Editorial

LET’S SHARE THREE CHEERS

It behooves upon the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government now to display with tact and dexterity to the satisfaction of the people – ordinary Ghanaian, the art of governance on which Ghanaians looked upon to entrust it with state powers.

In fact, Ghana was silent for the past 8 months not because it fears for the implementation of Nana Addo’s “all die be die” but because the country was hungry; wallowed in poverty and waded in overwhelming anger as every hungry person could proverbially be.

 Indeed, the nation’s hungry anger could have devoured a legion with even the latest powerful artillery had a political mischief-maker tried it.

The Republic has been saddened with the fact that, all efforts to hold Ghana’s new rulers, we mean the NDC, to manifesto-promises during the period the Landmark Presidential Petition was ongoing was met with excuses of “because of the court case we can’t do any meaningful governance”. Today; thank to Lord Atuguba and his 8 colleague sages the court case has ended successfully and status quo of government remains in place.

It is indeed, refreshing to hear the Vice President, Brother Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur express regret addressing the NDC faithful after the Thursday verdict, assuring that Ghanaians need not be poor; and to extent, stressing the subordinates’ assertion that the court case had, indeed, hindered the government resolve to enrich the impoverished.

The paper rejoices with the multitude of NDC supporters present at the party headquarters listening the former Ghana’s Central Bank governor: In fact, they better do and do it fast and quickly.

Ghanaians struggle to earn peanut in wages and salary, and struggle to put body and soul together – this will not auger well for ‘a social democratic party’ government to fail its electorate which supported it even at the peril of their lives.

The Republic, hereby pleads on behave of ordinary Ghanaian that government of the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) known and loved for its populist appeal since the time of Jerry John Rawlings, through late Professor Atta-Mills, change the crippling way government is assuming after every election – court their support – but drive the gravy-train past them. That is not good enough.

Ghana may, indeed, need peace to develop, where peace does not only mean silence of the mortars; flashes of the sharpened machetes and or the terrifying chirping of Kalashnikovs being wielded by unemployed youth and hungry child-soldiers, but peace in the stomach surpasses all; and forestalls all.

In fact, the Republic believes, Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan has been vindicated like the Justice Atuguba 9-member panel also affirmed.

 Indeed, when you ask, they will truthfully tell one after another that they have fulfilled their part of national duty of lasting peace brokerage, at least for now. But it is government’s turn to consolidate that peace – by ensuring that the ordinary people drink and eat; clothe and shelter at a minimal cost.

But The Republic could not end this ‘meaningless’ editorial without saluting Ghana’s Supreme Court, for at least, this single case of all cases.

To Ghanaians, we urge to share among ourselves three cheers.