The Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam George has disclosed that the National Democratic Congress isn’t responsible for the ‘fix the country’ trend on social media.
According to him, the trend registers the concerns of Ghanaians and it is not a move by the opposition party. As a result, government must treat it as such to fix the country.
“I can state without equivocation that the NDC has absolutely no hand in the fix the country. It doesn’t work for us, it works for Ghanaians. This is a Ghanaian thing. When we want to put a partisan thing on fixing our country, then it will go nowhere. I’ve heard of the Finance Minister say that his five weeks stay in the US has opened his eyes to the need for health infrastructure.
“COVID has exposed our weaknesses as a country, that’s irrespective of the great work that was done in that sector by the Mahama administration. But for that, we would have been in a worse situation than we are. Even with that, we still are not there yet.
Fix the country must not have partisan twist
Without mincing words, Sam George intimated that, Ghanaians against the ‘fix the country’ call must deal with the facts of the matter. As such, anyone with divergent take on the issue deserves his citizenship revoked.
Additionally, he highlighted on the fact that the dire situation in the country must not be given a political twist.
“So, we have real problems and for me any Ghanaian who has a problem with the hashtag fix the country must have the citizenship revoked. You’re not fit to be a Ghanaian.
“Opinions are like nose, however, what is the objective facts? The fact is simple, our salaries are not being increased [in comparison] to the way petrol price have gone up. This year alone, this is the seventh increase in petrol prices. How many times have salaries been increased? So, these are real problems and that’s why I’m saying that look, this must not have partisan twist.
“…those behind the ‘fix the country’, they’ve served notice to the NDC and said do not seek to get involved in this. Publicly, I’ve heard them say, NDC, this is not for you; this is about Ghana and I agree with them. I think my party must stay out of this; this is a Ghanaian movement”.
Ghana has markings of a failed state
The Ningo-Prampram legislator emphasized that the country is “sitting on a precipice” since 2006. He maintained that in 2006, there was a National security report under former President Kufuor.
Sam George further opined that the report suggests “Ghana was about to fail as a state” because of youth unemployment. As such, “Ghana has all the markings of a failed state”.
He explained that the only reason we haven’t failed “remains a mystery to even the academics”. This is because, the country’s huge unemployment, high utility rate, among others are telling of a failed state.
“If people are finding a way to ventilate, its best you let them ventilate in the interest of the state. When the people of this country make a demand, they have every right to make a demand”.
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