Dr. Yaw Baah
We think that truth will triumph over lies and propaganda in this year’s elections.
But who represents the truth and which political party or movement represents the “darkness”? It is also a fact that where light illuminate the political ecosystem, the forces of “evil” will fail in their desperate move to deceive the people to return them to power to send us backwards.
There are personalities in the political space that many Ghanaians see as role models but their actions do not promote the public good.
Just recently, Papa Kwesi Nduom sought a kind of temporary alliance with the flagbearer of the NDC, John Mahama just because he thought his bank, was caught up in the banking sector clean-up and that President Akufo-Addo hated him.
However, long before his bank was affected by the banking sector clean-up, his bank faced many challenges in meeting the demands of depositors.
It is ironic that the NDC flagbearer is on the prowl promising to restore the licences of the collapsed banks, when in his State of the Nation Address in 2015, John Mahama painted a very dim picture about the banking sector saying if nothing was done, they risk the collapse of the banking sector.
Fast forward in 2024, John Mahama makes a U-turn, promising to restore the licences of the collapsed banks, most of them passing for susu companies, in the unlikely event that the people return him to power.
Now people considered independent-minded people display their bias during every election year. That is why people like the otherwise respected chief, Torgbe Afede will make politically incorrect statements about the AgyapadeÉ› document because certain events are unfolding.
And until the Secretary General of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Dr. Yaw Baah hailed the 24-hour economy as a game changer, the NDC did not know its effects on the economy.
Today, Yaw Baah is the reference point for John Mahama’s defence of the undefined 24-hour economy.
We have only one question for Yaw Baah and that is, will the so-called game changer create more jobs to increase the membership of the dwindling number in all the unions that constitute the TUC?
It is unfortunate that some of our noble compatriots have been blinded by some kinds of alliances that are not beneficial to the people. Some of these factors have emboldened the NDC to promise to build bridges in areas without rivers among other unfeasible tasks.
Governance goes beyond just our involvement in the universal adult suffrage. Voting has dividends just like someone buying shares in a company and expects dividends when the company makes profit.
We all queue to vote because at the end of the process, we want our elected leaders to initiate the policies and programmes for the public good.
That is why many years ago, former President J. J. Rawlings described voting as a token of participation. It is for this reason that we call on the people going to queue on December 7, 2024, to avoid tokenism in our electoral process. This year’s elections are about the future of our country.
We should not be voting for people who shout loudest on the campaign platforms. The people must assess the performance of the NPP and the NDC before casting their ballot.
Pushed to tell Ghanaians how he hopes to operationalise his 24-hour economy, John Mahama attempted to respond to the queries from the people, but we think he failed miserably.
In the digital age, he is advocating
some weird proposals including a 24-hour banking service, port operations and three shifts for businesses to increase job opportunities for the youth.
John Mahama failed to address how the 24-hour economy would address three shifts in the public sector. Talk, they say is cheap but action is not easy to undertake. We have always asked John Mahama why he is not telling us what he did during his first tenure and for which we should do him the honour to return him and his NDC back to power.