A former board chairman of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) and Chairman of Yamson and Associates, Dr Ishmael Yamson, has bemoaned the decline in virtue among politicians and warned that the nation risks an uprising if political figures do not change their selfish desires and work in the supreme interest of the nation.
Speaking on Class FM Wednesday 17 May, Dr Yamson warned that the nation was “sitting on a time bomb” as citizens in the nearest future will not sit aloof but vent their anger and frustration at political heads.
He told the show host: “In Ghana, the more corrupt you are, the better person you are. The more corrupt you are, the more respected you are. The more corrupt you are, the more offers and opportunities come your way because you can go round, your children will be employed, your family members will be employed.
“When the changeover of government came, I heard people ask: ‘Why haven’t I got a job, why haven’t I been given a job because I’ve worked hard for the party?’ But you work hard for the party for a specific purpose or you work hard for the party because you were promised something and whether you qualify or not because you’ve worked for the party you must get it. And I think it’s something that the two political parties need to take seriously because they can’t go on like this, it will not last, it just won’t last.
“Because there is so much that unemployed people in the street can take. These days, with the slightest problem there is huge commotion… So we need to understand that we are sitting on a time bomb. So if our politicians will not begin to think like entrepreneurs, will not begin to think selflessly, will not begin to think that we have a country to build and that it’s not about ourselves, I can tell you that we will just be going round in circles and very soon maybe who knows you will not be able to survive the corruption and the havoc that will follow…”
Source: classfmonline.com
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i respect you so much, please don't come into these lanes!
These comments should have been made during the tenure of the past government. You sat and looked on with opportunistic aloofness. How can we take you serious?
Wonders they say will never end, Dr Yamson , we still remember your birthday present Pls give the next joke.
THIS MAN USED STATE MONEY FOR HIS BIRTHDAY PARTY AND NOW LOOK HE IS TALKING LIKE A SAINT,JUST AS MAHAMA IS PREACHING AGRIC FOR THR YOUHT BUT STOLE THE MONEY WIF HIS DARLING BOY ROLAND AGAMBIRE AND ABSCONDED TO DUBAI UNDER THE PRETEXT THAT HE HAS AN OFFICE THERE. THEIFS
This is food for thought for all those who are the helm of affairs in this country. It is the truth being told by the learned man and heads must pay attention to it.
YOU ALWAYS SERVE IN EVERY GOVERNMENT THAT COME TO POWER AS A BOARD MEMBER OR CHAIRMAN. PLEASE PURGE YOURSELF FIRST AND STOP THE THE HYPOCRISY.
WHEN PART OF PROCEEDS FROM CORRUPTION WAS USED TO BUY YOU BIRTHDAY PRESENT, WHAT DID YOU SAY AT THE TIME ??
Great minds, they say, think alike😀