Media personality, Captain Smart, has attributed slow response to corruption cases to poor leadership of successive governments.

Speaking on the KSM Show sighted by GhanaWeb on August 10, 2026, Captain Smart said corruption remained a major governance challenge because the country had not developed a clear and effective approach to dealing with it.

He said leadership was at the centre of the problem, stressing that other challenges confronting the country were largely effects of the quality of leadership.

“One, I would say that it’s the lack of leadership. Because everything under the sun is leadership. The rest are just effects,” he indicated.

Captain Smart stated that leaders who led corruption fight often focused on issues that enhanced their personal image rather than matters affecting the welfare of citizens.

“When we're dealing with people who are not interested in a particular thing, but they're interested in their own importance, they will just leave the people and then concentrate on the things that will make them look good,” he said.

Akufo-Addo losing corruption fight – Captain Smart

He criticised the country's approach to fighting corruption, saying authorities have repeatedly promised to deal with the problem without significantly changing the methods being used.

“We are set every year, all the time, talking about corruption. We will deal with it. We will deal with it. But we are doing a recycling of the models of how we're dealing with corruption,” he noted.

According to him, Ghana must move away from a reactive approach and develop proactive measures to prevent corruption and its consequences.

Captain Smart also called for greater emphasis on educating citizens about the dangers of corruption, arguing that people were more likely to act when they understood the consequences of wrongdoing.

He said the fight against corruption required stronger leadership and a deliberate effort to ensure that institutions responsible for accountability were allowed to perform their duties effectively.

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