Ghanaian musician Wanlov Kubolor has criticised Ghana’s public institutions, saying they condition people in positions of authority to avoid accountability and disregard empathy.
Kubolor made the comments during an interview with broadcaster Kafui Dey, shared on Dey’s Instagram page on Wednesday, February 25.
Speaking on power and responsibility, Kubolor shared a personal story involving his sister, Rosemary, now a midwife at Keta Hospital.
He said that while she was a student at a senior high school in the Mampong mountainous area, she paid GHS35 in her first year for a compulsory school sweater but never received it throughout her three years at the school.
“For the three years she was there, she never got the school sweater,” Kubolor said. “But anytime she wore a different sweater, they would punish her.”
He added that repeated attempts to ask about the missing sweater were ignored. “Anytime she asked for her school sweater, ‘How far?’, there was no response,” he said.
According to Kubolor, the experience taught a lasting lesson about how authority operates within institutions.
“The biggest lesson is that if you’re in a position of power, you don’t have to be accountable,” he said. “You don’t have to stick to your word.”
He argued that such experiences are not accidental but systemic.
“I feel like a lot is definitely designed,” Kubolor said. “We are moulded in these institutions to have some kind of wicked mind.”
Describing what he sees as ingrained behaviour within official spaces, he added: “If you’re in an official office and someone is asking for help, just say no. No because it’s years of wickedness ingrained in the system.”
Kubolor’s comments have since sparked discussion online, with many social media users sharing similar experiences of unaccountability within schools and public institutions across the country.
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