Now that we've got that out of the way, back to business. A few days ago, that was on the 8th of December, there was a Ghanaian bloggers meeting and the issue of Corruption came up. What then is corruption? thefreedictionary.com defines it as "the state of being corrupt" and it says that Corrupt means "lacking in integrity; open to or involving bribery or other dishonest practices"
So that is what they say corruption is. Now let me give you the GG definition of corruption, in an easy to ubderstand prose. leggo!
1) The class was noisy again, the teacher had come in to warn the class prefect that if he came and there were no names of talkatives, he would recieve the punishment on behalf of the class. Kojo pushed his glasses up his nose as he scribbled down names adding Dp and Tp liberally, he didnt want to be punished. The class realised too late what was going on, taking out books and pretending to read, Kojo just smiled when they'd ask "is my name there?"
Of course it was there, did they think he was going to be lashed because of them?
"Mr. Andoh is coming" the class lookout whispered.
The message travelled to Fiifi's ears in a matter of seconds, he knew his name was on the list and he knew if Mr. Andoh got him again that day, sitting would be a thing of the past to him.
"Kojo, clean my name and i'll let you read my Ebony graphic"
Kojo feverishly rewrote the names out, making sure Fiifi's name wasnt there. He'd wanted to read that paper all day and he was not going to miss his chance, one ommission wouldn't hurt anyone.
"Are these the names?"
"Yes sir"
"If you hear your name, come here"
"ei, fiifi's name was there, why isnt he infront" was the muttering floating around in the class.
No one had the courage to stand up and speak up though, so fiifi and Kojo got away with it.
2) She smiled as they opened the gates for her, she didnt have authorised permission to use those gates let alone that route but there was a lot of traffic and she couldn't afford to wait. It's surprising what 1gh cedi and a few sweet words could get you.
3) The swings were full and break was almost up, she was desperate for a ride. She walked up to Serwa forcing her to slow down from her frenzied swinging. Her feet had been kicking up and down as she went higher and higher, her school skirt fluttering in the breeze. She held the chains of the swing and asked Serwa in the sweetest tone she could muster,
"Please let me have a turn, break is almost over"
"No" Serwa shouted.
Everyone started to look their way, and Ama was begining to feel uncomfortable, she hated being the center of attraction.
"i'll buy you fanpop" "No, ah. what is wrong with you, I said I won't let you use my swing"
People were watching now but Ama had started seeing red, how dare Serwa, all she wanted was a ride and now she was being insulted.
"If you don't let me ride, i'll tell everyone what you wrote in your diary about Kwamena" She whispered.
the look on Serwa's face was priceless, it was beyond a Kodak moment. She quickly got down and stood behind the swing.
"Let me push you, what are friends for"
Ama got on the swing and smiled, finally she got her turn on the swings and someone to push her as well. She was very lucky.
What am I trying to say here? Corruption is everywhere and until we can accept the fact that everyone of us is corrupt and make the effort to enforce a change,there will be nothing new in that area. Say no to corruption, let's all do our part.
Writing this is killing me, it means I have to do my part, it means I have to stand in line like everyone else and not use shortcuts when i'm buying stuff, I have to do independent work on all my assignments and not "compare" my work. There are so many corrupt activities that we have come to see as normal but until we step up and kill the seedlings, they'll grow into something much worse.
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