A lecturer at the University of Ghana, Legon, Prof. Ransford Gyampo is of the view that there is nothing to be celebrated about the government’s release of funds for the patching of potholes.
He believes it is basic and should not be placed on it like the political elite wants it to appear.
Gyampo made this known in a post shared via Facebook.
To Gyampo, the people of Ghana have been starved of the needed development, so releasing funds during election season should not be something the political elite should be celebrated for.
He said, “Let us stop the ignorant subservient excitement for the release of 150 million for patching portholes. This is a very basic and an elementary job expected to be undertaken by the PWDs and MMDAs periodically. Starving them of the needed resources and releasing money in an election year for them to undertake a basic task, is a blatant insult to intelligence.”
Government has released an amount of Ghc 150 million for potholes to be patched across the country.
Read His Statement Below
Let us stop the ignorant subservient excitement for the release of 150 million for patching portholes. This is a very basic and an elementary job expected to be undertaken by the PWDs and MMDAs periodically. Starving them of the needed resources and releasing money in an election year for them to undertake a basic task, is a blatant insult to intelligence.
We must thwart the efforts of our political elites to perpetuate some of these tendencies. Everything must not be done because of elections and votes. Our political elites, especially those outside power, must be up and doing. Their role in challenging some of these interventions must not be confined to their flag-bearers and a few acerbic communicators. Parties outside power must have a well-functioning and dedicated machinery built not around specific individuals, to keep regimes on their toes. This would ensure the effectively discharge of their duties by regimes, in line with the fiduciary trust reposed in them by the people. This is very important because, sometimes, the audacity with which the political elites in power conducts themselves and boldly make certain abstract claims, especially about how they have performed, speaks to the weaknesses of the opposition.
