Ghana’s struggle with development, in the view of former Manso Nkwanta MP George Obeng Takyi, stems from what he describes as a culture of indiscipline and corruption that has taken root across leadership and everyday life.
He lamented that national progress has been sacrificed because wrongdoing has been normalised.
“Ghana is now built on the altar of corruption and indiscipline and that is why we have failed to develop as a country,” he said, insisting that moral decline has become so common that citizens no longer see it as abnormal.
He stressed that both political actors and ordinary citizens share responsibility for the problem.
“People get up and do what they like, fundamentally hinged on loose morals.
“It has become so commonplace that it has been made the norm,” he said in an interview with Oyerepa TV/Radio monitored by MyNewsGh, adding that discipline is the foundation on which honest governance must stand.
Dr Obeng Takyi argued that indiscipline and corruption feed each other, warning that a society that excuses wrongdoing cannot progress.
“Indiscipline and corruption have become interchangeable and deeply embedded in the life of both politicians and ordinary people. When people are disciplined, there would be no corruption,” he stated.
He contrasted Ghana’s situation with Western democracies, saying accountability systems remain weak. “In the Western world, when one is engaged in malfeasance of any sort, people are duly punished, but that is not what we see here,” he said.
According to him, the reluctance of leaders to face consequences sets a damaging precedent.
“When people in high positions refuse to be held accountable, it becomes difficult to eradicate the canker,” he cautioned.
