Ghana’s High Commissioner to the UK and Northern Ireland, Victor Smith, believes the West African country is going through difficulties today because most of its “challenges are self-inflicted.”
According to him, “across board Ghanaians are not being truthful” and the nation “lacks people of integrity” which has adversely affected development.
The former spokesperson of the first president of the Fourth Republic Jerry John Rawlings said until Ghanaians purged themselves of such negative tendencies, Ghana will continue to lag behind.
High Commissioner Smith advised Ghanaians to eschew “selfishness” and “parochialism” in every sphere of life if today’s generation wants to bequeath a better Ghana to the future ones.
“Some people are not working because of selfishness and parochialism and we are not disciplined. People in authority and not necessarily politicians… there is corruption in Ghana and these things are hurting our country,” Ghana’s envoy to the UK and Ireland pointed out.
He added: “People are simply being selfish. We need to put systems in place to curb these things. We need to deal with people.
“Across the board Ghanaians are not being truthful and we lack people of integrity… it’s about time we got it right and deal with those people and the miscreants who undermine the economy… People who under-invoice and over-invoice must be dealt with.”
“People should stop stealing at the ports. The indiscipline and corruption must stop… there is hope provided Ghanaians wake up and tackle this issue of indiscipline,” he opined.
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