Bribery And Corruption Felix Acquaye Analysis

BIRBERY AND CORRUPTION, GHANA’S WEAKNESS

In the article "BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION, GHANA'S WEAKNESS", published in the website modernghana.com by columnist Felix Acquaye explains the human nature towards bribery and corruption. He mentions in his article that, corruption is always referred to the government but bribery and corruption are part of our daily lives and blaming the government is truly a mask to hide our faults. In his article, Acquaye, exposes the daily bribing done by people to get out of trouble or to gain unlawful advantage like bribing the police to avoid prison or, bribing officials to get work done easily and many more. He says, if we truly wanted a corruption free country, then we must change ourselves. As M.S. Gandhi once said, "We must be the change we want to

Many crimes have become a normality but that does not give the criminal some way to defend himself/herself. I agree that many of us bribe officials for our advantage but that doesn't harm anyone else but using the money of taxpayers for the advantage of the governments "close ones" is not acceptable.

Finally, I also agree with Acquaye that one shouldn't blame the government for bribing while he/she does the same thing frequently true to the saying "One living in a glass house shouldn't throw stones on other people". Acquaye's article would be more effective, I believe, if he had talked about both the public and the government for a better future of the country rather than just defending the government by pointing out everyone's mistakes and wrongdoings.

I would like to that it is because of the encouragement from the government, common men resort to bribing. In Ghana, many business owners are demanded unofficial payments by the agencies that are legally mandated to promote and control businesses for the purpose of obtaining