Dr. Richard Amoako Baah, a former head of the Political Science Department at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Ghana has asked former President John Mahama to stop making promises and concentrate on things he'll do to make the economy better when he comes back to power.
According to Dr Amoako Baah, "now is not the time for big talks" but rather a plan to better the livelihood of Ghanaians.
"He (Mahama) should focus on telling Ghanaians what he'll do differently instead of making so many promises; it's a no, no. The economy is the worst it has ever been and so if you make promises it's like hanging yourself; he needs to be very careful. If he's even able to fix the economy, that'll be a huge achievement; apart from that we need a lean government. These are things he should focus on and not promises. Ghanaians are tired of promises. It seems Mahama is being too cautious, as if he is not sure of himself...he wants to talk about big things but this is not the time" he said in an interview on Neat FM's Me Man Nti programme.
Listen to him in the video below
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If such a political movement succeeds in winning the aspirations of the youth to improve their lives, then the political party that produces our future leaders under the auspices of democracy will be doomed forever.
The politicians who are coming up or being elevated from the conventional political party system should be wary and concerned about the gradual trend of successful businessmen who, by virtue of their popularity as successful businessmen, are moving up in the political arena to lead their countries. In fact, with the help of social media, they can easily mobilise the youth, who are the majority anyway, into political movements to form a government. The youth have lost faith in the leaders of conventional multi-party systems because they make loose and unfulfilled promises for political power. The recent success of Kennedy Adgyapong in the NPP primaries and the emergence of independent candidates are reminders of this trend. The bottom line is that democracy's party system is under serious threat because it's losing credibility with the youth vote.
Mahama doesn’t have anything to lose by making big promises because he is doing only one term. How to fulfill those promises is never his business. That makes him a very dangerous choice for Ghana because all he wants is power to serve his last term and get more money.
If anyone believes Mahama can solve the problems of this country, by any stretch of the imagination, the person has yet to understand him and the history of the NDC. Someone who rejected the double track in schools, now says he believes in a 24-hour economy of three shifts per day! Beware of Mahama and the NDC when they come bearing promises!