Former Auditor General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, has rained heavy words on those he calls “the people in charge” while addressing various issues facing Ghana’s development.
The outspoken statesman, in an interview on TV XYZ on October 23, 2023, cited several things going wrong in the country with a brief focus on the road sector and leadership’s inability to fix the roads.
Using words like entitled, arrogant, and idiots, Mr Domelevo explained that there are a lot of “square pegs in round holes”, affecting national development because they do not know exactly what they are doing.
He expressed his frustration over the state of the country’s road infrastructure, questioning the competence of those responsible for road maintenance and development.
“Like when I was coming from my house to here, I ran into several potholes and I said which idiot is in charge of this sector, can’t we fix common potholes?
“People have gone to the moon and back, you and I can speak to the whole world because of somebody’s brain and common potholes we cannot fix them, so what are we good at? We go to education, it is not good, we go to hospitals it is not good, so what are we good at?” he said.
He also alluded to a sense of entitlement among those in positions of power, suggesting that arrogance and unwillingness to engage with the public are indicators of incompetence resulting in the problems the country currently faces.
“The people in charge feel entitled to the positions that they have, and I also tell people that when you meet people who are very arrogant and they don’t want you to come near them, it means they are empty, they don’t know much.
“Any person who is knowledgeable and competent engages…it will surprise you to see very common sense things that happen all around the world. We travel and go and enjoy it but you come back home and you are asking yourself, what is happening here?” he said.