People cast their votes in presidential and parliamentary elections at a polling station in Tesano, Accra, Ghana, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. About 225 polling stations reopened Saturday for an impromptu second day of voting after there were technical breakdowns on the first day of voting, Ghana voting officials announced. Some voters waited in line all day Friday and then returned to vote on Saturday. (AP Photo/Gabriela Barnuevo)
Election 2024 is very crucial because it is opportunity for the people who gave mandate to the current crop of leaders to be affirm or vote out but to me is impossible this time run due to the fact that they did not live up to the tasked, renown educationist said in an interview granted to the media.
He endorsed Lawyer Emelia Ankomah the (former MCE) parliamentary candidate. That she stands tall among other candidates due to her track records known to the people in the constituency, he added that people with legislative knowledge best fit and must be voted for massively by the Upper Denkyira East electorate.
Substantives issues pinpointed:
EC bosses must ensure free and fair elections by not leaving room for strong criticism like what happened in the immediate past election when EC official Site figures were changed at different times in the name of corrections.
That just recently it took the minority to blow the alarm on the missing biometric device meant to authenticate voters. We have a few months to go to the polls. Ghanaians expect nothing but credibility of the election, any thing that compromised on the trustworthiness of the election won’t be tolerated.
Madam Jean Mensah ( EC boss) herself has come out to say peace prevailing during the election is her focus. She released a press conference rejecting the claim by the minority leaders. That all the devices are intact but note that there is element of truth in every rumor and Ghanaians especially the big opposition party NDC must be vigilant not to be taken by a surprise coming December 7th Election.
Economic Conditions
The current economic situation of the country needs a visionary leader to put things in order. It seems nothing is working, the very thing Ghanaian based on in 2016 to vote for the NPP government hasn’t been accomplished, the few one’s implemented have been poorly managed.
Today the state of the energy sector is really disappointing causing off and on (dum sie or dumsor) of power every second making business unbearable. Prices of goods and services are too high for ordinary consumers who earn little income to afford.
Market women are complaining bitterly whenever you enter into the market to purchase items, they claim their little startup capital has reduced marginally due to the cedi to dollar rate which is currently at Ghc13.00. double digit as compared to Single digit before 2016.
Social issues:
The most annoying is having our president writing to parliament to stop the legislature from transmitting the LGBTQ+ bill for final presidential assent. He stood before congregants in a church loudly proclaiming the gospel of truth that he will never support an abominable act. He once again promised God a Cathedral where Christians (holy believers) will draw closer and fellowship together. All these were just gimmicks.
Reacting to Agban Babin decision holding on the vetting of nominated ministers pending supreme court determination, the renowned educationist said it is a heavenly directive. He further added that separation of power shouldn’t just exist in a book but it should be practical where the arm of government operates independently without interference. This is purely legislative interference by the executive arm of government.
Educationist who holds a Master degree from University of Cape Coast re-echoed that NDC must be vigilant not to be taken by a surprise coming December 7th Election.
Source: Ahadzi Emmanuel| Contributor
