Ghanaians are dishonest – Vice President

General News of Monday, July 15, 2019

Source: ghanacrusader.com

2019-07-15

Parliamentary Vice-President Joseph Osei-Owusu said that elected leaders are a reflection of the people who elect them to power.

According to him, there is no chance that elected officials are different from those who elected them. and expressed surprise that corruption is usually discussed as if only politicians engage in corrupt practices.

The First Vice President said these remarks in a speech he delivered as a speaker Saturday at a workshop for the heads of Parliament and some parliamentary committees in Koforidua.

The workshop was organized by the Ministry of Public Procurement on the theme "Strengthening parliamentary control through public procurement".

Mr. Joseph Osei-Owusu argued that the attitude of an office holder in the performance of his duties determines his character. And underlined Ghanaians should have the audacity to admit that they are dishonest.

"We do not like to follow the rules," he said. "The biggest challenge is how we should treat our dishonesty as a people?"

"I dare say that there is not one person who does not know the rules of public procurement laws; whether it is the contractor who makes the request or the agent. "

"If the rules are circumscribed and one person wins the contract, then the agent is a good man, but if another gets the contract, he is then accused of corruption and therefore corrupt."

He claimed that people are demanding favors from public servants when their government is in power. And yet these same people turn around and accuse others of being dishonest, which is strange.

The case of the current generation, he lamented, is already a lost cause, hence the need to teach and educate the new generation to new values, otherwise the situation would continue. .

Ghanaians, he said, must recognize that things have changed and will continue to change, especially for those in the public sector.

"We need to understand that the days we shared information that we wanted the public to know are over. People will find the information and give the interpretations that they want. "

"Many more people are now vocal and vociferous and are no longer intimidated. They will make comparisons around the world, compare with what we are doing here, and ask how we conducted the supervision, "he said.