John Mahama on the campaign trail
The security agencies have done a good job containing the ‘nonsense’ from the National Democratic Congress, from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic till date, and particularly at the time the processes for the rollout of the new voter registration exercise began. It was evident that at each turn of the plot where the NDC had acted mischievous, they had been alert.
From their initial demonstrations during which they claimed they were fasting, through the Samuel Ofosu Ampofo invitation and sporadic barking of the party’s Young Turks till date, barking has become a disease they have contracted psychologically that is failing to go away.
Having gotten to an obsession point, the tendency is for the NDC members to attempt sustaining their ‘nonsense’, lest their voices on the political space get missing. Indeed, so bad is their situation that they have even forgotten that for them and their vigilantes to do any demonstration, they need to involve the police to determine routes and ensure that no one crosses the line.
Police official reminder
That is why an official reminder from the police on the matter is imperative at this time. According to the Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, Superintendent of Police Sheilla Kesse Abayie Buckman, the public, particularly the ignorant and innocent youth who are listening more to ‘garbage’ from ‘garbage’ media networks, instead of decent channels where they would be tracking development, must respect the laws of the land.
The advice was necessary, according to her, in the light of the “recent disregard for laws governing public assembly in Ghana, resulting in damage to both state and public property.”
The reminder had the director also reiterating that such assembly, including demonstrations, fall directly under the Public Order Act, which places an obligation on anybody or group desiring to hold a demonstration to give notice to the police to enable them get assistance and direction in line with existing laws and guidelines.
Tell the children the truth
As the Legislature puts in place, together with the Judiciary, the relevant protocols to induct the President into office, we would urge flagbearer John Mahama and the NDC to draw the attention of their madding crowd to these facts, without hiding from them the equally important fact that their own children may be on holidays out of the country, chilling or shopping.
We urge General Mosquito, particularly, to hold his horses because he is gaining notoriety for breathing fire in a country where we have managed under the incumbent President to encourage traditional rulers to be part of the democratic and decision-making processes in facilitating development.
Thankfully, while this poison is let loose on our society by the NDC, over 15,000 new-trained teachers are being assigned to be part of the national workforce when the NDC changed their mind about education and job creation only three months ago.
This is the time for the double-dealing duo to be told that nations are built by bequeathing valuable heritages to succeeding generations, not hiding the gems of truth from them, including reconciliation and hard work.
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