Religious Leaders Must Use The Pulpit To Help Fight Corruption

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It is said that the Gospel should be used as a tool for fighting corruption and other social vices. It is a fact that good morals and values in the gospel when adhered to can change individuals who engage in corrupt practices.

In recent times many men of God/church leaders have found it so convenient in scolding political leadership for not doing much in fighting corruption but interestingly these same men of God/church leaders who serve as spiritual/surrogate fathers to many of our corrupt individuals/personalities in the communities can be said to have equally and pitifully failed in counseling and guiding their devout congregants to resist the temptation and to remain upright in all their dealings to the glory of God. The unembellished truth is that, corruption is a moral issue.

It is clear that collectively, we have all failed in putting our hands to the wheel in fighting the corruption menace in Ghana. The general hypocrisy in Ghana about corruption is sickening. We pretend we are holier than the person who has been caught red handed or perceived to have indulged in some corrupt practice.Indeed, our pastors, imams and men of God should equally bow their heads in shame for doing very little or virtually nothing in their churches/mosques to help in fighting the corruption upsurge in Ghana.

Tackling corruption is not only the responsibility of our political leaders, the security agencies and anti-graft bodies but also, our religious leaders, need to battle the menace from the pulpit. Fighting corruption should be the collective responsibility of all; the ordinary Ghanaian, the teacher, the court clerk, judges, nurses, doctors, the security agencies, the journalist etc must get involved in the fight against corruption if only we desire a favourable outcome for the good of our dear mother Ghana.

Nuhu Ndebilla – Kumasi
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