Why We Must Slay Corruption, the All-Devouring Monster

Ghanafuor, the question to ponder is: Should we not slay corruption, the all-devouring monster, before it kills off our Motherland Ghana?

It follows a priori that, as wise and aspirational Africans keen to see the successful resetting of our bankrupted national economy, we must insist that Parliament passes new laws mandating all our leaders to publicly publish their assets and those of their spouses before assuming office and immediately after their tenures in office end.

We must also demand that Parliament passes new laws incentivising whistleblowers who provide information leading to the recovery of stolen public monies, with a percentage of such recovered funds.

Above all, in the AI age, we must ban public procurement sole-sourcing completely. Nothing can justify such contracts in value-for-money terms, oooo. Full stop. Yoooooooooo...

Furthermore, it is cheaper in the long run, from the point of view of anti-corruption institutions like the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), and the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), for Parliament to pass new laws making it a serious crime to secretly fund politicians and political parties or for them to secretly accept such funding.

This includes provision of free services, goods in kind, and more. New laws are also needed to make it an offence for citizens to approach politicians for financial assistance and for politicians to offer direct financial assistance.

Enough is enough, oooo, Ghanafuor. If we don't slay the all-devouring monster of corruption, it will eventually kill Mother Ghana. Yoooooooooo. A word to the wise...

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