Ghanaian satirist and anti-corruption advocate Kwaku Sintim-Misa (KSM) has questioned how former President Nana Akufo-Addo feels about the level of corruption that reportedly took place under his party’s administration.
“What does he go through knowing that all this painful loot happened under his watch?” KSM asked on his KSM show monitored by MyNewsGh.
The outspoken commentator expressed dismay over what he described as a culture of indifference among some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who, according to him, downplay reports of corruption and dismiss them as exaggerations.
KSM argued that Ghana’s escape from what he termed “eight years of barbaric loot” was a stroke of divine intervention, suggesting that a continuation of the NPP’s rule would have extended what he called “the senseless corrupt decadence” witnessed in recent years.
He criticized attempts by government officials to use the COVID-19 pandemic as a scapegoat for economic mismanagement, saying, “They all say it was COVID, but that’s just an excuse. The NPP got more aid during that period than ever before, and yet we saw massive financial leakages.”
The satirist cited alleged scandals involving state agencies, including the National Service Scheme (NSS) and the National Lottery Authority (NLA), as examples of unchecked corruption.
“If the eight had been broken,” he said, “it would have been a continuity of loot.”
KSM concluded that Ghana’s governance challenges have less to do with political ideology and more with moral decay, warning that excuses only serve to normalize wrongdoing.
