Samuel Amoah

Economist | Health Data Scientist | Research & Policy| Fellow 🚧 | Chelsea FC

[Samuel Amoah @samrichyou]

impacting generations #genimpactgh

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@iamrahmanosman Marvin senaya, Jerome, Caleb, Adjetey and Asare have all been outstanding.

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Ye ye ye ye ye 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭

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Ohh Messi have mercy on Algeria 😩😩

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Eeeiiii Messi

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@AfiaDrah Location pls 😩😩😩

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@Mzdelah ?????

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Goal Ivory Coast 🔥🔥🔥🔥

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@obiMpenaAustine ….and Everton 😂😂😂😂😂

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What a goal by Vini . Charlie game on 🔥🔥🔥🔥

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@harry_specter The current GFA and the government should be up and doing. Despite the abundance of talent at our disposal, our beautiful game is basically in a coma.

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With the way things are going, Brazil might lose with a big margin. But this match is still open.

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🤣🤣😂😂

[Ye Africa 🇿🇲 King of the North @CaptainMwaluska]

The African diaspora needs to stop treating this as just another online debate.

If South Africa wants to normalise the mistreatment, humiliation and scapegoating of other Africans, then Africans outside South Africa should respond economically and culturally.

Stop watching South African films and shows. Stop buying South African wine. Stop buying South African products. Stop promoting South African tourism. Stop rewarding a country that treats vulnerable Africans as disposable while still expecting African solidarity, African markets and African cultural support.

This is not hatred of ordinary South Africans. It is a refusal to support a system and a social climate that dehumanises other Africans while calling it patriotism.

If African lives matter, then African money, attention and cultural support should also matter.

At this point, it is a moral obligation! I for one, I am done!

[Samuel Amoah @samrichyou]

Goal…..!!!!!!

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@obiMpenaAustine @ayishatu_ @eastsportsman Ohhh Austin’s 😂🤣🤣

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@ScholarshipfPhd Hi

[Eric Edem Agbana @edemagbana]

PUBLIC OFFICE, PUBLIC TRUST

I support recognising public officials who perform their duties well and make a meaningful difference in the lives of Ghanaians. Public service demands sacrifice, commitment, and leadership. When public officials deliver exceptional results, we should acknowledge and celebrate their contributions.

However, I am concerned about the standards that govern such recognition.

Citizens place confidence in government when public officials act with integrity and exercise sound judgement. For this reason, we must address not only actual conflicts of interest but also situations that create the perception of impropriety.

The current debate surrounding the Ghana Ministers of State Excellence Awards is not simply about those who attended the event or those who received awards. Rather, we should ask a more important question: should public officials receive awards from events that solicit sponsorships or financial contributions from the institutions they supervise or lead? This is an ethical question that must be settled.

Public officials should be recognised on the basis of performance, measurable outcomes, and genuine impact. Public recognition should never be linked, directly or indirectly, to financial contributions. When organisers seek sponsorship from institutions and subsequently honour officials from those same institutions, they create legitimate concerns about fairness, independence, and credibility. Even where no wrongdoing has occurred, such arrangements can weaken public trust and diminish the value of genuine excellence.

Professor Michael Kpessah-White has publicly alleged that organisers requested payment in connection with an award nomination. Another public sector Chief Executive Officer privately shared a similar experience with me and chose not to participate in the event after organisers made financial demands. These allegations raise serious concerns and warrant careful scrutiny.

I also wish to correct a few misconceptions.

First, the State did not organise these awards. They were organised by a private event management company.

Second, this was not the inaugural edition of the awards. Public officials under the previous administration also participated in and sponsored these events. However, we cannot justify a practice simply because others engaged in it before us. We criticised many of these practices in the past because we believed they weakened accountability and encouraged mediocrity. We should not defend them today.

Ghanaians elected this government on a promise of reform. They expect us to uphold higher standards, strengthen public institutions, and demonstrate a clear departure from practices that undermine public confidence. We cannot advance a Reset Agenda while tolerating conduct that raises avoidable ethical concerns.

Following my engagement with the Deputy Chief of Staff, Hon. Nana Oye Bampoe Addo, she assured me that the government would develop a regulatory framework to guide the Corporate Social Responsibility activities of State-Owned Enterprises. I understand that the committee responsible for this work has already commenced its task. I welcome this initiative and hope it delivers clear standards that promote transparency, accountability, and good governance.

We hold public office in trust for the people of Ghana. We must therefore conduct ourselves in ways that strengthen public confidence in our institutions. We should recognise excellence on merit, reward performance fairly, and reject practices that cast doubt on the integrity of public service.

Ghanaians will judge the Reset Agenda not by our rhetoric but by the policies we implement and the standards we uphold. If we are to build lasting public trust, we must lead by example and hold ourselves to the same principles we demanded of those who came before us.

I conclude by saying; MAY WE NOT BECOME WHAT WE CRITICIZED !!!!

#BuiltToLast

#GhanaFirst

[Samuel Amoah @samrichyou]

@SIKAOFFICIAL1 How ????