[ 2012-07-15 ]

Ghanaian politicians are greedy, arrogant- Prof. Akosa
A leading member of the opposition Convention
People's Party (CPP), Prof. Agyemang Badu-Akosa
has posited that politicians in Ghana are
bedeviled with greed, individualism and damn
arrogance.

According to him, politicians in Ghana have
relegated patriotism to the background thereby
looting the coffers of nation to enrich
themselves.

He posited that the attitudes of Ghanaian
politicians have transcended to the ordinary
people in the country making everybody think of
him or herself first rather than the nation.

Speaking on Asempa FM's current affairs show
Ekosii-Sen Friday, Prof. Akosa noted that due to
the selfish interest of politicians poverty has
engulfed the people since the commencement of
multi-party democracy in Ghana.

“I have seen a lot in the country but I can say
that since the beginning of multi party democracy
in Ghana, the Ghanaian has not seen anything good.
Our education, health, economy and others have
failed. We are in a mess. The politician has been
greedy, individualistic, selfish and arrogant. I
have also realized that due to this, the ordinary
people have lost their sense of patriotism. Even
taxi drivers now have English and Isreali flags in
their cars forgetting that they are Ghanaians",
Prof Badu Akosa noted.

The former Director General of the Ghana Health
Service asserted that politics in Ghana today is a
vehicle for enriching oneself thereby attracting
lots of youth.

“Politics is now cheap because people know they
can enrich themselves. Many of the rich men in
Ghana are one way or the other been associated
with politics before so why won't it attract the
youth”, Prof. Akosa stated.

”Apart from Nkrumah who was selfless, all the
others who came after him are selfish and
arrogant. He is the only person whose underpants
were with the inscription-property of Ghana”.

Prof. Akorsah debunked assertions by some people
that “politicians are the same” noting that there
is no way politicians can be the same because they
differ in character and moral upbringings.
“Politicians are not the same because if your
parents were kind to others in your younger days,
you will grow with it. For me, my parents were
kind so it has lived with me and that I cannot be
selfish and steal from Ghanaians”.

He admonished influential people in society who
are reluctant to join politics to reconsider their
decision because they will always be in the mess
created by selfish politicians.

Source - Asempafm

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