This is the
concern of a former President of the Ghana Baptist Convention, Rev. Dr. Kojo
Osei-Wusuh, who says corrupt practices have gained root because of a general
disposition for “dishonest gains”.
He is particularly
unhappy with teachers who tend to make money out of poor students through the
sale of handouts.
“The
teaching profession is not to make money; if you want to make money get out
into the business world,” he charged. “Today in Ghana, a lecturer who has
taught students and at the end ultimately must test the students to find out
whether what he taught them they know, then he reveals the question to them;
what kind of life is this?”
Rev. Dr.
Osei-Wusuh, who is President of the Ghana Baptist University College and a
Board Member of the Ghana Integrity Initiative, also bemoaned the abuse of protocol
admissions into schools.
“Now it doesn’t
matter what the merits of admissions are; the chief has a whole list, the regional
minister has a whole list, the MP has a whole list, and they call it protocol
and we all are condoning it,” he told a congregation at the Grace Baptist
Church in Kumasi.
He has
charged Christians to openly and aggressively stand up against “deep seated” corruption,
even to the point of death.
“We need to
go out in the streets and challenge people, we need to challenge people in our
offices against corruption, we need to expose people. In this country if we don’t
begin doing this, we all will die and our children who are following us will
think that corruption is our culture,” Rev. Osei-Wusuh warned.
Dr.
Osei-Wusu says Christians must willingly lead the crusade against corruption.
“How many
of us here, even though we say we are Christians, are able to stand up against
corrupt acts, even if we’re not joining it?” he quizzed. “It’s not a matter of
you being compelled, it’s a matter of willingly doing what the master wants you
to do”.
He spoke on
the sermon title: “Crowns as Heavenly Rewards”.
Story by
Kofi Adu Domfeh
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