Judging and pointing fingers because one person or another has been ‘fished out’ and is in the limelight for engaging in corruption is completely wrong, Founder of UK-based World Miracle Outreach, Rev. Dr Lawrence Tetteh has said.
Corruption, he says, is a canker that has found its way into many institutions and professions. The media and the church and the judicial system which even are to keep the citizenry in check he posited, are themselves more involved in corruption than the layperson.
He, therefore, sees no reason in pointing fingers and dwelling so much on individuals who have been picked as having engaged in corruption when the very same persons pointing fingers and judging are engaged in similar or worse activities.
“Do we want to face reality? …..Do we have judges who are corrupt? Do we have journalists that we expect to be as genuine as possible taking sides? Do we have lawyers who are corrupt? Unfortunately, do we also have pastors who are corrupt? If it is so, then we all have a collective responsibility and we should stop just pointing fingers but we should start from the grassroots. As a matter of fact, charity begins at home. I’m very sad that we all seem to be pointing fingers at things we all do, let us be very mindful. We should not be quick to judge,” he said.
He stressed rather, on the need for all Ghanaians, irrespective of their political and societal statuses or professions to deal with corruption right from its roots.
“We all have a collective responsibility to fight corruption. From the top to the bottom and to all spiritual leaders, we all have a responsibility. That is why I say we should all come together in a massive united front to fight this canker otherwise we are all pointing fingers; if all of us here are to be investigated…”, he noted.
Ghana has been fraught in recent times with numerous corruption scandals emerging in various public institutions and involving particularly high-profile persons in those institutions.
Most recent to have hit the news is the yet-to-be aired investigative piece by Anas Aremeyaw Anas dubbed 'Number 12', which focuses on corruption in Ghana Football.
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Source: Ghanaweb.com
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These people are just chalatans, liers and killers of the soul. Why has his words and tone changed all of a sudden? Just a few months ago, this guy was saying a different thing. Pointing fingures here and there so what has changed today? Is it a new political party in power? We now see where his allegiance lie. If NDC is in power and there are acts of corruption, say it on the roof tops. I personally do not care. I expect the same if the NPP comes to power and there are acts of corruption say that one too.This is because when my mother is taken ill and unfortunatetly she visits hospital, I will have to pay exhorbitant prices for oxygen and medication if NDC is in power or if NPP is in power. These guys pay politicians money so that they get favours an example of these favours is the import duties they do not pay when they import things into the country. The are not men of God. They are business men who have found a way of amassing money from unsuspecting people to further their business empires. I am not one person who facilitate their ambition. They are criminal in cassock. Opoku Anyina, Martey and all of them. Otabel is worse. Why are all of them seeking political influence. What has happened to prayer and fasting? What has happened to salvation? What has happened to the love of the flesh? These guys really dissapoint me.