Brigadier-General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah (Rtd), Head of the Human Security Department of the National Security Secretariat, says corruption has reached what he called �epidemic� proportions.
He expressed grave concern about the never-ending incidence of corruption and called for action to stem the tide.
The retired army officer, who was once the National Security Advisor to the late President John Atta Mills, told Citi FM at Agona Swedru in the Central Region that the government should not relent in its efforts to fight the canker.
�What is happening in Ghana and in the last few days tells me that there is complete rot in our society and we need to do something about it. It is more like an epidemic that is running through the system.�
Within the last few weeks, reports of corruption and misuse of state funds by critical state institutions have been rife in the media.
He said there was what he called �loss of national values� which he said was the sole cause of rampant corruption in the country.
He said the nation needed �a moral crusade to find out what is wrong with us and how to bring us back to those values which Ghanaians were known for�values of patriotism, values of honesty.�
Gen Nunoo-Mensah called for de-politicisation of issues involving corruption, saying that �the issue is non-political; it�s become a national crisis that we need to deal with right now, otherwise we will get nowhere.�
Nunoo-Mensah also said help must be sought from seasoned Ghanaians to investigate the primary reasons why people loot state coffers, asking, �Why do we have this crisis of integrity, of morality in our system?�
The retired army officer was on radio recently, complaining that people in high offices had thrown morality to the dogs and were seeking self-interest at the expense of the ordinary Ghanaian.
However, when it was put to him that many Ghanaians, particularly those in opposition, were criticising the government for allowing corruption to gain root, he vehemently disagreed with the assertion and added that the Mahama�led administration had done its best.
He could neither mention those people in high offices that had thrown morality to the dogs and sought self-interest at the expense of the ordinary Ghanaian.
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