Togbe Afede XVI, the Agbogbomefia of the Asogli Traditional Area, has described corrupt officials as termites to the woodwork of national development.
The former investment banker has thus tasked Ghanaians from all walks of life to unite to combat the scourge of corruption, which he identified as the cause of national retrogression.
Togbe Afede made the comments at the inaugural anti-corruption summit of the Asogli State – an event that is to become part of the annual Te Za – Yam festival of the state.
“I have reflected further on all of this as someone who has done some economics and who has been in business for some time. Looking at all the factors militating against our development, I came to a conclusion that the most important of all of this is corruption.
“Greed-inspired corruption, corrupt officials are termites at the woodwork. Eating at the very foundations of our progress, so that is what we have to deal with . . . let’s eschew greed and unite for the development of our country,” he stressed.
The summit was attended by some anti-corruption crusaders including; Journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni and ASEPA boss, Mensah Thompson. Also in attendance was media personality, Blakk Rasta.
Government appointees have routinely been accused of engaging in corruption with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said to be paying only lip service to the fight against the canker.
According to the 2021 edition of the annual corruption ranking chart by Transparency International, Ghana ranked 73rd out of 180 countries on the Corruption Perception Index, CPI, report released on April 4.
“Ghana’s current performance is still below 50 which is the expected average, thus leaves much to be desired,” the report noted.
Out of 49 African countries ranked, Ghana placed 9th with Senegal, each bagging a score of 43.
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This man called Torgbe Afede benefitted immensely from the admonistration of Preaident Kufuor who ordered the release of Tema Manhean land for the construction of his Sunon Asogli power plant. He was also on his economic advisory team. Kufuor built more roads in Volta than JJ who hailed from the region. When Kufuor left office this man said publicly that Voltarians felt like foreigners in their own land during Kufuor's administration. When President Akuffo-Addo wanted to create the Oti Region out of the Volta region, this same so-called torgbe openly campaigned againt the decision and carried his position to the national House of chiefs where he lied that the House of chiefs was against the creation of new regions. He lost. When he was campaigning for the renewal of his mandate as the president of the national house of chiefs, his campaign message was that he 'had been able to stand up to the bullying of the sitting president Akyffo-Addo', which was a false and propagandist and ***barred word*** political narration. He failed miserably and he was thrown out as president of the house. As a member of the Council of State, he took an interest free, tax-free vehicle loan from the state, rent allowance, fuel and maintenance and driver allowances, sitting allowances for having attended less than 40% of the total meetings of the Council of State. At the end of his failed term he returned the ex-gratia publicly to create a populist chaos which was childish. Now he's trying to be relevant in the fight against corruption. Having lost both the regional and national house of chiefs presidencies he's trying to remain relevant to the geopolitical landscape of Ghana which he doesnt deserve. After all the so-called Asogli state doesn't even cover the whole of Ho, let alone the whole of the Volta Region. He's just a noisy, lousy loser who must be ignored.
This man again