Thou Shalt Not Steal

If anything is poisoning our lives and weakening our society, it's reality. Ghanaians don't want to be criticized whatever the case might be but constructive criticism is always good for the country. Some people's loyalty to the party they belong, override their concerns for the country and so take in everything wholesale without careful examination of the truth.

The present administration came in at the right time to save Ghanaians from the verge of economic hardships. They came in with boatloads of promises to turn things round. Corruption, which is now on a roller-coaster, seems to be the sine-qua-non of attaining social pre-eminence but CORRUPTION=STEALING.

What we see now is the opposite or parallel to what they vouched after campaigning against the "Imperial Parliament of NDC". When the present government saw no immediate consequences for their bad behaviours from the beggining, their sins have become progressively more severe and the President is not acting to stop this sickness.

Mr. John Boadu, who is the National Youth Treasurer of NPP said he does not regard the NPP Ministers and political appointees as angels. By saying this the man has admitted to the bad things some of them are doing to the detriment of the country. These people were elected to serve the people and not to take advantage and milk them dry. Corporate scandal has now become an accepted norm in Ghana.

Mr. Stepen Akuaku who is the boss of Electricity Company of Ghana has bought himself a vehicle costing Cedis 850million, whiles two regions in Ghana viz, Western and Central who are under his administration are sharing one customer billing information service which cost just over Cedis 1 billion.

Secondly, at the energy commission, Cedis 809 million has already been spent on foreign travels by staff members and a commissioner. Mr. Kofi Asante who is now the discarded Sec. of the Energy commission has also spent Cedis 257million on travels. Where they travel to and the bussines they bring home, nobody knows. Two Land Rovers have been bought for the top people at the commission. Daasebre Osei Bonsu (Mampong-hene) being one of the beneficiaries and which shouldn't have been the case. If we are to look into the salary of two hundred teachers, it will be under what two people are enjoying as chief executives in some corporations. Yet the government is refusing to see reason with teachers, doctors, nurses,police etc. and help them out. Is there any veneer of fairness in this?.

Herbert Mensah knelt before the president and begged for forgiveness after awarding questionable contracts to Kempong Ltd. Now the question I want to ask carries no bias, no hatred, just plain question. Why was Herbert or any of the CEO"s not punished?. The administration of this government divides into "Acts and Scenes" when we talk about mal-feasance.

They have made the NDC look like angels, despite the fact that they are all like toads, they croack alike.

Ghanaians don't want to acknowledge how much nepotism plays a role in their own lives because it conflicts with their image as self made men. Nepotism has been the bricks and mortar of some of the most dynamic, influential people in Ghana yet the government is doing nothing to prevent that.

The Kuffour administration should have the moral fortitude to stop this as the party's programme has not fulfilled it's goals. Corruption and citizen distrust of government is now rampant.

The president's son is refusing to come forward to counter the punches thrown by the National Democrat newspaper. Instead Mr. Charles Sam is now doing the talking for him. If the president's son has every right like anybody in the country to do business and conduct his affair or look for any opportunity that is available, then Rawlings' children also have the right to attend any university in the world of their choice. Their only crime was that their father was the president at that time as we have been made to believe by Mr. Sam in the case of Chief Kuffour. Now that they are in a similar corner they are refusing to name or disclose the partners involved in the transaction. The rules are now being changed in the middle of the game. The inescapable thing is that truth is a pre-requisite to good governance but the former has now taken a back burner. Whatever the president's son says now is likely to be read through the lens of suspicion. The president was so poor that his house was renovated and paid for by a friend at the cost of Cedis 41million. How was the son able to buy the property for $7million in just four years that the father has been a president?.

The NPP MP for Assin north Mr. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong failed to tow the lines of his own party and spoke his mind about the nefarious activities happening in the government.He felt sorry for the average Ghanaian and that is the type of people we need in parliament. They go there to serve and not to be served. In private, the government is worried that every case they put up is weak but publicly, they express absolute certainty about their false allegations. The suffering of the people are shining testament to the efficacy of the government. The government's insensitivity to the plight of the people is due to the fact that in Ghanaian political system, party trumps person. This perfidious behaviour or nature of the NPP administration over the past years has taught Ghanaians that they aren't people they can count on in a pinch. The popular support they garnered once is now on the wane.

I wonder how the government can pander cravenly to Ghanaians with this abysmal performance.The country shouldn't be run on sentiments as the president is doing now because people in positions are his brothers,gutter to gutter friends, cousins and nephews.(Kuffour Ltd)

For the president to discipline his Ministers, DCE's and friends, from Bamba, through Wereko Brobbey, around Richard Anane and to the final destination, corporate scandals, shouldn't be a monumental task or a big deal but rather a done deal.If the president continues to keep mute over what is happening, then Ghanaians should fasten their seat belts as they are in for a bumpy ride for the next four years.

Seth Bonsu.(Mr Tee)
Denver-USA

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