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ANTI AKAN AND
CHRISTIAN PURSUITS – NONSENSICAL
It is with much pain that the Alliance for
Accountable Governance (AFAG) wades into an
issue otherwise not important but for the
hypocrisy and opportunistic stance of the
National Democratic Congress (NDC).
As a country, over the years, we have
pursued a one Ghana agenda with common
destiny irrespective of political,
ethnocentric and religious differences. This
not withstanding, the NDC in search of, and
sustaining political power at all cost,
continue to exploit to their interest an
inherent agenda filled with HATE FOR AKANS.
Fellow Ghanaians, if there is any one
political party under the 4th Republican
constitution which has benefited either
directly or indirectly from the use of
ethnic sentiments against it's major
political opponents then, the NDC stands
tall and come next to none.
PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS SKEWED AGAINST AKANS
Ladies and gentlemen, AFAG sees public all
appointees as Ghanaians and have no issues
with the public office they occupy. However
we are forced to expose the hypocrisy of the
president and his NDC's anti-Akan agenda.
Fellow countrymen, is it not a fact that
over 80% of state departments and agencies
are headed by persons from either the Volta
or Northern regions? permit AFAG to share a
few;
Ghana Ports Harbours, Public Services
Commission, Tema Oil Refinery, National
Insurance Commission, Youth Authority, Ghana
Civil Aviation, DVLA, Ghana Maritime
Authority, National Petroleum Authority,
Food and Drugs Authority and Public Services
Commission. Out of about 19 Chief Directors
at Ghana's Ministries, 17 are either from
the North or the Volta region.
Also, the heads of all the state financial
institutions (BOG, GCB, NIB, ADB Etc.)
including the central bank are headed by
persons from the NDC's stronghold i.e Volta
region. The Ghana Police Service over the
past 5 years has continuously been attacked
for skewing recruitments mainly to the North
and Volta regions.
Indeed in 2009 the only senior most deputy
commissioner of police an Akan was not
promoted to commissioner until after more
junior ones from the North(Rose Atinga Bio)
and another from the Volta region(Mr.
Kudaloh) had been promoted to become
commissioners to occupy the GP 2 and 3
slots.
ANTI-CHRISTIAN SENTIMENTS
Mr. President, you made mention of religious
discrimination in schools during your 2015
State of the Nations Address (SONA). AFAG
considers your intervention as needless,
unnecessary, provocative and a desperate
step to create a division between Muslims
and Christians to benefit your political
fortune.
Christians and Moslems have always lived in
peaceful co-existence in Ghana since
independence. Attending a school must be a
choice and students must be prepared to be
broadminded by being exposed to, and
learning from other religions. Indeed, the
former (Rev Frimpong-Manso) and present
(Prof. Martey) Presbyterian Moderators are
reported to be products of Ahmadyia Mission
Schools.
Mr. President, stop destroying Ghana on
ethnic and religious lines. This is a case
for THE CHRISTIAN COUNCIL, THE NATIONAL
PEACE COUNCIL, and THE NATIONAL HOUSE OF
CHIEFS to step in and advice the President
and caution him that, he is fermenting
divisions in the country, which are
unnecessary and uncalled for.
Some of our elders are hypocrites. Their
judgments are clouded with business interest
and hegemonic traits. Countrymen, the NDC
must be condemned for continuously insulting
and attacking Christian and other religious
leaders who provide wise counsel to the
president and the nation at large. We recall
the insults heaped on Prof Martey the
Moderator of the Presbyterian Church, Pastor
Mensah Otabil, the head of ICGC and others.
These attacks are a threat to the church and
the faith.
AFAG is ready to confront this tribal and
anti-Christian stock-in- trade openly
without fear or favour until such a time
that the NDC is able to learn it's bitter
lessons.
We are not ashamed of being Ghanaians with
various religious beliefs and hailing from
various parts of the country to form AFAG.
We have resolved to wade into this issue to
expose the hypocrisy of the NDC.
RESOLUTION
AFAG hails Otumfour Osei Tutu the Asantehene
for speaking it to the face of the president
during his durbar. Mr. President didn’t the
Otumfour about a month ago bemoan the fact
that, persons with Akan names like Owusu,
Osei etc. are been denied public office
recruitments under your regime. Mr.
President, were you able to respond to this
allegation when you had the floor to speak
at the durbar? A BIG NO!!!!!
We urge Ghanaians not to be carried away by
the tribilisation of politics. Also, we
should resist any attempt, which threatens
our peaceful co-existence. Ghanaians must be
bold to speak against any ethnic and
anti-religious agenda from any quarters. We
must continue to talk about it and not
shelve such issues. Tribalism and illegal
distribution of economic wealth, uneven
regional recruitment and employment to the
public sector in accordance with article 35
6b of the 1992 constitution must be
discussed in the open. There is no doubt
that, with the current revelations in the
press, recruitment and employment into the
police service, army and immigration to
mention a few is not transparent and
severely skewed against the Akans.If any
group of people feels marginalized under any
regime, we must stand together and fight
against it before it destroys our nations.
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