If it must done, it must be done well

Government institutions have, in recent times, come under lots of scrutiny from the general public. The exposure from much coveted investigative journalist, Anas only revealed the depth of rot at these places.
It is no new news to hear about the unethical behaviours that deface our public sector all  because  many people in these institutions do not see the need to be responsible for the outcome these institutions produce at the end the day. Evidently, both the ‘powers that be’ and the masses are alike answerable to this impunity.
We all do share in the blame , every single individual of the country because we have not raised up our heads to say "no more" and have not made our confessions of repentance with a firm decision to do right by the country.
To begin with, one major cause of the social menace is the overload of work being assigned to subordinates by their supervisors in other words exhibition of laziness by the leaders. Once a person manages to hurdle through the struggle to the top (having an elevated position in the public sector), the desire to work dwindles because he/she feels there is too much accumulated power. For instance Managers won't even clean a desk they spilled coffee on because they feel there's a cleaner who is responsible for that. The only work supervisors do is to sit comfortably in their office and order someone to do their work which is very wrong.  Just because it may sound wrong to say ‘no’ to a superior doesn't mean the supervisory board always have to keep demanding. What baffles me most is who gets commendation for work done; all the accolades go the superiors with the rather-toiling subordinates receiving little to no mention. Someone may argue, “There are good results because the supervisors played a very good leading role.” Is that really the case in most instances?
Each and every one of us has a part to play in this. Subordinates, on the other hand, often get acquainted with their colleagues and schedules quickly and begin to concentrate on the fun and self-beneficial aspect (as might be the established office trend) instead of the serious or occupational aspect. In many government or public schools in the villages, for instance, teachers mainly report to school when it's pay day. All passion for the job and career is lost. Social media, another vice in our commerce, has turned out to be the greatest drawback of 'progressive productivity'. You will find out in an office of a lecturer always watching YouTube videos.  Instead of doing something beneficial, workers of these days spend greater time on social media platforms and expect to be paid at the end of the month. Comrades, I do not mean to condemn social media but to a nation like ours, it is causing more harm than good - stealing irredeemable ticks of our occupational time.
Due to favouritism, so many people are employed to do the work they are unqualified for even to the extent of being employed in areas where there is choked vacancy. People are not well scrutinized before being handed a job. This makes workers feel there's always someone to do their work even when they are not available.  Few years ago, many teachers who were trained to teach science were also taught mathematics too but today we have specialization so even if the science teacher can teach mathematics, the latter won't do it.
All these problems aforementioned are hunting us, causing our growth and progression as a nation to remain at a snail’s pace. So many resources are being underutilized or wasted. Be it human or capital. To suggest solutions to these, I think employers should introduce strict monitoring systems and let it known to workers there are a lot of people outside waiting to take over from them so they should hit the target set for them else face the consequences. Everyone's work should be properly detailed and occupying in such a way that the only free period there is, is the break time or leave.
To conclude, I believe these thoughts that have been shared will ring bells in our ears. Let’s think of sustainability. Let’s think of our families and generations to come. Let us not lose the focus of sowing what we can’t reap. The government is doing a lot for us, its high time we stood on our feet and say yes we will do it right. The biggest hope of this piece is to get to the appropriate places so it can receive appropriate criticisms and solutions to our challenges as individuals and as a nation.

Authors
Akosua Boakyewaa Amoasah (staff writer, AGPG)
Gloria Kyekye Yeboah (staff writer, AGPG)
Prince Acquah Rockson (staff writer, AGPG)

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Moses Botchway( Vodafone Ghana)