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Most of us, of this present era, do not know the God we go to church every Sunday to worship and sing praises to, that is why we rarely ever see answers to our prayers.
I am not a pastor but a very dedicated individual to the truth and I'm leaving no stones unturned to preaching what the souls of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) need to survive.
Usually when we, as people, want some position and power, we descend to the very floor of the earth crust to appeal to the conscience of the masses, to be voted for and to serve the interest of the people. We tend to show some temporal concern and understanding of what the problems of the communities, we vouch to represent, are.
In sooth, we want to serve these people who toil to put us in offices we so much desire. But what do we do? When we are declared winners after elections, that's the last the community hears from us, till our tenure in office is about few moons to elapse, that we initiate some projects which do not address any of the basic needs of the people we so represent.
This practice is nothing short of love for material gains over the needs of the masses, who put us in government with their "kokromoti" power, by exercising their franchise. A misrepresentation of these people in all levels of governance.
I am not an affiliate of any political party, though I was raised by the principles and virtues taught by a member of the 31st December Women's Movement, my granny of blessed memory. A movement whose virtues and principles helped galvanised the people even at the grassroot, most of which members are the most uneducated.
I would love to celebrate the then first lady of the republic, Mrs Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, for her selfless act of putting the women together, something which the current leadership of the NDC is misting.
I was very young and little, back then, but I remember vividly how the visit of the first lady was received by the women holding up their wooden guns, wearing their red head gears, white shirts (some tailor made) and light-green wrappers to match. It was colorful and a sight to see back those days with the first lady on foot leading the pack of patriotic women, unlike what we see of today's representatives of the people.
Whenever MPs receive a small house and a vehicle in the city, they become honorables over the ordinary people they are to serve. You see them once a while, in their vehicles, tinted glasses rolled all the way up, speeding their ways through the city and community, blowing horns as if they matter the most in the country. It now becomes very impossible for the people to see them as they now have security round the clock.
I believe in a stainless honesty in wanting to become a public servant. And before anybody stands for an election at various levels of government, my belief is they are well aware of problems the community they represent is engulfed in. If this assumption is well satisfied, it becomes much easier for government to address all these issues from the ground up, by appointing the right people to address the needs of these communities. If this does not constitute good governance, I have no idea what else does.
Over the years, government of the NDC have neglected its founding principles of social intervention and resort to what used to be the core tradition of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), in the manner of amassing wealth for individuals in power, privatisation of public properties, than working for the nation.
Knowing too well that the NDC have neglected what makes them untouchable over the years, the NPP, through the leadership of the incumbent administration, have single-handedly chose all social intervening policies crucial for every community across the country. The only problem this present government may have is how to execute all these policies without losing its own core values of privatisation of public institutions. If they can combine these two, NDC would have to wait much longer than eternity to even dream about returning to power as the party now battles what I call a lack of identity.
If leadership of a political party grooms its foot soldiers by giving them gifts, whenever something regarding service to the party is required, members stop being patriotic. If you give me money and vehicle, what does my community stand to gain? Nothing. I love the idea of being flat-out generous but this becomes uncalled for when you have a country to run.
The era of probity, transparency and accountability have given Ghanaians some sense of being-thought-of. A government is bound to progress if and when its ministers report directly to the first gentleman. That is the only way government can measure progress with its performance in various sectors of the economy, hence its chance of retaining power, going forward.
No true political analyst can say that NPP won the just-ended elections on merit, rather it was the NDC's core values which gave the NPP such massive win. NDC never loss. NPP knows this.
Re-registration of members by the NDC as a way of making sure true and legitimate party affiliates are captured, to me is a flimsy excuse of doing the same thing over again.
A party whose majority is characterised by the grassroot must first make sure its party representatives are elected by the people themselves. Even this must be done on merit of those who can truly work selflessly for the people and the country, on the whole.
Appointment and election of party leaders must not be about who has the most resource to help the party but rather persons of the right calibre. This is how patriotism comes to play a bigger role in ensuring loyal members have the will-power to rebuild the party than do mere partisan politics.
I am not that old but history has it that awakening the conscience of the people to be more patriotic for a cause of positive change and be results-oriented, is the only true way to reclaim power than just registering to be members without a cause for commitment.
The sense of membership, to a larger extent, only gives members the right to a claim and entitlement as is the case in every human endeavor. This is such that those who contribute the most expect to be in higher positions even when they have nothing to offer the party in matters of governance.
The business tycoons who know within themselves that they would have no time to represent the people must accept their roles and give those who they know can, to take up such positions. There is nothing wrong with a businessman helping his party with resources he thinks could help the party start working again, without any sense of entitlement to anything in return.
Finally, the party must fall back on its core values and principles to help its current leadership reorganize and restructure strategies to prepare the grounds worthy of contesting a general election, no matter how long this may take. Some people who know and still have those founding values to help strategize a new course of action must be brought on board.
Rawlings is NDC, not because he is the founder but because he bled for it; and anything bearing the blood of another man can only work if that person commands it to. He may be old and boring with his systematic criticism about the future of the party but he still is the only hope for the NDC not as a flag bearer, but to be a powerhouse of instruction and direction. He has been there, done most and seen it all, and I believe he now has a clear vision to drive this party to where it needs to be. He may be harsh but he holds the only card which will see the NDC dealing all hands on good governance for a very long time, and watch all other players fold.
Conclusively, it all balls down to the fear of God where all party affiliates keep daily vigil for the word of God by being honest with their individual capabilities which the party needs to be relevant again. This is the only way members can offer sacrifices of pleasant fragrance pleasing to the cause of achieving a Better Ghana Agenda, for all.
Akpe.
THə CŁƏrk
(A Pressure Group)
(Klikor & Diaspora).
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