Former Executive Vice President of Unilever Ghana and Nigeria, Yaw Nsarkoh, says the Fourth Republic has spawned many big and unaccountable men.

He was referring to the many political scandals that have characterized the Fourth Republic.

“Before our eyes, we see a search for political favours, for contracts, for public procurement deals and for appointments result in massive corrosion of meritocracy,” he said on Thursday, October 26.

Mr Nsarkoh noted this while delivering a lecture at the Ghana Institute of Engineers’ Annual Ethics Lecture 2023, themed ‘Improving National Values, Professional Practice, and Engineering Ethics.’

According to him, the alarming frequency of such immoral exploits by those who occupy public offices is not compatible with democracy and leads to a knock on confidence in the democratic process.

“It precipitates moral degeneracy, the unaccountable big man, to whom no one dares say anything critical is incompatible with true democracy,” he said.

“This does not stop whether it is the NPP or NDC in power. It is deeply disturbing to see this happen with such alarming frequency for it conditions the minds of the masses,” he added.

Yaw Nsarkoh warned that should such conspicuous excess and abuse of office continue unchecked, “It can eventually lead to explosive consequences; part of the proverbial bottom dropping out.”