Speakers at a public lecturers have blamed the retarded growth and woe of Ghana on bad leadership, corruption and mismanagement of state resources.
The forum was organized by the United Voices For Change (UVC) a youth advocacy group socio-economic leadership and behavioral change in Ghana.
The speakers believe that for the nation to rise above the storm, the number one enemy of the land which is corruption and mismanagement of state resources must be nip in the bud.
Speaking on the theme “The future of our state and state own enterprise in Kumasi, The Managing Editor of the Insight News Paper and a vociferous commentator on national and international issues Mr Kwesi Pratt Junior has started that the nation would continue to head for doom if PHD holders continue to mismanage state own enterprises leading to their privatization.
He wondered why people with middle school leaving certificate were able to manage same for the benefit of Ghanaians.
Mr. Pratt pouted that out of the four hundred state own enterprises only two are currently in existence thus the Movin Pick Ambassador Hotel and the Golden Tulip Hotel.
According to Mr Kwasi Pratt the continuous entrusting of public sector enterprises to the care of looting brigades, the consequences would continue to be dire.
Mr Pratt described as madness the situation where by proceeds from the Ghana National Petroleum Commission (GNPC) would be given to a chief for the celebration of Akwasidae
“If our leaders can not add value to the raw materials and miniral resources and would continue to export them at the raw state oblivious of the fact that such resources are non renewable then the nation would continue to run the IMF all the time ” he added.
Mr Pratt wondered what the future of Ghana would be in the next 50 years after all the state resources are depleted.
Other speakers who share in the views of Mr Pratt include Prof John Gatsi, Dean of Business School at the University of Cape Coast and Mr Amakye Boateng a Political Science Lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
Source:ghanaianeye