A Political Science Lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Mr. Amakye Boateng says the wikileaks cables must serve as an eye opener to the Ghanaian society. According to him the revelations have also helped in deepening our internal democracy and has revealed the hidden characters of some Ghanaian political leaders. He noted that there is a cultural conflict in the way the information was handled, because in the Western world, if someone leaks information about a public official which is true to a third person, it is not deemed gossip as it is perceived in the Ghanaian cultural setting. Speaking on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem on Wednesday, Amakye Boateng said the wikileaks cables have come to serve lessons of self censorship for Ghanaians to reflect on their utterances while engaged with foreign diplomats. The conversations contained in the leaked cables have dominated media discussions since Monday. “We are revealing our values and norms; we are revealing our practices. One aspect of the wikileaks cable is a self censorship”, Amakye Boateng stressed. On the issue of whether the wikileaks will create division among the Ghanaian society, Amakye Boateng said political arrangements in the country should not be allowed to divide us. “We should be prepared to tolerate and to respect one another and at the same time live as one people. We don’t have to necessarily break up into a federal state or any other political arrangement, we can be maintained in a unitary state,” the political scientist emphasised. He added that it is the politics of the people that can create a peaceful atmosphere in the country. Amakye Boateng therefore advised that Ghanaians should take a cue from the wikileaks cable and “amend our ways for the betterment of the country”.