The Leader and Founder of the All People’s Congress (APR), Mr Hassan Ayariga, has asked President Akufo-Addo to concentrate his efforts first on strengthening security at home.
“Instead of traveling outside the country, the President as commander in chief ought to concentrate his efforts first on strengthening security at home,” he stated.
Sharing his thoughts on the governance process and political discourse in the country, Mr Ayariga said, “As commander in chief, one of the key mandates of President Akufo-Addo is to protect Ghanaians and their properties; this he is failing to do.”
According to the APC founder, the security of the Ghanaian and the state of Ghana were more important than any other interest.
“This is because when there is no security, people are scared to live in the country let alone investors coming to establish businesses,” he noted.
Instant justice
Mr Ayariga, therefore, urged the President to give the security agencies the power to deal ruthlessly with any person or group of persons who took the law into their own hands.
He explained that any group of people who meted out instant justice by lynching suspected criminals should be dealt with according to the law irrespective of their political affiliation, saying “Ghana belongs to Ghanaians and not any political party.”
“ When security is prevailing, investors come into the country and people believe and have trust in one another,” he stated, adding that was the meaning of democracy.
With the recent spate of events and happenings, democracy would not be said to be working, he noted.
Hand-over process
Mr Ayariga observed that there was no resistance in the hand=over process. However, Mr Ayariga said presently, Ghanaians were fearful and scared to live in Ghana and to speak their minds.
“The most important factor of any nation is its security and when there is no security, the nation cannot achieve any meaningful development and people would cease trusting one another,’’ Mr Ayariga emphasised.
He said the change the country was witnessing was not the kind of change Ghanaians were promised. “My appeal to the NPP is to manage the country well because Ghanaians are watching and we are not happy about the current events,’’ he stressed.
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