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Outgoing UK High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin, has delivered his signature sharp criticism of the ‘evils’ in the Ghanaian society at an event to mark the end of his three-year tenure.<\/p>\n

Speaking Thursday night at a ceremony to bid farewell to him, Mr. Benjamin attacked institutions he said\u00a0are behind entrenched corrupt practices in the country.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cWe have seen far too much greed, wanton corruption in too many spheres \u2013 in government, in politics, in public administration, in religion, in traditional leadership, in football, in the media \u2013 and at too many levels from top to bottom,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He justified his comments with reference to the often reported incidents of \u201chighly padded\u201d single-sourced contracts and unfairly awarded tenders and conflicts of interest deals by state officials who use their positions to promote their private businesses.<\/p>\n

Singling out last year\u2019s Central Medical Stores fire in Tema, he said the perpetrators of the arson have not been punished because of deep-seated corruption.<\/p>\n

A Committee set up to investigate the inferno reports that the fire was deliberately set to conceal\u00a0evidence of theft, and deep procurement\u00a0irregularities.<\/p>\n

Mr Benjamin\u2019s three years tenure as UK\u2019s High Commissioner to Ghana has been checkered with both admiration and fierce criticism by the public over some of his comments.<\/p>\n

His Tweets and public speeches have been the topic of media discussions with a many Ghanaians suggesting that his comments are unbecoming of a diplomat.<\/p>\n

His favourite target has been the controversial founder of the International God’s Way International Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim.<\/p>\n

He also joined Ghana’s twitter community to make fun out of trending issues including politics.<\/p>\n

Last December, Jon Benjamin was forced to delete a tweet suggestively jabbing former President John Mahama<\/b> after it angered sections on social media.<\/p>\n

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Mr Benjamin would be transferred to another Diplomatic Service appointment, according to a statement on the UK government\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

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He will be replaced by Ian Walker in August.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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