH GAINED THROUGH CORRUPTION. THEY LAUGH AT HONEST PEOPLE, WHO REFUSE TO ENGAGE IN CORRUPT ACTIVITIES TO ENRICH THEMSELVES. RELATIVES CONSIDER THEM ... read full comment
80% OF GHANAIANS ADMIRE CORRUPTION !!!
MAJORITY OF GHANAIANS ADMIRE WEALTH GAINED THROUGH CORRUPTION. THEY LAUGH AT HONEST PEOPLE, WHO REFUSE TO ENGAGE IN CORRUPT ACTIVITIES TO ENRICH THEMSELVES. RELATIVES CONSIDER THEM AS “STUPID “ FOR NOT USING THEIR POSITIONS TO HELP RELATIVES TO BECOME INSTANT MILLIONAIRES THROUGH CORRUPT CONTRACTS AND ACTIVITIES.
EXAMINE THE LIVES OF RELATIVES OF TOP POLITICANS ( PAST AND PRESENT ) CAREFULLY. EXAMINE THEIR LIFE STYLES BEFORE AND AFTER THEIR RELATIVES GAINED TOP POLITICAL POITIONS.
WHEN ONE POINTS OUT THE TRUTH, ONE IS ACCUSED OF BEING JEALOUS.
UNLESS INDIVIDUAL GHANAIANS STOP TO ADMIRE AND SING THE PRAISES OF THOSE, WHO ACQUIRE WEALTH THROUGH CORRUPTION, OUR DEVELOPMENT WILL BE AT A STANDSTILL.
70% OF GHANAIANS WILL NEVER GET ACCESS TO DECENT TOILET FACILITIES.
THE RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRY WILL BE USED BY THE “THIEVES “ TO PURCHASE LUXURIOUS PROPERTIES IN CANADA, BRITAIN, FRANCE, BAHAMAS, UNITED STATES, SOUTH AFRICA AND SWITZERLAND.
MAY GOD HELP THE ORDINARY GHANAIAN CITIZEN.
Lsam@compusmart.ab.ca
Agyem 11 years ago
Very well spoken.Ghanaians need to always remember that your rewards will always be commesurate with your efforts and easy gains never take you far.Even the southern whites in USA thought by using free slave labour they would ... read full comment
Very well spoken.Ghanaians need to always remember that your rewards will always be commesurate with your efforts and easy gains never take you far.Even the southern whites in USA thought by using free slave labour they would be richer than northerners but God knew otherwise.It is the northern states that grew the big industries,ivy league schools and still today have better average incomes.
Agyem 11 years ago
Very well spoken.Ghanaians need to always remember that your rewards will always be commesurate with your efforts and easy gains never take you far.Even the southern whites in USA thought by using free slave labour they would ... read full comment
Very well spoken.Ghanaians need to always remember that your rewards will always be commesurate with your efforts and easy gains never take you far.Even the southern whites in USA thought by using free slave labour they would be richer than northerners but God knew otherwise.It is the northern states that grew the big industries,ivy league schools and still today have better average incomes.
Akwadaa Swiss. 11 years ago
UR 100% RIGHT,BUT THIS IS BCOS OF NO-ACCOUNTABILITY CHECKS IN DE SYSTEM, AND THE CORRUPTERS ARE NEVER MADE TO FACE THE LAW.We need a very strong measures to PROBE ALL DE INSTITUTIONS from de LAST 15 or so years.AND THIS MASSI ... read full comment
UR 100% RIGHT,BUT THIS IS BCOS OF NO-ACCOUNTABILITY CHECKS IN DE SYSTEM, AND THE CORRUPTERS ARE NEVER MADE TO FACE THE LAW.We need a very strong measures to PROBE ALL DE INSTITUTIONS from de LAST 15 or so years.AND THIS MASSIVE JAILING WLD SEND STRONG FEARS & WARNING TO OTHERS.
Kwesi Atta Sakyi 11 years ago
What horrible grammar! Emmanuel Osei Poku, please go back to school to polish up your english and writing skills. This one stinks too much.
What horrible grammar! Emmanuel Osei Poku, please go back to school to polish up your english and writing skills. This one stinks too much.
ERICUS-ERICUS 11 years ago
YOU SIMPLY DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYONE CONDEMNING CORRUPTION IN GHANA. REPENT; IF YOU ARE ONE OF THEM.
YOU SIMPLY DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYONE CONDEMNING CORRUPTION IN GHANA. REPENT; IF YOU ARE ONE OF THEM.
Akwadaa Swiss. 11 years ago
Mr Sakyi,u just wish dis reasonable, and intellegent piece cld have come from u isnt it? I have read most of ur good articles on this web so STOP UR JELOUSE and congratulate him.He wrote dis piece for GHANAIANS and NOT de BRI ... read full comment
Mr Sakyi,u just wish dis reasonable, and intellegent piece cld have come from u isnt it? I have read most of ur good articles on this web so STOP UR JELOUSE and congratulate him.He wrote dis piece for GHANAIANS and NOT de BRITTS.and WE APPRECIATE HIS TRUE INSIGHT,FACTS,CONCERN & LOVE FOR GHANA-right! DONT U SEE THE "ONLY" BIGGEST PROBLEM FOR OUR NATION NOW IS THIS VERY TOPIC? CORRUPTION !
EMMANUEL OSEI-POKU 11 years ago
THUMB UP
THUMB UP
Kwesi Atta Sakyi 11 years ago
Please stop immediately appending Legon to your write-ups as you are disgracing the high image of our alma mater with this your slovenly written and bad grammatical errors. You are not fit to be at Legon. If I come to Legon, ... read full comment
Please stop immediately appending Legon to your write-ups as you are disgracing the high image of our alma mater with this your slovenly written and bad grammatical errors. You are not fit to be at Legon. If I come to Legon, I will chase you out as you cannot pass any exams at Legon with this type of english. Apeetoo!
ERICUS-ERICUS 11 years ago
YOU SIMPLY DO NOT WANT TO HEAR ANYONE CONDEMNING CORRUPTION IN GHANA. REPENT; IF YOU ARE ONE OF THEM.
WHAT HAVE BEEN YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO GHANA?
YOU SIMPLY DO NOT WANT TO HEAR ANYONE CONDEMNING CORRUPTION IN GHANA. REPENT; IF YOU ARE ONE OF THEM.
WHAT HAVE BEEN YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO GHANA?
Akwadaa Swiss. 11 years ago
THANK U Mr ERICUS-ERICUS,the ENGLISH-Prof.Dr Dr PROF Kwesi Atta Sakyi has forgotten WE NEED de BRILLIANT IDEAS of this young man-POKU to FIGHT OUR CORRUPTION and NOT his BIG ENGLISH WORDS TO CREATE MORE ROOM FOR CORRUPTION.HE ... read full comment
THANK U Mr ERICUS-ERICUS,the ENGLISH-Prof.Dr Dr PROF Kwesi Atta Sakyi has forgotten WE NEED de BRILLIANT IDEAS of this young man-POKU to FIGHT OUR CORRUPTION and NOT his BIG ENGLISH WORDS TO CREATE MORE ROOM FOR CORRUPTION.HE IS INDEED AN ENEMY TO PROGRESS.
SYDNEY 11 years ago
ATTAMILLS AND BETTY MOULD ARE THE WORST CRIMINALS IN GHANA'S HISTORY WHEN THEY SECRETLY TEAMED UP WITH CRONIES BOTH DEAD AND ALIVE TO DUPE THE STATE THRO DUBIOUS J-DEBTS PAYMENTS AND NOW EVEN NDC LAWYERS, YES NDC LAWYERS INDE ... read full comment
ATTAMILLS AND BETTY MOULD ARE THE WORST CRIMINALS IN GHANA'S HISTORY WHEN THEY SECRETLY TEAMED UP WITH CRONIES BOTH DEAD AND ALIVE TO DUPE THE STATE THRO DUBIOUS J-DEBTS PAYMENTS AND NOW EVEN NDC LAWYERS, YES NDC LAWYERS INDEED ARE THE ONES BUSY DEFENDING WOYOME....THIS NDC PARTY IS NOW FULL OF DEMONIC FORCES AND NATION WRECKERS WHO HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF JJ'S NDC TO CARRY OUT CRIMINAL ACTIVITES ALL OVER OUR COUNTRY....THIS IS NOT THE NDC JJ FORMED.....NDC NOW ARE REAL THIEVES BENT ON LOOTING AND INSTITUTIONALIZING CORRUPTION....JULOI THIEVES WHO NOW WANT TO PRAY IN ISRAEL FOR A MIRACLE...FOOOOOOLISHNESS OF THE HIGHEST ORDER.
ERICUS-ERICUS 11 years ago
THEY SIMPLY KNOW NO SHAME - THEY ARE STEALING EVERYWHERE.
THEY SIMPLY KNOW NO SHAME - THEY ARE STEALING EVERYWHERE.
Chief amankwa 11 years ago
The ghost corruption checker will catch the very people that set the trap.
In Ghana the biggest breakers of the law is prez,minister,top civil servants so why will they try to take positive action to stop the rot.
The ghost corruption checker will catch the very people that set the trap.
In Ghana the biggest breakers of the law is prez,minister,top civil servants so why will they try to take positive action to stop the rot.
Chief amankwa 11 years ago
The reason we don't develop is obsession we academia rather ideas.
Why didn't we reject tetteh quwrshie cocoa idea bcos he did not attend higher education.
But his concept is feeding students in university.
Don't blame h ... read full comment
The reason we don't develop is obsession we academia rather ideas.
Why didn't we reject tetteh quwrshie cocoa idea bcos he did not attend higher education.
But his concept is feeding students in university.
Don't blame his English look at the ideas,
Paul Amuna 11 years ago
YOU SAID "These ills and madness in state institutions must be tackled by Mr. President setting up committees made up of spies, who will act as “clients” to check up on the problem of corruption in the state institutions. ... read full comment
YOU SAID "These ills and madness in state institutions must be tackled by Mr. President setting up committees made up of spies, who will act as “clients” to check up on the problem of corruption in the state institutions. It is better to highly pay these committees than to watch statesmen, public and civil sector workers out of their selfish acts drain all the country off its resources".
Is this how corruption is fought in other countries or how it should be tackled? Don't we have state institutions set up for that purpose? And how much will this cost us? It seems to me stamping out corruption starts with good leadership within organisations as was demonstrated by the impact that the late president Mills made at the IRS in the short time he was there. Perhaps you would care to study that approach and suggest that instead. If we have dedicated, honest, strong and good leadership in our state institutions and a functioning state apparatus to deal with those who err, then we will make progress.
In the UK for example, corruption based on links between politicians, the Press and the Police led to a major recent Inquiry which recommended a major change in Press governance and accountability, but the recommendations have been watered down by the government and political parties. Does this not tell you something about the complex nature of dealing with corruption? I suggest you spend more time studying your topics before posting your ideas, so that you can explore a number of options, analyse them and give a sound opinion.
kad 11 years ago
The complex nature of dealing with corruption is human nature.Some things if you 'complex it,will complex;if you simple it,will simple'.Where are the good,dedicated,honest and strong leaders to take control of the state insti ... read full comment
The complex nature of dealing with corruption is human nature.Some things if you 'complex it,will complex;if you simple it,will simple'.Where are the good,dedicated,honest and strong leaders to take control of the state institutions and deal with those who err?Ghanaians have been crying for a long time now.May be other ideas will do,I don't buy that of spies in state institutions,trust is a tenet of good functioning institution.And also Ghanaians have to do it themselves.The President could say, Ghanaians,from such a day(will fix day) or week we start'no more corruption oooo!',because all Ghanaians are yearning to stop oooo!.Let's hope Ghanaians will fix pressing needs.
sbrooks 11 years ago
Mayhap you're right my fellow poster, but you call for honesty, find honest people you say to put in key positions. I call your attention to one of the above posts which states that 80% of all Ghanaians suuppot corruption bec ... read full comment
Mayhap you're right my fellow poster, but you call for honesty, find honest people you say to put in key positions. I call your attention to one of the above posts which states that 80% of all Ghanaians suuppot corruption because of their attitude. If this is in fact true (I'm not saying it is) that would make those honest people a whole lot harder to find.and the task at hand virtually impossible. Actually I'm curious if that statement is true, because then that is the logical place to start to me. People must be made to understand that they are in fact their government. When they support thievery it only hurts them. There is no getting over on the government it's fucking over the people of Ghana and the people have to be made to understand this fact first.
Corruption is endemic in our society, and leaves us open to exploitation by foreign interests.
We need effective, wise, sacrificial leadership to set the example for the populace to rid our society of corruption. We need t ...
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The BNI should have been hot on corruption and arresting corrupt senior officials (like the FBI in US), instead of being just a government support group.
DO YOU COUNT ON OUR BNI? DO YOU TRUST THE BNI? THEY EXIST JUST BY NAME. TELL ME ONE OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS. WHAT DID THEY DO THE WHOLE OF 2012? TELL ME ONE. THEY ARE THRE TO GUIDE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO DUPE THE COUNTRY. THIS ...
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The issue is not the foreigner. We keep voting wrong leaders into office and then a day after voting we turn around and blame the same people we voted for. We are reflection of our leaders so should stop talking and suck it i ...
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A country like ours that lacks the balls to jail wrong doers in leadership can't be ever right.
Here in the US, my governor went to jail for accepting gifts from a contractor working for the state, four years latter, the ma ...
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CitiBank wants to setup in Ghana...can you imagine how many corrupt Ghana officials are in line to place their corrupt needs in front of the bank's officials once in Ghana to view the possibilities?
China is re-colonizing Gh ...
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YOU CANT STEAL AND NOT DO YOUR JOB.
The only way we can kill corruption is not to go against those fighting it, but rather support them. Since ever independent of Ghana, no Ghanaian leader has fight corruption effectively like Rawlings. Instead we In turn to go ...
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My Dear Shamu:
You got this wrong. Rawlings can't claim that deep in his senses his hands have not been tainted with corruption. He used the barrell of the gun, intimidation and sheer despotic rule to quell corruption o ...
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Even Jesus will accept that BROWN ENVELOP ! Somehow, one gets the impression that our leaders are NOT REALLY INTERESTED in fighting the menace and SO LONG AS WB/IMF CONTINUE TO LEND US MONEY,the LAZY POPULACE will forever ta ...
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If one took all the corrupt Ghanaians in leadership, immigration, business services and placed them tied to a pole on the beach in front of a firing squad today you would either reduce Ghana's population to that of the size o ...
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Corruption in Ghana has penetrated deeply in the Ghanaian society for decates. And not until the people of Ghana wake up and demand that the Government do something about it right now to eradicate this evil act, it will cont ...
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Dear Mr Osei-Poku. Whilst I commend you for this piece on the corruption in Ghana, I pray that some day, in your lifetime, you become a leader in a corrupt nation and see whether it is easy to get rid of this ingrained disea ...
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We ARE waiting for you to come out and change things to eliminate corruption mr political science student
THANK YOU VERY MUCH...WE WILL WORK TOGETHER.
I living in USA and we belive in taxs and they used the money for the natoin where do ghana taxes go. Here any thing you buy you know you have to pay 6% how can I buy car and send it to ghana and pay more than what pay here.
E dey be keke!!! Truth, if Ghana can cut the deeply rooted corruption in half in 4 years( very actionable) , that's an incredible and profitable feat. Good and accountable governance, will be the best way to achieve this or ...
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I'll try to be brief. First off understand that Black people are no more greedy than any other kind. All governments are corrupt, all people steal, all nations have people that steal, however they do differ in the level of to ...
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Part II I don't care if you call it the BNI or whatever. Any agency enacted to guard the people against corruption can not and must be tied to the goverment. The police will not police themselves, the Banks will not limit spe ...
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I was warned not to flood the site with any more posts. There is a way trust me.
i have said time and again that if a problem exist in the "whiteman's land" chances are, the next generation will only read about it. in sharp contrast, in the "blackman's land" generations unborn will all come and meet the s ...
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OK Pontius you're smarter than me. You figured out a much shorter way of saying it. I liked to add a few things.1 Stiff penalties 2. Amend constitution with stealing being and unpardonable offence. not the president or anyone ...
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Corruption in Ghana is done in broad daylight for all to see and unfortunately, no one faces accountability and as a result, it is spreading like wild fire and difficult to control.
Center to all this corruption now is the ewe tribalism that has a stranglehold on the ndc and now most of the state agencies that are to combat this menace. yes corruption exists in all countries but ours has become more noto ...
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80% OF GHANAIANS ADMIRE CORRUPTION !!!
MAJORITY OF GHANAIANS ADMIRE WEALTH GAINED THROUGH CORRUPTION. THEY LAUGH AT HONEST PEOPLE, WHO REFUSE TO ENGAGE IN CORRUPT ACTIVITIES TO ENRICH THEMSELVES. RELATIVES CONSIDER THEM ...
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Very well spoken.Ghanaians need to always remember that your rewards will always be commesurate with your efforts and easy gains never take you far.Even the southern whites in USA thought by using free slave labour they would ...
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Very well spoken.Ghanaians need to always remember that your rewards will always be commesurate with your efforts and easy gains never take you far.Even the southern whites in USA thought by using free slave labour they would ...
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UR 100% RIGHT,BUT THIS IS BCOS OF NO-ACCOUNTABILITY CHECKS IN DE SYSTEM, AND THE CORRUPTERS ARE NEVER MADE TO FACE THE LAW.We need a very strong measures to PROBE ALL DE INSTITUTIONS from de LAST 15 or so years.AND THIS MASSI ...
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What horrible grammar! Emmanuel Osei Poku, please go back to school to polish up your english and writing skills. This one stinks too much.
YOU SIMPLY DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYONE CONDEMNING CORRUPTION IN GHANA. REPENT; IF YOU ARE ONE OF THEM.
Mr Sakyi,u just wish dis reasonable, and intellegent piece cld have come from u isnt it? I have read most of ur good articles on this web so STOP UR JELOUSE and congratulate him.He wrote dis piece for GHANAIANS and NOT de BRI ...
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THUMB UP
Please stop immediately appending Legon to your write-ups as you are disgracing the high image of our alma mater with this your slovenly written and bad grammatical errors. You are not fit to be at Legon. If I come to Legon, ...
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YOU SIMPLY DO NOT WANT TO HEAR ANYONE CONDEMNING CORRUPTION IN GHANA. REPENT; IF YOU ARE ONE OF THEM.
WHAT HAVE BEEN YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO GHANA?
THANK U Mr ERICUS-ERICUS,the ENGLISH-Prof.Dr Dr PROF Kwesi Atta Sakyi has forgotten WE NEED de BRILLIANT IDEAS of this young man-POKU to FIGHT OUR CORRUPTION and NOT his BIG ENGLISH WORDS TO CREATE MORE ROOM FOR CORRUPTION.HE ...
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ATTAMILLS AND BETTY MOULD ARE THE WORST CRIMINALS IN GHANA'S HISTORY WHEN THEY SECRETLY TEAMED UP WITH CRONIES BOTH DEAD AND ALIVE TO DUPE THE STATE THRO DUBIOUS J-DEBTS PAYMENTS AND NOW EVEN NDC LAWYERS, YES NDC LAWYERS INDE ...
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THEY SIMPLY KNOW NO SHAME - THEY ARE STEALING EVERYWHERE.
The ghost corruption checker will catch the very people that set the trap.
In Ghana the biggest breakers of the law is prez,minister,top civil servants so why will they try to take positive action to stop the rot.
The reason we don't develop is obsession we academia rather ideas.
Why didn't we reject tetteh quwrshie cocoa idea bcos he did not attend higher education.
But his concept is feeding students in university.
Don't blame h ...
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YOU SAID "These ills and madness in state institutions must be tackled by Mr. President setting up committees made up of spies, who will act as “clients” to check up on the problem of corruption in the state institutions. ...
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The complex nature of dealing with corruption is human nature.Some things if you 'complex it,will complex;if you simple it,will simple'.Where are the good,dedicated,honest and strong leaders to take control of the state insti ...
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Mayhap you're right my fellow poster, but you call for honesty, find honest people you say to put in key positions. I call your attention to one of the above posts which states that 80% of all Ghanaians suuppot corruption bec ...
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