The Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho has expressed serious concerns over the dominance of money in Ghana’s politics.
[contextly_sidebar id=”crcwYT45HmvgivuaRpSOQhp48I5hvFKM”]He observed that Ghana’s democracy has got to a stage that money rules rather than seeking the interest of Ghanaians.
“We have monetized politics, all of us. If you don’t pay they won’t vote for you,” the Speaker of Parliament stated.
This he said have had a negative effect on the country’s democracy because those who have good intentions but may not have money to spread would not get the chance to go into politics.
Edward Doe Adjaho made the observation on Wednesday during the inauguration of a new set of leaders for the nation’s Parliamentary Press Corp.
He said: “As somebody that has devoted my youthful years to this position, my worry is where are we going as a country” Our people may say it is the quality of our MPs but I can tell you that it is not the quality of MPs, because we have very good materials in the current MPs.”
He thus called on his colleague politicians and Members of Parliament to desist from such situation which he described as extreme monetization of the nation’s politics.
In a related development, the Northern Regional Minister, Alhaji Mohammed Muniru Limuna has blamed churches for making them corrupt.
“You[Pastors] tell us that if you can afford GHC 1,000, come for this special prayer …so if I’m sitting there as a Minister and I cannot afford, I will be ashamed so the next time, I will do all means to get money and that is why we have officials trying to steal money because they have to be respected in the church,,” he argued.
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By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh/citifmonline.com/Ghana