Yaw Osafo-Marfo, a senior presidential advisor to the president, has claimed that corruption in the nation is getting worse rather than better.
He asserts that the Church must be a key player in the fight against corruption in the nation.
Speaking to the 23rd General Meeting of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana over the weekend in Kwahu Abetifi in the Eastern Region, the former Finance and Education Minister questioned how we could defend the Christian faith when Christians were responsible for 70% of all funds stolen illegally from the public coffers annually.
“The Christian community has a responsibility to play if there is so much degradation in our body politics. What type of message do we consistently provide to the country’s 70% Christian population? What kind of moral lesson can we impart to such a sizable portion of the population? Christianity itself has a problem making our words function if we can’t do anything to bring about specific changes, he said.
“I think we need to go back and revisit the drawing board to see what we should do as a Christian organization to influence the behavior of the system. Is it possible that your moral instruction and preaching are no longer effective? “, Osafo-Marfo continued. We ought to
“I think we need to go back and revisit the drawing board to see what we should do as a Christian organization to influence the behavior of the system. Is it possible that your moral instruction and preaching are no longer effective? “, Osafo-Marfo continued. If actually 70% of us identify as Christians and corruption starts to get worse, what is really going on? If so, we should reflect on our actions as a nation and work with the government to take specific steps to rid the country of corruption.
Additionally, he stated that Ghana’s alarmingly high graduate jobless rate is endangering national security.
He attributed the predicament to the educational system, which moved away from practical skill training and toward theory.
He claimed that he is uncomfortable with the way that nearly all of Ghana’s universities still provide humanities courses rather than technological programs.
Source: OccupyGh.com
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