Seeking the public views and advice on a bothering issue

If you were me, what would you do differently, faced with an abuse of trust reposed in someone you trusted most?

There is this guy in Kumawu that I trusted most. I put him in charge of many things, overseeing their execution and progress. For the depth of trust I had in him, I never required him to evidentially explain any expenses he made and how they were made provided the job was done.

However, at the snail or tortoise pace he was executing the refurbishment job on the house, I had to get my younger sibling and nephew involved to expedite work on it. This guy was never happy and started having hatred towards them. Why this? I couldnot understand until today. Why did he get the hump whenever I got someone to help with the job I had placed him in charge?

They were there to assist with the speedy execution of the job to avoid the unnecessary periodic increments in the prices of building materials in Ghana.

Why was he not happy? Can anyone tell me?
Again, he informed me of a vehicle running over a 1000 litre water container he had rented at Ghc15 to Ghc20 per day from someone. The driver and his son whom he knows very well went to see him about the damaged container.

Should the driver who damaged the container be responsible for replacing it or should it be me?

He lied to me that the container was leased from someone unknown to me but as time passed by, it has come to light that the container belonged to his very youngest female blood sibling.

Why did he lie to me in the first place that the container belonged to someone else?

Is it because he felt guilty conscience charging me for the use of the container because my wife and I had assisted both financially some time ago?

A container was needed for the project anyway, so from whomever and wherever he rented one from was irrelevant. Therefore, renting one from his sister and paying her was not a problem to me.

However, he has been chasing my brother, pressuring him to ask me to pay for the container.

Once I bought one, used it for some time and decided to send it straight to the person he alleged was the owner, but he wouldn’t have it. He insisted I first take it to his house. I found his insistence awkward. Little did I know that the container did not belong to any outsider but his own sister.

The public must please tell me if I should be the one to pay for the damaged container which I never saw its remnants, or if it should be the driver that damaged it?

If the driver had driven off and he did not know him, then I could somehow be held responsible for its restitution.

When the container got damaged, he was overseeing the funds for the refurbishment. Why did he not pay the owner the money but waited to reclaim it from me after we parted ways and became like a cat and mouse?

What is your view if you were in my stead? Should I be held accountable for the damaged container or not? Why did he lie to me about the ownership of the container?

Your honest views devoid of “Enye hwee, fa ma Nyame” (Don’t worry, entrust it to Providence) are hereby sought.

Rockson Adofo

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