I know that you
have been anxiously awaiting my opinion on this ‘Akanisation’ debate on
the airwaves. I am sorry to have kept you waiting. It was not my fault, because
I am still convalescing from the shocks of my inability to withdraw some
dollars of mine from my Bankers and the sudden death of the cedi as announced
by the Governor of Bank of Ghana.
I had wanted to
suggest to the proponents of the ‘Akanisation’ debate to consult their
elders, particularly the few left with some grey hairs and constitutional know
how to re-learn the laws of the country if they have forgotten them, only to released
that the very revered grey headed men are rather the worse culprit leading the
crusade for nothing other than political capital. To that extent, I am not
about to treat words as a miser will do to money, for it is said that if a
cloth is not torn wide, it is not stitched wide.
I am telling the
elders of our land that the beginning of wisdom, like Socrates’ said, is not
the fear of God but the realization and acknowledgement of the extent of one’s ignorance;
only in such realization and acknowledgement could one be reasonably secure
against pretentiousness.
To make matters
clear only and not at all for polemical reasons, I will, whenever appropriate, illuminate
and espouse the pathways of the Political Parties Act and thought by occasional
references to the constitution of the republic and in some cases borrow from
the pool of the President’s vocabulary words such as baloney when I am choked
of ideas.
I know you know
what a political party is. For nothing at all you have heard of Nkrumah’s
C.P.P, Papa Kwesi’s P.P.P and the rest including those under formation like yet
to be formed Ken Agyapong’s Party. But for the sake of this debate permit me to
quote from Act 574(Political Parties Act 200) the meaning of political party.
Accordingly, the act defines political party as a free association or
organization of persons, one whose objects is to bring about the election of
its candidate to public office or strive for power to control and influence the
actions of Government.
The Act again
provided the pathway through which one can become a member of a political
party. And the last time I checked, it states all citizens shall have the right
and freedom to form or join political party and participate in political
activities subject to such qualifications and laws as are necessary in a free
and democratic society and are consistent with this constitution-the Ghana Constitution.
You and I, are
yet to be furnished with evidence that indeed a non-Akan member(s) of the New
Patriotic Party have been discriminated against. On this occasion, I dare the
proponents of the debate to put up or shut up till the economy is resuscitated I
challenge anyone to adduce evidential evidence to substantiate their claim no
matter how trivial, provided it could support and suggest that since 1992 the
interest of the non-akan’s in the New Patriotic Party has not been protected
according to the constitution.
Besides the
right to belong to a particular group is the solely the right of the individual
as enjoined him or her by article 55 clause 2.
Is there evidence
that the New Patriotic Party have suppressed or attempted to suppress the
lawful political activity of another because the said individual is non-akan?
Goshh!, I
listened with utmost disdain and shock the claim that the New Patriotic Party
is an Akan Party for the simple reason that they've never in their political
history elected a non-akan speaking person as their Flagbearer or Chairman since 1992. Let
me ‘Tweaaa this argument if you will not let me described it as baloney. In any
case, is it not the case that in the New Patriotic Party as they at all times
elect their flagbearer, the situation is different in the NDC. Because we have
not forgotten about Sweduro declaration and same can be said about azorka and
his boys at Koforidua.
To me, this
hallucination would have come to full circle if it was extended to the
leadership of the party at all levels backed by ample evidence.
Wise politicians
like President Mahama alluded ought to know that the power to elect a number of
persons is determined by members of a party as executive officers of the party.
For me, the
membership of the New Patriotic Party must rise up to the challenge, accept the
tag and build around it to entrenched their support base in the Akan Regions.
Because cola nut they say last long in the mouth of those who value it. And
that the sun shall surely shine on those who stand before it shines on those
beneath.
Isn't it the
case that others have shack their responsibilities for others and are now
crying foul? Is it not a fact also that, the ‘Osono’ Party draws its political
support from the Akan Constituencies? In any case since when has it become a
taboo for a political party to harness its strength and to claim dominant in a
particular region? Why then do we as a nation proclaim certain regions and
constituencies as Bantama and Ketu South?
For Christ sake,
when will these elites wake up from their slumber and learn? They must learn to
defend and protect the Akans with all their might and blood if possible and
stop allowing themselves for the smooth permeation of the NDC’S Propaganda.
Like it or hate it, the Akans shall continue
to be the dominant group in the New Patriotic Party like Ewes in the National
Democratic Congress. These is because it is only like-minded citizens who can
come together to pursue a common aspirations and goals.
Little did I
know that the New Patriotic Party didn't have a deliberate strategy to rope
more of the non Akans into their folk, conscious of their SWOT analysis.
Before I signed
off, let me suggest to the Communication Directorate, to up their game and stop
using the department as a means to an end. Lets the be made of Men and Women of
some communication appreciation other than those who can make noise. I mean those
that will defend the policies and programmes of the party other extending
felicitations.
When would they?
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