The Ghanaian leader, Nana Akufo-Addo
A society where greed, jealousy, and hate of common things inevitably tend to trivialize trickery of all kinds in politics.
The Ghanaian political arena is full of deceptive, heartless politicians whose motives are
to give assurance to the common Ghanaians that they care, but they think of their own welfare first.
Ghanaian politicians believe that lies, cheating, greed, hate, and
corruption are part of politics; therefore, these malpractices must be
applied in whatever they do with the intention to take power or keep it, with cunning
ulterior motives, calculations, and strategies.
I wouldn’t have known how cruel and heartless Ghanaian politicians
are until I came to Europe three decades ago. In fact, the lives of common
Ghanaians are valueless. The neglected communities, poor medical facilities, poor
roads, and dirty environments kill Ghanaians, while the government shows less
concern.
The latest assessment of the coronavirus epidemic reports
over 900 deaths in China and more than 34,500 people were infected, almost exclusively in the country.
While a growing number of countries around
the world are evacuating their nationals from Wuhan, hit by the virus, the Ghanaian government has made it clear that “they will not bow to pressure to
evacuate Ghanaian students.”
I find it hard to understand the Ghanaian government. Is it
because of the cost involved in the evacuation, or are they scared that the students may
infect other healthy Ghanaians when they bring them to Ghana?
Whatever the reason, that decision not only undermines Akufo-Addo's government but also shows that the
life of a common Ghanaian is valueless. In every situation, the Ghanaian government must try to show care to Ghanaians both in and out of the country.
A true government that really cares for its nationals will definitely go
for the students to quarantine or isolate them to be thoroughly examined
because it is likely that not all of them might test positive, and also possible
that none of them has had the virus. This is what countries that have gone for
their nationals have done.
With such a decision announced by the Special Advisor to the President, Akufo-Addo on Health, Dr. Anthony Nsiah Asare, why do Ghanaian politicians
often get angry when people accuse them that politics in the country is to
enrich themselves, but not for the common Ghanaian?
Selfish politics in Ghana will not yield any good results
in the country. Akufo-Addo made that decision because a few days ago, Mr. Samuel Okudjeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament- North Tongu, asked his government to evacuate Ghanaians from Wutan.
To follow that decision, that may seem the government has obeyed the instructions of a member of the NDC party and lowered their self-esteem at the same time to the member of parliament. That is how selfishness, ignorance, hate, and jealousy reign in Akufo-Addo's government.
Intelligent Ghanaians, out of fear or whatever reason, have failed to
persuade Akufo-Addo’s government to continue the uncompleted projects left by
the former government, but economically, Ghanaians will pay for
that dearly.
What intelligent Ghanaians must understand is that whatever greed, political hate, jealousy, and selfishness style of government Akufo-Addo is depending on to rule Ghana, will not affect the politicians but the common Ghanaians.
I don't know how many times I will repeat this, Akufo-Addo's ambition to be in office for the second time will be a dream of illusion in most developing countries, let alone a developed country. The fact that he has left projects which belong to Ghana uncompleted because the former government, NDC, started those projects. What a terrible leader!
