A Fighter General of the #FixTheCountry Campaign, Commander Hardi Yakubu says it is hypocritical for the NDC to be appearing as if they are genuinely concerned about the issues concerning Ghanaians when they are part of the problems.
Although not part of the NDC’s ‘March for justice’, he said the #FixTheCountry Campaign supports anyone who tries to embark on a demonstration to register their frustrations.
The #FixTheCountry Campaign, which started on the microblogging site, Twitter had some unhappy Ghanaians venting their displeasure over what many describe as a failure on the part of successive governments to improve the lives of the citizenry.
The campaign sought to get the government to fix the country in areas such as the rising youth unemployment, dilapidated health system, skyrocketing home-renting structure, poor road networks among others.
Although the campaigners wanted to the campaign to the next level, by proposing a demonstration, they were denied the right to do so because according to the Ghana Police Service, the restrictions imposed on the country due to the covid-19 pandemic had not been lifted.
However, the Ghana Police Service provided security for the youth wing of the NDC during their ‘March for Justice’.
Speaking on Atinka TV’s morning show, Ghana Nie with Ekourba Gyasi Simpremu, Commander Hardi Yakubu said,”So long as the person is a Ghanaian, the person has the bonafide right to protest. We, however, find it very contradictory and very hypocritical that some of the things that the NDC itself was supervising and presiding over are some of the things that they are protesting against now.”
He continued that,” When the NPP was in opposition, a lot of things that they were speaking against are the things that they are doing now. So, this is the kind of situation we have in our political arena, where the two political parties are mainly engaged in a play of a political trend game; when they are in opposition, they know everything right under the sun, but when they are in government, they become deaf and dump to all the problems of the country.”
Ghana| Atinkaonline.com| Porcia Oforiwaa Ofori
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