President Kufuor
identifies lack of self-discipline as main cause
of corruption among Ghanaians
Kumasi, Dec 4, GNA - President John Agyekum
Kufuor has appealed to Ghanaians to adhere to
the concept of self-discipline and patriotism to
ensure the success of the government's
declaration of zero tolerance for corruption.
Corruption, he said, bothers on morality and as
such the citizenry needed to make a conscious
effort at upholding good moral principles.
He said as an emerging economy the nation needed
to adopt a multi-sector approach to campaign
against corruption in all its forms and
manifestations that had permeated all segments
of the society to facilitate the nation's bid to
attain a middle-income status by 2015.
President Kufuor made the call in a speech read
on his behalf at the commemoration of the 10th
anniversary of the Ebenezer Oasis of Love Church
at Ahodwo in Kumasi on Sunday.
The President said in view of the limited
resources at the government's disposal to meet
its numerous socio-economic challenges, churches
should strive to commit resources especially the
provision of social amenities to partner the
government to improve upon the standard of
living of the people.
He said churches should also institute proactive
measures aimed at creating jobs for their
members to address the high unemployment rate
among the Ghanaian youth.
President Kufuor expressed dissatisfaction that
in spite of the fact that Christians were agents
of change some of them had in recent times
compromised their Christian principles and
biblical tenets to the detriment of the growth
of Christendom.
"We should at all time try to practice what we
preach to salvage the society from evil deeds
whilst improving upon the standard of morality
in the country", he said.
The President donated 20 million cedis towards
the completion of the Oasis of Love Church
building.
The Reverend Dr Kwabena Darko, founder and
General Overseer of the church, thanked the
President for the donation.
In a sermon the Reverend Elkana Hanson,
Presiding Bishop of the El-Shaddai Ministries at
Port Harcourt in Nigeria, appealed to African
leaders to shun arrogance and exhibit good
leadership qualities, transparency and
accountability to rid the continent of the
perennial problems of hunger, diseases and civil
wars.
GNA
