Former Chief of Defense Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces, Brigadier-General (Rtd.) Joseph Nunoo-Mensah has said that the majority rule administration framework hasn’t helped Ghana.
In a meeting with Accra-based Joy News recently, the retired military official bemoaned the flooding circumstance in the capital and different parts of the country.
As per him, there has not been a show of authority in settling the test adding that the growth in population has likewise added to the hazard deploring the job that normal individuals played in making conditions that bring about floods.
Nunoo-Mensah said the nation was not zeroing in on tending to the social requirements of its residents yet rather its chiefs were zeroing in on hoarding abundance from the state.
“They [politicians] are not people who were born leaders. That is the problem we have. We don’t have leaders. We have Ghanaians like you and me who see an opportunity to go and make money in Parliament…get a Land Cruiser or something. We don’t have leaders. [What we have] are politicians who see a chance to make money, they get and make money,” he said
“People come into politics in Ghana to make money, they don’t come to lead,” he added.
To this end, Nunoo-Mensah reasoned that both legislative issues and a majority rules government have not been of help to the nation even post-military system period that introduced the fourth Republic.
“Politics hasn’t helped Ghana at all. In fact, I was quoting Paul Kagame in Rwanda [who rose to power after the genocide but has transformed the country]. They say he is a dictator. Dictator and he will build Rwanda and he won’t steal money, who cares?
“It [democracy] hasn’t helped us a bit. Look at where we are, what do we have to show for it [democracy]? Acheampong, we shot him at Teshie range. When I say ‘we’, we executed him. He built this place here. Today the property here cost GH₵2.50p to buy [in my days]. I built this myself for a pittance. But democracy was supposed to enhance our lives. It was supposed to provide the needs of society. Go to Makola, there are no toilets even there and we are saying we are democratic,” he lamented.
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