The former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Reverend Professor Emmanuel Martey has said instead of Ghanaians clamouring for the prosecution of former public officials and politicians who plunder state resources while in office, as, he cited is done in South Korea, they “hail the thieves and want them to come back” into power.
Expressing concerns about how fresh school leavers were engaging in partisan politics to amass wealth, Prof Martey said the trend is persisting as a result of the failure of the system to punish leaders for engaging in corrupt activities.
“People go into politics for money”, he bemoaned, adding: “You see a fresh school leaver go into politics and when unfortunately he’s given a position, and the first thing he does is to amass wealth.”
He said such leaders who cause financial loss to the state should not be celebrated but punished.
Speaking as a special guest preacher during the home-coming service organised by the First Baptist Church, Tema Community Five, as part of its 50th anniversary, Rev Prof Martey called for the need for Ghanaians to elect politicians with integrity to lead the nation.
He said unlike other countries such as South Korea where officials found to be corrupt are punished, Ghanaians rather prefer to celebrate leaders who loot the country’s kitty.
“We shouldn’t be in this state”, he said.
“Go to South Korea. In the 50’s when we had our independence, South Korea also had her independence. …The GDP is almost the same. The only difference between the two nations is that South Korea, for the past two or three years, they have jailed two heads of states for money laundering and corruption but you in Ghana, you rather hail the thieves and want them to come back again. This is serious!” he exclaimed.
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Of course this country is one full of people who want things and do not wish to work for them. Ghanaians are mostly lazy louts who are always on the look-out for someone who will dish out free money.Why is it so difficult to modernise the economy,digitise everything? It is because there are people who have st0l3n from the national kitty for years and will never allow anything that will make the country progress.Ask yourself ;why does John Mahama want to come back? The man is a certified kleptomaniac and there are hordes of people who follow him around because they believe he has st0l3n enough to go round.Yes Reverend we abhor honest ,hard working folks.
Please let this man give us a brake. No one will listen to all these your deception and double standard in this country. If you want to be an honest person be and stop all this hypocrisy. Are you not seeing the ***barred word*** going in government today? Are you not seeing the gross display of incompetence in government today? Ask yourself if Jesus was speaking on issues in this country, will He decide to speak on only issues that suits him. If you want to be taken seriously in this country just for once be a “man of God “ with godly conscience
Mamaha is the modern day Ali baba who had and still has more than 40 tiifs...he surely wants to come back again because they didn't finish teefing everything Ghana has....but Ghana will never allow them again..well said revmartey.
Tell that to Otabil.
I THOUGHT THIS MAN IS OUT TO SPACE AND DOES NOT SEE ANYTHING ON EARTH. WITH ALL THE BAD HAPPENINGS GOING ON IN GHANA SINCE HIS PARTY CAME TO POWER HE HAS NOT SEEN ANY. PEOPLE PARTY LOYALS ENTER INTO COURT ROOMS TO MISBEHAVE. BANKS ARE CLOSING DOWN HE SEES NOTHING ABOUT IT. HE DOES NOT BUY FUEL SO HE IS NOT FEELING IT. HE ONLY TAKES PLEASURE IN THE NDC AND NOTHING ELSE. I KNOW GOD IS WATCHING.
THERE ARE ALSO ***barred word*** IN POWER,OSOFO. THE ***barred word*** ARE IN BOTH GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION
GOSPLE TRUTH SPOKEN!!!
So this man still talks?.Your own conscience will put u to jail.
Go and advice your brother Otabil. He need to be prosecuted and jailed coz he is worse than politician.
U dis man u have not shame