Former Minister for Information, Fritz Baffour, has criticized individuals who delighted and mocked owners of the defunct UT Bank and Capital Bank.
“Hello folks, I am always amazed at how a lot of Ghanaians are readily inclined to gloat at the misfortunes of others,” he said on Tuesday, August 15.
His comments follow the purchase of the two banks by GCB Bank due to financial difficulties. Following the action by GCB Bank to acquire the non-performing banks, some individuals have taken to social media to post memes to make fun of Mr Prince Kofi Amoabeng, the Founder of UT Bank, as well as Dr Mensa Otabil, the General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), who is reported to have shares in the Capital Bank.
The former Member of Parliament (MP) believes it is shameful for Ghanaians to rejoice in the downfall of their own people and condemned individuals involved in the act.
“The collapse of two commercial banks should not be an occasion for wicked humour, jibes and hateful mirth,” he indicated.
For him, authorities must probe the circumstances that led to the collapse and “the lessons therein and take a cue for the future and our nation’s progress and advancement.”
“I have always maintained that Ghana is a nation in its infancy, so its denizens have a long way to go to get our act together as a well-functioning society. It is a difficult and hard slog. Many mistakes will be made, lives will even be lost, but we must be in the position to rebound and recover from failure and error. We can only achieve success if we are circumspect, compassionate, discerning, courageous, fair-minded, resolute in integrity, objective and positive,” he added.
Source: classfmonline.com
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Prince Amoabeng may have robbed God and ignorantly say such things against honoring God with his tithes, but what about the other bank which have a renowned Christian as hits CEO who believe so much in tithing and giving, both in church and our society. It also have a powerful man of God as it's board chairman who also give his tithes. What has happened to the said banks managerial failure on their parts and has nothing to do with not paying tithes. If all this messages going on in the media has anything to do with tithing then it should never have happened to first capital bank. Ghanaians should stop this outrageous celebration of someone's misfortunes. Zoomlion would never have be a thriving company with the help of UT bank likewise first capital who have also helped so many companies too.
Sheer enviousness. The two people they are mocking dine and wine with super powers and they will bounce back big time. WATCH OUT.
well said, very true, we should not gloat cos of these take overs, its a shame. think of the number of people going to be unemployed....
Well said Fritz.These are guys who took huge risks in setting up these businesses.They provided employment to a host of people, paid taxes to the state, met their social responsibilities, so to gloat over their failure is to say the least very callous. We can only grow this country if we encourage and celebrate our own.
Fritz, it's the typical "Johny-come-lately" jealous nature. It takes courage and high risk to be an entrepreneur and the word is 40% of firms fail in the first 5 years. instead of empathy, at the minimum, for those who will lose their jobs, some spineless folks gloat at others' misfortune. what a bunch of sadistic nobodies. If these banks failed on account of criminal acts by the owners, for goodness sake, let the law take its course.