Ghana!Our motherland has suffered hugely in the hands of President John Dramani Mahama and the NDC;both economically and socially. The citizens Of Ghana especially,the youth must comprehend the fact that, our country does not belong to only one group of people who have their unique ideology and as such represents just a subset of the over thousands of groups in our country , in fact every Ghanaian must not doubt that, Ghana belongs to us (the youth), our grandparents, fathers, mothers, brothers,sisters,as well as the unborn generation.
I am deeply sad and worried sick about the flamboyant display of disrespect for the citizens Of Ghana, this has spontaneously triggered me to articulate to the youth of our colossal country this august message .
Currently in our contemporary Ghanaian societies, we have become slaves to the president in power(John Dramani Manama);it is only our president who has the enthusiasm and affection to call for the detainment of an innocent journalist and subsequently,ransacking his house and denying his lawyer the opportunity to interact with the victim(Fadi Dabousi) just because he criticised Mr. President.
Meanwhile, Ghanaians witnessed few weeks ago when three individuals; strong enthusiasts of the NDC ,who threatened to kill and rape some judges of the Supreme Court Of Ghana,were incarcerated for three months, this same president of ours used his prerogative power of mercy to call for their release nonetheless,their malicious assertions which are in the predisposition to causing chaos in our country before,during and after elections.
Members of let my vote count embarked on a demonstration to make the electoral commission and the entire citizenry of Ghana aware of the fact that the voters’ register was crowded with discrepancies;there is no cynicism that, they were illegitimately handled by being brutalized by the Ghana police, simply because they changed route,pathetically, this was under the directive of President John Mahama.
Were we not in this country when an individual was sent to kill an MP(J.B Danquah Adu )?
After the perpetrator admitted and claimed guilty of the offense,has the state been able to expose those who paid him to embark on such an unscrupulous and unconventional feat?
Why haven’t the Attorney General (Mrs. Marietta Appiah Oppong) ,BNI, and our president rushed to call for the incarceration of those behind the death of the MP like how they reacted abruptly to a mad man who attempted to sprout the president, but have decided to intimidate,chastise, and cause psychological trauma to innocent journalists, individual enthusiasts from other political parties who embarked on demonstration , nurses who embarked on demonstration,and members of let my vote count Alliance .Today they are the victims, tomorrow it may be you! or me!
Penultimately,because of the averseness of Ghanaians (Clergy,Students,lawyers,Judges,lecturers,et al) towards President Mahama’s delight for the implicit and explicit display of injustice,obnoxious comments and insults,incitation of NDC members against anyone who opposes them;by reminding them of the need to fight anyone who fights them back,due to the lone reason that, the NDC party was born out of violence,i am calling on the youth Of Ghana to arise! And reminisce what has transpired under the presidency of John Mahama, and know that, we must not sit to watch an individual just because he is our president to jeopardize the peace and stability we used to enjoy with a gross display of injustice, corruption, lack of rule of law, et al, without thinking about the betterment of the citizenry now, tomorrow and the days ahead.
I cannot talk about peace, free and fairness in our judicial system as well as the actions and inaction of our president without talking about the Electoral Commission and the police as far as the upcoming election is concerned; some of us have arisen,others are being informed to arise,and we shall all be vigilant, peace-loving and law abiding citizens, but if the afore mentioned entities who have the ultimate responsibility to ensuring that Ghana attains free and fair elections and maintain law and order respectively or in collaboration, fail to know their legitimate functions,we shall face them boot for boot, and we shall create their awareness to the fact that, Ghana does not belong to only President Mahama,Mrs.Charlotte Osei,Mr.Amadu Sulley,BNI and the IGP.
BY:APPIAH-AWUAH OFOSU. PRINCE.
(POLITICAL PRINCE)
A POLITICAL ACTIVIST