The whole idea of an award scheme for ministers or public office holders in general, is deeply nauseating.
The people's verdict is your scorecard, not some circus you dress up for to feel good.
SIGA boss Kpessa-Whyte says he was asked to pay to receive an award at the “Ghana Ministers of State Excellence Honours”
He wrote as follows: “Out of caution, I advised my staff to contact the organisers and seek clarity. It was only then that we discovered that attendance at the event to receive the supposed honour was tied to payment.
The options communicated were either a sponsorship package of GH¢50,000 or the purchase of a dinner table of eight at GH¢25,000.
In other words, the path to public recognition appeared to have been tied to financial contribution.
I opted not to be part of it.”
Source: Daily Graphic
This is equivalent to the e-levy cake situation in my books. So out of touch with reality.
The country is flooding and you’re awarding yourselves for, *checks notes* doing your job???
Someone decided to organize Ministers’ Awards and not one person paused to ask whether it was a good idea?
You got dressed up and accepted awards from yourselves instead of being judged by the people you serve?
What kind of self-congratulation exercise is this?
At a time when communities are flooding, this is the optics you chose?
Bad. Very bad look.
@lydiaforson Floods, long queues for public transportation by a lot of people, filth everywhere and we’re out there awarding “public servants”. Someone pls tell me it’s a bad dream 🤦🏽♀️