Anti-corruption
crusader, Dr. Kojo Osei-Wusuh, is on a mission to engage political parties and
politicians to make corruption a major subject for political campaigns in Ghana’s
Election 2016.
He
believes this is the best time to commit politicians to rid the society of
corrupt practices that retard development, emphasizing that corruption is becoming
endemic and forms the basis of most problems faced by the country.
“Poverty,
unemployment and lack of amenities can be traced to the fact that monies are
being channeled to people’s pockets,” he said.
Rev.
Osei-Wusuh, who is Board Member of anti-corruption agency, Ghana Transparency
Initiative, wants political parties to move beyond their fixation on corruption
accusations and counter-accusations and rather be consistent in informing
Ghanaians on how they intend to tackle the canker.
“Any
government who thinks he is fighting corruption should be fighting the one that
ordinary people always encounter in the public places, on the roads and market
places,” he stated.
The
former President of the Ghana Baptist Convention expects Christians to lead the
crusade of a corruption-free environment.
“The
voice of the church seems to be muted,” he observed.
Rev.
Osei-Wusuh wants the status quo changed with the formation of the ‘Forum for
Christians Against Corruption’ (FoFCAC), a platform to mobilize Christians to
shun corruption whilst campaigning against the practice in everyday life –
schools, health centers, workplaces among others.
Among
activities of the Forum is to engage aspiring parliamentarians to inform the
electorates on their plan of action to support government in uprooting
corruption when voted to power.
The
first voter-education against corruption forum, on Wednesday September 21, will
involve all parliamentary candidates in the Subin Constituency in the Ashanti
region who will speak on what they will do to fight corruption when voted for.
“If
any politician mounts campaign, in the area of corruption, he should start
telling us that as the citizenry goes to the public places and they are asked
money that they should not be paying, what are they going to do specifically to
stop that practice?” quizzed Rev. Osei-Wusuh.
He
said the electorates must be able to hold politicians to commit to uprooting
the corruptions from all facets of society.
By
Kofi Adu Domfeh
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