Party followers must be abreast with its ideology

The District Chief Executive for the Mpohor Wassa East District, Mr Anthony Bassaw, has observed that most political party followers in Ghana are not conversant with their party’s ideologies and values.

In view of this, he said, they are unable to propagate the

party’s policies and programmes to the society.

Mr Bassaw made the observation at a roundtable discussion held in

Daboase on Wednesday, as part of the activities marking the 11th

Annual Constitutional Week.

He, therefore, urged the hierarchy of the various political

parties to put in place mechanisms that would educate their followers

on the party’s philosophy, principles, values and programmes.

He expressed unhappiness with the attitude of some party

followers who constantly make unnecessary demands from government

appointees, describing it as “a nuisance to the smooth administration

of state institutions.”

The DCE said he had been finding it extremely difficult to uphold

certain principles of life since he was appointed about two years ago.

He said: “The principle of common sense demands that one is

supposed to work hard to be successful in life but sometimes

individuals and students who had failed miserably in their respective

examinations come to me with their parents, chiefs, priests, opinion

leaders, party functionaries and highly respected personalities in the

community asking me to facilitate admission for their wards.”

And if one refuses to assist them, the individual is tagged with

all sorts of negative names and accusers embark on character

assassination schemes to destroy hard won reputations, he complained.

Mr Bassaw urged the society to be careful in finding out how

people make their wealth and that if they used the right channel, they

should be commended for others to learn from them whilst those who use

deceitful schemes should be reported to the security agencies for the

law to deal with them.

Source: GNA / Ghana