Ghana Needs Independence From Corruption & Nepotism – Prof. Bokpin

Ghana Needs Independence From Corruption & Nepotism – Prof. Bokpin

As Ghana marks its 66th Independence Day Celebrations, Professor of Finance and Economics at the University of Ghana Business School, Godfred Alufar Bokpin has emphasized the need for the country to attain independence from corruption and nepotism.

According to Professor Bokpin, Ghana’s independence day celebration is meaningless if corruption and nepotism continue to hamper the socio-economic development of the country. To him, the present economic difficulties are the making of corruption and nepotism which have become an albatross on the neck of Ghanaians.

Speaking in an interview with Accra-based Citi TV on the sidelines of the 66th Independence Day Celebration, he stressed that unless the country is rid of corruption and nepotism, Ghanaians will continue to wallow in the quagmire of underdevelopment and poverty.

He further reiterated the views of former Chief Justice of Ghana, Her Ladyship Sophia Akuffo, and former President John Dramani Mahama that it is senseless for the country to spend huge sums of money on such a celebration where there are pressing issues that require attention.

“I think that what is also important is that merely spending on independence means nothing. We need clear timelines and targets to guide our next celebration and more importantly, during the 67th celebration, we should look forward to gaining independence from corruption, nepotism, and low productivity,” Professor Godfred Alufar Bokpin lamented.

He continued that “we must look forward to something worth celebrating. It is not enough to spend millions of Ghana cedis to celebrate every 12 months. There are challenges and so if we can’t gain independence from corruption then, it is not worth celebrating anything anymore.”

“What it is for us is to use the celebration to look at what the major misses are and what the major hits have been. But if you look at our trajectory since independence, it doesn’t look like we have gained independence. We have been lying to ourselves all this while. Whatever we sought to gain from our independence in 1957 in terms of having control and direction of our economy have not been achieved.”

“Ghana has out of these 66 years spent quality time under the direction, guidance, and supervision of the West.  So we should really think of independence. We have not been able to turn the aspirations and intents into real sustainable development,” Prof. Bokpin admonished.

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