Posted on: www.dailyguideghana.com
By William Yaw Owusu
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Former first lady,
Nana Konadu Agyaman-Rawlings, has observed that Ghana is being managed by
incompetent group of people.
Wading into the
much-talked-about poorly-compiled 59th Independence Anniversary brochure
that has made Ghana a laughing stock around the world, Nana Konadu said common errors
in the document reflect the general incompetence in the administration of the country.
“We live in a
mismanaged country,” the former first lady told Accra-based Atinka FM yesterday adding, “What
happened last Sunday (6th March) was so embarrassing; this has never
happened in the history of Independence Day celebration before.
“Fifty-nine years
down the lane, Ghana is beyond such mistakes therefore it is very unpardonable.
If you see the sort of things happening in the country, it is not surprising at
all.”
She also condemned how
organizers of the event treated journalists at the anniversary parade and said
it was time for them (journalists) to speak up.
“The treatment
journalists received at the event was what they asked for. You have been given
a place to stand and cover an event and you don’t complain about it, nobody
will do anything about it for you. They were the right people to voice out what
was good for them,” Nana Konadu pointed out.
Fulani Saga
The former first lady
also commented on the protracted Fulani herdsmen issue at Asante Akyem Agogo in
the Ashanti Region and called on the government to drive the nomads away
without hesitation in order for peace to prevail in the area.
“When my husband was president, they [Fulanis]
were sacked. Nigeria did the same thing, so why can’t the current government do
the same thing? Since the Fulanis are killing, we can only best classify them
as criminals and we have to deal with them as the law says we do to criminals,”
she charged.
In the alternative,
she suggested that the local assembly should create ranches where fodders could
be served to the cattle.
“It is quite unfortunate that the security agents
and the government by extension, have sat down and allowed the issue to assume
a fever pitch. We have always known these nomadic herdsmen to carry a rod in
herding their cattle. However, these days they are seen to be wielding guns.
When did we get here as a country - an era where foreigners have superiority
over the local people? This cannot happen anywhere in the world.
“The government
must immediately work with the security agents and make the laws of Ghana work,”
Nana Konadu entreated.
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