A celebrated Ghanaian investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni has lamented the rate at which the country channels huge monies into irrelevant government programmes.
The Fourth Estate editor cited the government’s “Planting for food and jobs” initiative he described as failed and overrated.
According to him, the project has been useless, yet the agricultural ministry keeps deceiving Ghanaians.
Speaking at the University of Ghana’s 75th Anniversary Lecture on Friday, March 3, Manasseh pointed out the brouhaha surrounding the national cathedral as a misplaced priority.
“Without integrity, we can invest in planting for food and jobs, but there won’t be food and jobs to show for it apart from imaginary figures and false claims from the Agric Ministry that have kept Fact-Check Ghana busy over the years.
“Without integrity, the highly misplaced national cathedral project will become an endless slideshow of scandals because people will still want to steal in the name of God’s church,” he noted.
Begging Germany to help beg countries like China to forgive Ghana’s huge debt, according to the award-winning journalist, is a clear example of a country without integrity.
Without integrity, we will continue to beg Germany to go and beg China on our behalf because we cannot pay what we have borrowed.”
–Manasseh Azure Awuni, at the University of Ghana’s 75th Anniversary Lecture
— Manasseh Azure Awuni (@Manasseh_Azure) March 3, 2023
“Without integrity, we will continue to beg Germany to go and beg China on our behalf because we cannot pay what we have borrowed,” read as transcribed in Manasseh’s tweet.
