Last week, many of the NDC supporters who said their party was more united than the Holy Trinity are suddenly realising cracks and divisions that had been there for a long time. They are blaming the leadership of the party for not addressing them. The blamestorming has started, especially on social media.
A certain Jerry John Rawlings, we were told, had outlived his usefulness and lost his impact. Today, they say you cannot sideline the Founder of a Party and succeed.
Those who defended everything their party did and said there was no reason to vote them out are suddenly saying they saw their defeat coming. All of a sudden they are realising their “flawless” party and government had flaws, which they failed to address. They seem to know why they lost, but the NPP do not seem to remember why they won.
The NPP told us to vote for them because there was massive corruption, unemployment, mismanagement and a plethora of problems confronting us. They told us to give them the chance to change or fortunes. Now that they have won, they say won because of their vigilance and their collation centre. They trumpet this as if Ghanaians did not vote massively for them, their vigilance would have made any difference.
They say the reason many people in the Volta Region did not vote because John Peter Amewu and others stopped rigging and prevented foreigners from coming in to vote. But there is no evidence that any single person was stopped from crossing to vote. The people of the region simply did come out in their numbers to vote.
Apart from Ketu-South, there is no constituency in the Volta Region with a major border town that could be an entry point for any significant number of foreigners from Togo. The fact is that a number of people from the Volta Region were not happy with the performance of the NDC government. They could not afford to vote for the NPP because of certain utterances and attitudes by some members of the NPP that seemed to alienate them. But they also would not vote for the NDC.
In the Krachi West constituency, for instance, the gap between the NDC’s John Mahama and the NPP’s Nana Akufo-Addo was blurred. President Mahama won 10,516 votes while Nana Akufo-Addo won 8,773. This is the hometown of the Volta Regional Minister, who also contested the seat. When I was growing up in Kete-Krachi, people were ashamed to associate with the NPP. In the Krachi East Constituency, the NPP snatched a seat from the NDC. These constituencies are not border towns.
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President John Mahama and President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
In the coming days, we will expect the NDC to be rational. They will get real and realise that there are problems confronting the Ghanaians that need to be solved. This is because politicians are often at their best when they are in opposition. But the NPP is likely to forget about what they preached yesterday.
My elder brother often says that the alcoholic content in power is 80%. That’s why we say politicians never learn. They learn but when strong wine enters the head, years of learning and decades of experience and wisdom evaporate. It may be too early, but let’s remind the NPP why they are longer called an opposition party. Let’s pray and hope that the NPP will remain sober and remember why Ghanaians chose them: a party without money to buy votes, a party without projects to flash around, a party without limitless cash to buy out media space and a party without the control of state agencies. May the alcoholic content of power not cause them to forget why Ghanaians settled for one of the the most vilified politicians in our recent history. May they not forget that we no longer have too a short memory to recall what we will be subjected to before December 7, 2020. At least, there is a certain Samira Bawumia who will be kind enough to remind us what to remember when we get hold of the ballot paper in our hands.
And we will not forget!
The writer, Manasseh Azure Awuni, is a senior broadcast journalist with Joy 99.7 FM. His email address is [email protected]. The views expressed in this article are his personal opinions and do not reflect, in any form or shape, those of The Multimedia Group, where he works.
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I must say I do love your articles but I do not agree with aspects of this one. The reference to the collation centre etc is just that in the past when GHANAIANS had voted for the NPP, the lack of these systems and capabilities robbed them of victory. You can't count what is not there. The fact that Nana Addo has already started going round to say thank you to people is testament enough of the recognition of the people's votes and mandate. On all radio stations NPP executives are thanking the people nation wide for voting for them. So for once I disagree with your assertion that NPP have forgotten what gave them victory. Our president is assuring all of fulfilling campaign oromises. Let us give him time. Ghanaians who voted will never be forgotten. Those who worked hard for the people to believe in the message and vote will not be forgotten. Those who worked hard on Election Day will not be forgotten. God bless Ghana.
I like this piece, especially the 80% alcoholic content of power. Always a delight to read from you Manasseh, keep it up.
I always I'm delighted when I read your articles because they always make sense. Thank you for this one and I hope the NPP does the right thing this time around. We can't afford another form of abuse of the peoples power.
Keep it up. Thanks for this piece of reminder on remembering and forgetting. I think the NPP need to read this piece everyday to guide them. No excusses.
MANASSEH SAYS HE CRITICIZES THE GOV. IN POWER.WE WAIT TO C IF HE IS A TWO-FACED HYPOCRITE!!ANYWAY I AM EXCITED BCOS, NO SCHOOL FEES, REDUCED LIGHT BILL AND TAXES,ONE FACTORY FOR MY DISTRICT,ONE DAM FOR MY VILLAGE,$1M FOR MY DISTRICT,JOBS EVERYWHERE,NHIS WILL WORK PERFECTLY,ETC. GHANA GO BEE KEKE!!
Well said , we will check them very well