Time to Unmask and Retire Anas

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• ACID 10 years ago

  Go retire, and unmask him, you crooks and nation wreckers !

  Go retire, and unmask him, you crooks and nation wreckers !

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• Godd 10 years ago

  If you did, did you understand it?
  
  The writer was using the unmasking and retirement of Anas as an imagery to comment on the wider systemic problems that Anas' revelations are a reflection of. The writer is not saying li ...
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  If you did, did you understand it?
  
  The writer was using the unmasking and retirement of Anas as an imagery to comment on the wider systemic problems that Anas' revelations are a reflection of. The writer is not saying literally that Anas should be unmasked because he (Anas) did something wrong. He is saying, simply put, that the fight against corruption in our society should go far beyond the efforts of Anas. Other authorities should take over from Anas. It is in that sense that he talks of the retirement of Anas. AND IT IS A VERY GOOD ARGUMENT HE HAS MADE!!!

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• Godd 10 years ago

  Kudos, Eric. Well argued and well written. I've read most of the commentaries on the Anas issue and I think yours is one of the best. Some readers will misunderstand you. They will think you are against Anas and what I've see ...
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  Kudos, Eric. Well argued and well written. I've read most of the commentaries on the Anas issue and I think yours is one of the best. Some readers will misunderstand you. They will think you are against Anas and what I've seen on ghanaweb is that people don't want anybody to say anything negative about Anas. So they will think that is what you are doing but I don't think it's what you are saying.
  
  You are looking beyond Anas. You are looking to the things we can do to fight this problem that are built on the exposés Anas made. You are talking about the institutional changes that are needed. You made the correct observation that 10 years of Anas' exposés have hardly made a dent into this widespread problem. Ten more years of Anas will still only produce individuals whose discomfiture provides Hollywood entertainment to Ghanaian viewers but which action will hardly make any systemic changes that will bring about real change. And I think you are right.
  
  You also made mention of the particular problems that Anas' efforts face: the danger to his personal life, the one man private campaign, and, most important, the fact that Anas' methods releases murderers and armed robbers into society while denying justice, and hence succor, to the victims of the released criminals. It is different, if it is state authorities doing this, rather than a private individual or the citizen vigilante.
  
  The only thing I would have loved you to comment on is how to deal with the inefficiency of the state institutions charged to do the work that would have made Anas unnecessary. That is the bane of the problem. As you so eloquently pointed out, we human beings will never change our attitudes to something from which we benefit. And so, we must be made/forced to change those attitudes. And it is the state institutions, rather than the actions of individual citizens, that will make us change. That is what happened in the developed countries that a low on the corruption index today. The citizens didn't change their attitudes on their own. They were forced to. It took a long time but they have come a long way. We seem to be making no progress at all - Anas or no Anas.

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• UNMISGUIDED AFRICAN CHILD 10 years ago

  Simply put,your article is only for those who know how to read.The title is inviting,and sparkingly captivating.
  One needds to read the entire article
  to capture your point.
  Brilliant,in that the end of your article is con ...
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  Simply put,your article is only for those who know how to read.The title is inviting,and sparkingly captivating.
  One needds to read the entire article
  to capture your point.
  Brilliant,in that the end of your article is contained in the beginning.
  
  AND AS FOR ANAS,MAY THE GOOD LORD WHOM WE ALL SO MUCH DESIRE TO SERVE,PROTECT HIM FROM ALL UNPROTECTED DEATH- MISHAPS
  
  I am
  nana-yaw
  Your-brother-in-the struggle
  .

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• UNMISGUIDED AFRICAN CHILD 10 years ago

  needs

  needs

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• Mike 10 years ago

  Very well said papa Eric. It's time we all stop the hypocritical tendencies we exhibit anytime a new Anas video pops up and work diligently to root the systemic corruption in Gh.

  Very well said papa Eric. It's time we all stop the hypocritical tendencies we exhibit anytime a new Anas video pops up and work diligently to root the systemic corruption in Gh.

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• Mr Bond 10 years ago

  Another nonsense from educated fool,what an imbecile.Anas will not be unmask you can go to hell.

  Another nonsense from educated fool,what an imbecile.Anas will not be unmask you can go to hell.

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• Godd 10 years ago

  Mr Bond, you didn't read the article.
  
  The man is saying that Anas should continue wearing his mask if the authorities will not take over the work of Anas in fighting the systemic corruption.
  
  So where is the nonsense i ...
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  Mr Bond, you didn't read the article.
  
  The man is saying that Anas should continue wearing his mask if the authorities will not take over the work of Anas in fighting the systemic corruption.
  
  So where is the nonsense in that?

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• The voice of the voiceless 10 years ago

  In as much as we wish to put an end to corrupt practice, As a country like Ghana we should shame people for corrupt practices rather than making comparism which does not hold.
  
  I do not expect the writer to lay emphasises ...
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  In as much as we wish to put an end to corrupt practice, As a country like Ghana we should shame people for corrupt practices rather than making comparism which does not hold.
  
  I do not expect the writer to lay emphasises to the fact that ages gone the western world engaged in corruption as a point of discrediting Anas video

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• Godd 10 years ago

  Read the article again. He mentioned the west at the end of the article as an example. He didn't lay emphasis on the west as you claim.
  
  His emphasis was on something else - the fight against corruption BEYOND Anas! He mad ...
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  Read the article again. He mentioned the west at the end of the article as an example. He didn't lay emphasis on the west as you claim.
  
  His emphasis was on something else - the fight against corruption BEYOND Anas! He made it clear that Anas is just one person fighting against corruption. One person can do only so much. The authorities should do much much more.
  
  Read the piece again and understand what the writer is saying.

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• Kwabena O 10 years ago

  It is so funny how people comment on articles but fail to understand the content. May God save Ghana. Educated illiterates continue to mess up our country. Thank you Eric...

  It is so funny how people comment on articles but fail to understand the content. May God save Ghana. Educated illiterates continue to mess up our country. Thank you Eric...

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• Torby 10 years ago

  It's undeniable that Anas had made a positive impact on curbing corruption. It must take a judge a hardened heart to open his arms to bribery as used to be the case. Let's encourage more of Anas.

  It's undeniable that Anas had made a positive impact on curbing corruption. It must take a judge a hardened heart to open his arms to bribery as used to be the case. Let's encourage more of Anas.

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