Ghana on sale for $5000...

According to Ghanaweb on Tuesday, Hon. P.C. Appiah-Ofori, the MP for Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa has alleged that members of Parliament from the New Patriotic Party were ordered by President Kuffour to vote for the approval for the sale of Ghana Telecom to Vodafone. In his testimony before the inter-ministerial committee, Hon. P.C. Appiah-Ofori revealed that each Member of Parliament for NPP than received $5000 which came directly from President Kuffour’s office. The article on Ghanaweb appears to me that Hon. P.C. Appiah-Ofori is a man who is genuinely concern about level of unpatriotic act by the Kuffour Government and MPs. However, it failed to reveal if P.C. Appiah-Ofori voted for the sale and indeed if he was also influence by $5000 since he represents the NPP in Parliament. Notwithstanding, I am totally appalled but not surprise by the actions of those MPs and President Kuffour.

However, the thought of corruption at Presidential level is disastrous to any nation bearing in mind that the lives of over 23.000.000 Ghanaians depend on the President. The duty of President John Kuffour and his NPP government for the eight years that they were in power were, to protect the well-being of all Ghanaians and safeguard the independence and territorial integrity as well as to take the significant steps to eradicate corrupt practices and the abuse of power. I am extremely disappointed to say the least that the NPP government failed the Ghanaian people and sold their trust and their property for a mere disgraceful amount of $5000 to a foreign entity. This is treason at the level of merciless and therefore deserving of death if found guilty. Even though, I normally do not agree with death penalty but with this issue I can not think of any punishment worthy of such act. Nkrumah and all those Kings and Queens including people who were shipped for slavery must be weeping in their graves. I fear for the beautiful nation of Ghana when the oil starts pumping, bearing in mind this level of corrupting and treason. May the Almighty God help Ghana the gate way to Africa.