In the past few weeks, uncanny discoveries about state vehicles concealed by certain individuals have come under the public radar.
This is not the first time that such discoveries have been made but the circumstances under which these have happened suggest collusions between some state agents and those behind the stealing and subsequent concealments.
There were frantic efforts by elements of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to paint a clean picture of their members who served government just so they could dispel the state car thieveries.
Unfortunately, however, emerging developments suggest the contrary with many state cars still below the radar.
If the conduct of NDC elements was strange, that of persons acting on behalf of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is weird.
Credible information has it that the management of the state car recovery exercise is shrouded in near confusion – a situation which unfortunately is threatening the resolve of the frontline operatives doing the ground work.
Nobody would take it lightly if after the hectic task of hunting for hidden state vehicles in often obscure and sometimes dangerous terrain, these cars are returned to those who concealed them in the first place.
The National Security apparatus is unfortunately not doing enough to deal with this car theft issue, the reasons for which we are unable to tell.
Those involved in the recovery of these vehicles, but for who many of them would have remained out of reach of the authorities, are developing cold feet.
They would soon start folding their arms if the attitude of officialdom to their efforts does not change.
Regarding them as irritants and returning the vehicles to those who stole them, does not speak well about those who authorize such returns without conducting adequate investigations.
If such vehicles were acquired genuinely, they would not have been hidden in obscure parts of the country as a means of outwitting the new government.
We are beginning to smell some underhand dealings in this transaction. This nonsense must stop.
Ghanaians voted for the NPP because they want a change in the way every aspect of governance is managed. We would not fold our arms as these unacceptable manouvres go on.
When we notice them we would raise alarm as we seek to do by this commentary.
Most Ghanaians, not only the NPP, fought for a change of government and would not accept it when those who are supposed to spearhead the various crusades needed to move Ghana forward lose their guards – the motivation being money.
President Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia have virtually been on their toes globe-trotting, as it were, so that the fortunes of our dear country can change.
We should therefore not allow misguided elements to derail the change campaign that is operational currently.
Little things like these have the potency of derailing the efforts of government to move the country forward.
By this commentary, we are demanding that vehicles impounded by the recovery teams should be scrutinized sufficiently to establish whether they are stolen cars or not. Merely releasing them the way we hear happened recently is heart-breaking and a big disincentive to the hard work being exhibited by the guys on the ground.
Change should be total, not piecemeal and selective.