A former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Obuasi East, Edward Ennin, has spoken out against the level of accumulated wealth by former poor politicians who are now ministers.
According to Ennin, many of those people used to beg him for Ghc 100 when he was in Parliament but are now so wealthy they have become millionaires.
He revealed this whilst speaking with Kwame Nkrumah Tikesse on Okay Fm on Monday, November 28th 2022.
“Do you know the reason why I don’t find politics attractive anymore? There are so many of them who are ministers today that I know them very well. A lot of them used to come around when we were in parliament in those days. They will follow you around for GHC100, but they are now millionaires.I look at that and ask myself if it is the same kind of politics we used to do. Levels don change now,” he said.
Despite his concerns about members of the government of his own political party, Mr. Ennin said members of the NDC are no better and would similarly amass wealth if they also come to power.
“But even with NDC, the noise they are making now is hunger-induced. If they get the advantage, they will do worse,” he said.
The former MP, however, noted that politicians who amass wealth dishonestly tend to lose it all when they live power.
“But God has a way of doing his things; you will lose all the money just after 8 years of being out of office… if you don’t make money the right way, you lose it easily,” he added.
Source: theGhanaianVoice.Com