Six Months into the presidency of Nana Akufo Addo, Ghana is going through one of the most tumultuous moments in its history as a result of a total lack of control on the security of the state. This state of lawlessness has arisen largely as a result of the government’s failure to rope in its various vigilante groups leading to criminals being emboldened and ordinary people taking a cue from this spate of impunity.
Whilst the Police Administration wants to assure the populace that there is no breakdown in law and order in the nation, we the Young Cadres think they are being economical with the truth. Indeed, from our own independent research, over 80 percent of Ghanaians do not trust the Police to protect them anymore. We are by this press release sending a note to the President and his government that if, in a matter of two weeks from now, we do not see any concrete measures put in place to address the insecurity being experienced in the nation, we will march to the Flagstaff House to seek answers.
It has now become a daily occurrence to hear of mob action across the length and breadth of this nation. In a matter of a month or so, the nation has witnessed a military officer being lynched and two policemen being killed.
During this same period, we have witnessed a mob attacking and vandalizing property of the Electricity Corporation of Ghana (ECG) in Somanya; the Tamale Hospital being besieged and attacked by the so-called Kandahar Boys of Tamale, a New Patriotic Party (NPP) vigilante group; and just yesterday, NPP thugs clashing with security personnel in Savelugu to prevent the new Municipal Chief Executive from taking office.
What signals again need to be sent to the President, the National Security Minister, the Interior Minister and the whole National Security apparatus for them to know that we are living in dangerous times? Will President Akufo Addo continue to play the ostrich whilst innocent Ghanaians are being brutalized and some killed on a daily basis?
As a youth group focused on safeguarding and protecting the interest of the youth of this country, we the members of the Young Cadres Association would want to entreat the President to, for once, stamp his feet on the ground and let sanity prevail in this country.
We do reckon that it is always the youth who are mobilized and called upon to carry out most of these mob actions and we cannot sit by idle and allow this to continue. Failure to heed this call, the President and his government should not be shocked when they wake up one day to find that ordinary Ghanaians are taking things into their own hands and buying guns and other weapons to protect themselves.
Already, available data from the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre ( KAIPTC) indicates that there are around 2.3 million guns in the hands of civilians, pointing to the fact that people simply do not feel secure anymore in this country and they have to make provisions to protect themselves.
Long Live Ghana
Long Live the NDC
Long Live Young Cadres
Signed:
Michael Derry
President
YCA
(0245983380)
Bright Botchway
General Secretary
YCA
(0249999145)
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Thanks for not hiding your identities. Young cadres from the pndc? We will crush you smoothly if you try anything funny, I promise. Ghana belongs to Ghanaians and not NDC. Goons and baboons.
Go ahead and take the security of the nation into ur own hands okay. We know ur plans and schemes. As ur party AFRC- PNDC,now turned out to be NDC did to Dr. Liman and his PNC.not this time. Create problems and used it for tension and stage ur coup. What has really changed after the over throw of H.E Dr. Liman? Still Ghana is moving backward. Atik's description of NDC is perfect, " the worse thing to happen to Ghanaians is NDC. Pls. President Akoffo Addo alert the security agencies to watch de NDC. Is a plot, beginning from Aseidu Nketia, they will call on Ghanaians to go on demonstration so they can do their evil plans. Being in opposition has become a Curse for them. They never dreamt of being in opposition at this time. Afraid of retrieving all stolen monies, the will create fear and panic. From Aseidu N.to all former ministers who duped Ghana take them to court. Period. President Akoffo Addo, pls alert de
Fo*ls was Ghana in heaven during John mahama's time? Who was Naaba killing Ghanaians everyday? Was he not the brother of ndc minister who is now domiciled in the u.s.a with Ghanaians in the U. s.a searching for him to be deported? Was Ghana in safe hands when armed robbers were attacking traders in the north? Were Ghanaians safe when Nkwanta DCE was murdered near his home in ndc era? Were Ghanaians safe when police and army officers were killed in the north and BA? you are nothing but fo*ls and only your foolsoldiers will listen to you. I can't understand why these nation wreckers are still disturbing Ghanaians with their loud mouths which sent them to opposition their best abode. Ghanaians are insulting and angry at these ndc thi*ves and wicked bunch of people who are insensitive to the plight of Ghanaians but won't keep quiet but their noise won't win them power it will rather dissolve their party that majority of the people hate. A party with no new members and even the old ones sitting on the fence is not a party. NPP are enjoying your overwhelming massive win and working for the good people of Ghana. Apart from ndc hiring their armed robbers to do the killings to make it look like Ghana is not safe and it is only the ndc that is complaining of Ghana is not safe if they are not behind it why are they using it as their 2020 campaign tool in 2017? Ndc are behind all of it but they should know Ghanaians didn't vote because Collins Dauda's brother was killing the people but voted against hardship,suffering,greediness,selfishness,insults,arrogance, disrespectful, boisterous attitude, thi*ving etc which in all the NPP is on course fixing everything in just 6 months in office which is creating investment friendly environment. Nana went to Germany not to beg but Germany gave Ghana €100 million out if trust for this government something that was there but refused to give ndc government because if create,lo*t and share. Ndc will keep long in opposition because they evil and nation wreckers,they have nothing good for the country ,ndc hate Ghana and Ghana hate ndc.