Re: Mahama backs crackdown on airport workers begging visitors for tips
I agree with you, Mr. President. Let us not allow the poor workers at the airport to embarrass the nation. But, how can we not be equally embarrassed when we so mess up and mismanage our economy that we continue to go begging the IMF, the World Bank, Eurobond Investors, Bilateral Investors, Local Bondholders and everybody else in the world, to forgive our indebtedness and to lend us some more so…
Mahama, the President, concedes that airport workers asking visitors for tips tarnishes the country's image. However, he worries that Ghana's own economic mismanagement and insatiable borrowing from international creditors paints an equally dismal picture. The nation's leaders must comprehend the concept of shame, Mahama argues.
If they do, the politicians who have led Ghana for the past 34 years under the Fourth Republic should feel deep shame, rather than embarrassment over airport beggars. The source material highlights the stark contrast between micro-level beggars at the airport and macro-level corrupt officials who have governed Ghana poorly while amassing personal wealth.
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