Capitalism is about investment. What are the investments Ghanaian entrepreneurs are making? Apart from very few, Ghana is a consuming nation. We import virtually everything into the country. Ghana’s kind of capitalism is crude, raw and primitive. It is a zero sum game of winner-takes-all. This is why the few who find themselves in positions of power and politics do it by all means. Politics in Ghana is about resource allocation. It is not about investing in people; it is about personal interest and aggrandizement. Until the welfare of all Ghanaians takes the prime place in the day-to -day administration of the country, politicians and civil servants will continue to pillage and cart away the fortunes of Ghana. The way to stop them is by making the future of every Ghanaian secure. When a civil servant knows that when he retires, his family members will not be asking him questions of how much he stole from public treasury, he will not take bribe. If he knows that he will drag the name of his family in the mud if caught and publicized, he will stay off taking bribe. If politicians know that family members and society will denounce and deny them respect and a place of honour in their locality, they will behave. When a worker knows that if he loses his job, he will not be out in the cold, he would put in his best. This was the Ghanaian way of curbing excesses and corruption- Joseph Yaw Frimpong, Ato Afful, Setordzie Israel Kofi, Hon. Mahama Ayariga, John Dramani Mahama, John Agyekum Kufuor and Nana Poku
Posted on: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 13:00:39 +0000
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