During the heated 2024 electioneering campaign, the NDC communication team, spearheaded by the then flagbearer, President John Dramani Mahama, insisted passionately that President Akufo-Addo and his appointees were deceitfully using sole sourcing procurement to create loot and share , and therefore, the NDC administration will circumscribe the abhorrent practice, and that single or sole sourcing procurement was going to be rare exception, and not the norm.

It has, therefore, come as a big surprise to witness the incumbent NDC administration inexcusably resorting to countless sole sourcing procurements under their much-touted ‘Big Push’ projects. How bizarre?

According to the whistle blowers, the Fourth Estate, the NDC administration, since assuming office, has unpardonably given about 81 out of 107 road projects to contractors on sole sourcing procurement. How ironic?

We can, therefore, draw an inference that the incumbent NDC administration is squeamishly using sole sourcing as a ploy to create loot and share. How deceitful?

Clearly, their much trumpeting ethos of probity, transparency and accountability is a charade. It is rather an illustrative case of preaching virtue and practising vice. How unfortunate?

Let’s be honest, the contemporary Ghanaian political terrain is destitute of honesty, integrity, and hypocrisy. Unfortunately, the political elites have been playing their abhorrent tricks on the minds of Ghanaians for far too long. If that were not the case, what else would motivate some of our politicians to persistently propagate obvious vile propaganda with a view to scoring cheap political points?

Much as I do not want to accept the widely held notion that politics is a dirty game, it would not be farfetched to suggest that the political terrain is full of dishonest, unprincipled, hypocrites, and manipulating geezers.

Of course, dishonest and political manipulators are not limited to Africa. It is a global phenomenon, as a matter of fact.

However, in my humble opinion, it is our part of the world (Africa), where political gimmicks and insobrieties are so prevalent.

Perhaps, this is so because we have greater number of unlettered folks, many of whom cannot choose between tricksters and morally upright politicians

Readers would bear with me that corruption is a serious economic, social, political and moral impediment to nation building, and therefore it is expected that corrupt officials will be held accountable at all times without fear or favour.

Corruption, as a matter of fact and observation, is found in all countries—big and small, rich and poor—but it is in the developing world such as Ghana that its effects are most destructive.

Regrettably, the disgustingly cyclical corrupt practices amongst the political elites in Ghana have resulted in underdevelopment, excessive public spending, less efficient tax system , needless high public deficit and destabilization of national budgets, heightened capital flight and the creation of perverse incentives that stimulate income-seeking rather than productive activities.

I have always insisted that a fantastically corrupt public servant is no less a human rights violator than the weirdo Adolf Hitler.

This is because while the enigmatic Adolf Hitler barbarically annihilated innocent people with lethal chemicals and sophisticated weapons, a contemporary corrupt public servant is gleefully bent on annihilating innocent citizens through wanton bribery and corruption.

Consequently, the innocent citizens would often end up facing economic hardships, starvation, depression, emotional labour and squalor which send them to their early graves. How sad?

Ghana, so to speak, has been lagging behind in terms of economic advancement largely due to the absence of true patriots to oversee important positions.

Truth be told, greed, selfishness, and lack of empathy have been the order of the day. Indeed, it is an illustrative case of ‘every man for himself’.

Unfortunately, the unpatriotic and selfish attitudes of the men and women we often put in responsible positions have cost this nation dearly.

It seems, most strangely that the ‘political criminals’ have the licence to steal. If that were not the case, how come the offending politicians and their minions often go scot free?

How on earth can individuals commit heinous crimes (gargantuan sleazes and corruption) against the state and get away with their misdeeds?

Well, the crucial question every concerned Ghanaians should be asking is: will the day come when “Ghana’s political criminals” find they have nowhere to hide?

It appears that in Ghana, the justice system more often than not, descends heavily on the goat, cassava and plantain thieves, and let go the remorseless criminals who hide behind the narrow political colorations.

If the rampant bribery and corruption, dubious judgment debt payments, stashing of national funds by some greedy opportunists , misappropriation of resources and crude embezzlement of funds meant to provide developmental projects by some public officials do not warrant criminal charges, then where are we heading as a nation?

How serious are we as a nation when we can only descend heavily on the mobile phone, the goat, cassava and plantain thieves, and let go the hardened criminals who persistently dip their hands into the national coffers as if tomorrow will never come?

To me, Ghana’s 1992 Constitution has to be reviewed and the irrational and inexpedient clauses such as the indemnity clauses are expunged and tossed into the dust bin accordingly.

I will venture to stress that Ghanaians are not distant apart in attitudes and behaviours from other human beings elsewhere, because we are all susceptible to human foibles.

But, what makes the people elsewhere much more responsible than a Ghanaian is the rigidity of their state institutions and the effective laws and regulations.

Take, for instance, elsewhere, the laws and regulations are strictly enforced, and as such the vast majority of the citizens and denizens prefer the observance to the stringent fines and the harsh punishments.

Let us face it, the vast majority of our politicians have no hearts. They are heartless. If that were not the case, how come they have wilfully dipped and continue to dip their hands into the national coffers to the detriment of the poor Ghanaians?

My dear reader, just take a look at our political landscape and you would agree with me that some of our politicians harbour vested interests and have no empathy whatsoever.

How can we make any meaningful advancement as a nation when the selfish, greedy, and corrupt politicians and other public servants continue to steal from the national purse as if there is no tomorrow?

Ghana, so to speak, needs patriotic and selfless men and women with the unparalleled wisdom of the Biblical Solomon and the enviable intelligence of the tiny ant to successfully steer the nation in the right direction.

May God bless our homeland Ghana!