A retired Ghanaian civil servant, Twum Barimah has suggested that if Ghana adopts a culture of resignation, public office holders will work efficiently and be accountable to citizens.
According to him, the absence of a culture of resignation is what has motivated the Commissioner of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to stay in office despite the gross misappropriation of state funds on her accommodation.
Mr. Barimah observed that after 57 years of independence, the country is yet to witness the resignation of any public office holder who has failed to undertake his or her duties.
[contextly_sidebar id=”3aMgkO6IbhCTkMU59vxlxyIga4ZugSIh”]His remarks come of the back of an announcement by the Commissioner of CHRAJ that she has moved into her official residence following three years of expensive rent expenditure.
She also announced responding to the two petitions forwarded to the Chief Justice demanding her impeachment over the matter.
But on Citi FM’s The Big Issue on Saturday, Mr. Barimah stated that Lauretta Vivian Lamptey had the locus to order expensive renovation works to be undertaken at her official residence because “somebody has allowed her to.”
He wondered why Ms Lamptey was still at post and has not been sanctioned months after the news broke about her accommodation issues.
Such situations, he said, are what motivated some individuals to organize “coup d’états because we don’t want to resign.”
“Why is somebody not calling her to order?” he asked, adding that “our society is so acrimonious, we are so polarized and because of that, all our institutions are not working perfectly well.”
The retired civil servant was of the view that the source of Africa’s problem is “leadership deficiency” and he was certain that “when an independent presidential candidate is able to grapple power, we will be able to deal with all of this nonsense going on here.”
“I find a lot wrong with black men; not only Ghana but the entire continent; the way our governance system is so bad. Why do we work so hard to destroy ourselves? Why? There is something genetically wrong with the black man,” he said.
By: Efua Idan Osam/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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