General News of Monday, 17 February 2020
Source: Kingdomfmonline.com
2020-02-17
Mr Samuel Sarpong
Mr Samuel Sarpong, a former manager at State Housing Company Limited (SHCL) and a one-time regional minister for Ashanti has urged leaders in the country to work to eliminate indiscipline in the social fabric.
The former SHCL boss believes the canker was seriously eroding the moral fiber of the country.
Speaking to the Ghanaian Observer newspaper on Val’s day last Friday when he addressed the youth at the 4 Garrison Methodist Presbyterian Church in Kumasi, Mr Sarpong said it is surprising that indiscipline was gradually becoming a norm in the Ghanaian society.
He noted that people now wantonly throw things from moving vehicles on streets with others littering everywhere with impunity.
YOUTH:
Mr Sarpong expressed worry about the manner the youth were seeing indiscipline as something enticing.
He said from churches to mosques as well as schools all over in Ghana, the youth indulge in lateness and absenteeism.
These traits, he noted had been cultivated by the youth because they are copying blindly from other societies outside Africa.
Mr Sarpong, who was a one-time Mayor for the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) said the easy access to the internet by the youth was gradually eroding the solid culture and moral values of the Ghanaian society.
“It’s getting scary the kind of things our youth are copying and even as we share God’s word in the church to mark Val’s day, unfortunately those who have copied blindly the meaning of Valentine are out there messing themselves up”, Mr Sarpong tearfully posited.
LIFE STORY:
Using his life to speak to the Youth of the Church while showing his exploits when he was KMA boss on television, Mr Sarpong narrated how as a student from the Wesley College and a tutor at the Juaben Senior High School God raised him up to head the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) now EOCO in Kumasi.
He recalled the intelligence-gathering training he gained from Russia and Bulgaria when he was recruited to work for the now Bureau of National Investigations (BNI).
These experiences, the former Regional Minister said had shaped him to become a disciplined person even after service.
Having been born in November of the year of Ghana’s independence, the 63-year-old retired public servant urged the youth to cultivate the traits of humility, discipline and hard work to serve their community and society well.
“I urge the youth in particular to strive to cultivate the traits of humility, discipline and hard work so that their path to a better life could be attained with time”, the former Mayor urged.