Opinion: Do we really have the men to build a Better Ghana?

I am writing this piece disappointed in the President Mills-led administration. Like many other NDC members, I don’t think this is what we voted for. We voted for ‘A Better Ghana’. What we are having now is not, in my honest opinion ‘A Better Ghana’.

First of all, since the inception of this NDC Administration, many have questioned the calibre and the competency of most of the men and women appointed to move the Better Ghana Agenda forward, not least the Founder of the party, H.E. the Former President Jerry John Rawlings.

Mr Rawlings, who in my opinion has been vindicated, cautioned the leadership of the Mills-led Administration that we have to sit up and take a critical look at the kind of men and women we appoint to head both State and Governmental bodies.

Many were those who started questioning the judgements of the former president. Today the party is being ridiculed left, right and centre! It seems we are confused and do not really know what we are about.

Some of our men and women, who perhaps because of the ‘little’ power they have, do not want to face reality. THINGS ARE NOT MOVING ON WELL! WE ARE NOT DELIVERING! Until we realise that, and go back to the core principles that brought us to power, then I am afraid the 2012 Election will be nothing to write home about!

My second worry is about our Communication Team and Strategies. After two years in government, we should know that we cannot use the same propaganda tactics we used during our time in opposition to communicate our policies and programmes to the good people of Ghana. How do you build an effective communication strategy when almost every minister or deputy minister speaks in the media on behalf of the government?

Why do we allow almost all our ministers, especially the young deputy ministers to be speaking always? Don’t we have Official Government Spokespersons? Why do you have to appear on Good Morning Ghana or on any of the other Morning Talk Shows if you are not the official government spokesperson? Until we take a second look at our communication strategies, and who we allow to speak on behalf of the government, I’m afraid of Election 2012.

The NDC is the largest political party in Ghana. We must learn to organize our affairs. For now we don’t seem to be doing well, both with the party and the government. We are divided and most of us are refusing to face the reality, especially our men at the Castle. We can’t afford to go back to the opposition. That will be disastrous!
Let those who will pay attention to pay attention, and as for those who still think that we are doing well to continue to live in fantasy!
Long Live the NDC!

Credit: Mahmoud Jajah
Mahmoud Jajah is an NDC Youth Activist and lives at Maamobi. He writes on his blog at http://mahmoudjajah.com. You can contact him at mails@mahmoudjajah.com