LOYALTY TO ONES NATION
One Thousand-Man March in support of
President John Mahama
Beloved countrymen and women, our country is
going through some tough times, and it is important to recall that no less a
person than President John Dramani Mahama himself has acknowledged that fact.
It is also important to recognize that
through his actions and policy initiatives, President Mahama is working towards
reversing the negatives, especially the economic indicators. The good news is
that some of the stringent measures taken by the government are yielding good
results. Economic statistics suggest
that the situation is improving although we would all like the pace to be
faster.
It is clear that some of these ad-hoc
measures were politically difficult to take, but the President put the national
interest ahead of pure political considerations.
That is why we must support President John
Mahama in his quest to better the lot of this country, and prepare us all to
take advantage of the opportunities that a revived Ghanaian economy will bring.
Fellow countrymen and women, diligent handling should be preferred by all to an
economy managed on the basis of political populism.
Supporting
the Made in Ghana Campaign
The Made in Ghana Campaign by President
Mahama is a campaign we must all support. As individuals, businesspersons and
manufacturers, we all have a role and must play these roles effectively towards
supporting our economic transformation process.
Buying products manufactured in Ghana and by
Ghanaian workers has major advantages for our economy. It allows more jobs to be created absorbing
our growing young population, and improving our economic dynamics. Our
preference and purchase of Made in Ghana products will also encourage many
Ghanaian business owners to venture into local production as against importing
and growing the economy of other countries.
Is there any reason anybody could possibly have
against supporting this campaign and promoting the use of Made in Ghana
products?
Black
Stars
For some very funny reason, including
political, some people even before the senior national team crumbled out of the
2014 World Cup, started an agenda to unnecessarily roll the President into the
problems in the Black Stars camp. This was done despite the President’s personal
and required interventions aimed at boosting the morale of the team – calling
and sending them motivational messages before their matches.
Ironically, these same people were the very
ones who accused and criticized the previous NDC administration under President
John Evans Atta Mills when it proposed that football administration in the
country should be streamlined.
While the President and government cannot
effect changes to the GFA or determine who heads the GFA, we must in unison
support the call by the President (in an interview in Malabo) that our participation
in the Brazil tournament must be reviewed and a rebuilding exercise started.
This is a cause that we must all support.
The disgraceful and international bad press
the country’s image suffered must never be repeated, and that can only be
achieved if we all support the President’s effort. The Brazil embarrassment
must be unraveled, and it must not matter who is involved, whether the GFA, the
Ministry or other third parties.
President Mahama is a listening president
and that is why we all need to rally behind him for Ghana to succeed. To chart
our future path, we must take cognizance of our history. There are past
presidents of this nation who would not act on suggestions from the people.
President Mahama has changed this – he has made government by the people a
reality. He has listened to the call to clean up the Ministry. It is now the
turn of the GFA to be cleaned and its house put in order.
GUIDING
AGAINST POLITICAL MISCHIEF
As the economy begins to pick up, it is
important that together, as one people, we do not allow political miscreants
from both ends of the divide to deceive us and lure us into leaving the
President and Government without support.
Why must business entities, called bulk oil
distribution companies (BDCs), hold a nation to ransom because of disagreements
over some payments?
Why must President Mahama be subjected to
all the abuse he has suffered in the last few days because of the ineptitude of
officials appointed to run and manage our state institutions?
We must support the President in his work
and let institutions like the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), the Bulk Oil
Storage and Transportation Company (BOST) and the Ghana National Petroleum
Corporation (GNPC) do what they have been set-up to do.
There can be no justification for the
attempts by some individuals to deny the BOST permission to import its own
products, thus putting the nation at the mercy of the BDCs.
President Mahama, you need our support to
carry on your reforms and your economic transformation agenda. You need our
support to bring to fruition the huge investments made in our energy sector.
We have and continue to contend with the ongoing
instability in power supply resulting from insufficient production or
generation. But we have heard and know of the various interventions aimed at
stabilizing the situation, and we are of the view that we must as a people
appreciate the constraints and work with the government to resolve the
challenges.
We acknowledge that the energy-related
institutions must wake up from their slumber and contribute to the efforts being
made by revamping their customer responsiveness, service (ensure the establishment
of fault response teams that will guarantee quick response to calls about
faults) and information management.
Our duty as citizens of a great nation like
Ghana is to put our efforts behind the President to ensure that he leads the
country as one proud nation among the African countries.
If you believe in the above, join us at 8am
prompt
on Tuesday, July 01, 2014 at the Black Star Square in
A One Thousand-Man March in support of
H.E. John Dramani Mahama,
President of the Republic of Ghana and Commander-in-Chief
of the Ghana Armed Forces.
Authors:
George Ekegey Ekeha
Koku Mawuli Nanagbe
Ohenenana Krow
024 952 9947
024 338 8488
