President Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo’s recent response to the Minority’s so-called boycott of the Ghana Card was decisive and on target when he mounted the rostrum at the Asheshi University last weekend.
The credibility of a person is very critical in assessing them, especially when they are politicians seeking the people’s mandate to rule. Unfortunately, some think that those who seek to lead in the political realm can get away with conduct or even remarks which are at variance with morality best practices. Not being consistent with stances robs one of deference and casts a long shadow over their integrity.
What can be more unacceptable than a group of politicians contributing towards the enactment of the law upon which the Ghana Card is hinged only for the same persons to stand against it? Such persons are not credible and entrusting the fate of the country into their hands can be a costly blunder.
When the President therefore referred to this anomaly in his remarks he did not only expose the hypocrisy of the Minority and for that matter the NDC but indirectly pressed an alarm button about those who constitute the opposition in the country and their mischievous agenda. What more evidence of hypocrisy do we need as a nation to label the NDC as such?
People consider a plethora of factors before deciding to vote for a political party or not. That is the proper thing to do and that is consistent with norms of civilized political settings worldwide.
It is inconceivable that those who called for appropriate standards to be put in place to guard against citizenship of the country being abused by unqualified persons would turn around to seek the contrary.
Watertight standards under such circumstances are the only means of ensuring that Togolese, Ivorians or even Malians, standing on the fringes ready to exploit any weak link, do not have such access.
Had the NDC leadership or the Minority for that matter been reading and therefore abreast of developments, they would have discovered the nonsense in their newfound opposition to what they stood for earlier.
The merits of the Ghana Card far outweigh the cacophonous opposition of the NDC. With majority on the side of what is the most significant citizenship identification project, the so-called boycott can be brushed aside as one of the pranks of a party in disarray.
While we know their threat of civil war over Ghana Card is only empty, the one borne out of frustration, and does not require any response, we can count on the security agents to deal decisively with any tomfoolery. Voters’ card or NHIS membership are not requirements for Ghana Card registration. Let them go and burn the sea.
For a political party which opposes any positive move from government only to adopt same and mess it up as they did with the star projects of the Kufuor government, the best we can do is consider their boycott as a source of derision and just laugh loud.
We would laugh at them again when they decide that enough is enough of the foolishness and queue to obtain their Ghana Cards.