Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings Statement on economy on point – Kofi Adams

The former first lady of Ghana at the start week told visiting African women that the country’s economy is not in a decent shape.

At that same assembly Mrs. Rawlings labeled Ghana as one of the most costly countries to live in on the region.

But the Spokesman for the Rawlingses Kofi Adams has been speaking on behalf of the former first lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings’in defense of her recent statements about the state of the economy.
Mr. Kofi Adams states that the former first lady’s declaration cannot be disputed because the cost of living is now high.
He gave this comments on Joy FM’s news analysis platform Newsfile Saturday which is also telecasted on MultiTV.

“Gradually, Ghana in some areas is becoming a little bit expensive. I happen to be in the Western Region…in 2009, this year I happen to visit Western Region again and cost of some basic things have all of a sudden shot up,” he said. Mr Adams quoted the Vice-president, Mr John Dramani Mahama, whom he said “had cause to even complain about the cost of hotel accommodation where in some of the star hotels…the minimum they will take about $200 or $250 a night.”

Source: Ghana Politics

Our Political Leaders Must Seek ‘Intellectual Wisdom’ from the Electorate

Since time immemorial, Ghanaians have been speaking with their chests out to portray to the whole world, especially their counterparts in the sub-region that they are indeed unique creatures. They base their pride on the rich human resource, abundant natural resources, cultural heritage, religious tolerance and even the democratic environment that they have nurtured. Before 1957, the country was called the Gold Coast (Land of Gold) in apparent reference to the abundance of gold deposits along her coast. Currently, Ghana ranks second to South Africa in gold production in Africa. Talk about politics and the proud Ghanaian will boast that Ghana was the first to win political independence in the sub-Saharan Africa.

Whilst we play second fiddle to Cote D’Ivoire in terms of cocoa production in the world, agriculture has proven to be the mainstay of the economy. Ghana’s total land area has beautiful touristic attractions, such as beautiful parks, mountains, rivers and waterfalls and the fertility of the land is the envy of all. Out of these rivers, Ghana has been able to build the largest man-made lake in the world and through this; hydro-electric power is generated for local consumption and for exports. The sea with its beaches, acts as place for domestic and international holiday makers. The climatic condition is so favourable that if the academic wisdom from the so-called elites were applied to maximise our resources, poverty would definitely be a thing of the past.

Our religious inclination is so strong that if religion were to be a criterion to judge a country as a developed nation, Ghana would be among the G-8 nations. This is because Ghanaians pray and worship God 24/7 sometimes with the wrong notion that all their socio-economic, spiritual and political problems could and should be solved by God. It was therefore not surprising to hear the sitting president unilaterally ‘electing’ God as the president of Ghana. Sometimes one would even fault God for putting brains in our heads. In the field of sports, Ghana has not been found wanting at all because the junior national teams – the Black Starlets, the Black Satellites and the Black Meteors have taken the world by storm by winning gold, silver and bronze medals at different stages of the world football competitions. The splendid performance of the senior national team – the Black Stars at the recently held World Cup in South Africa is a clear testimony of our God-given talent in sports.
In the fields of medicine, education, engineering etc, the expertise of Ghanaians is phenomenal both in abroad and at home thus giving meaning to our rich human resource. Our cultural heritage, with its well-established chieftaincy institution remains one of the best in the world. Ghana even boasts of the Africa personality of the millelium in the person of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of the Republic of Ghana. It is refreshing to note that our country is among the only three African countries – South Africa and Nigeria that had their sitting presidents represent all G-8 Summits between 2001 and 2009. The Ghanaian hospitability is second to none and in spite of our tribal and religious differences, the people co-exist with each other, a feat which has ensured relative stability in our motherland. It is also interesting to note that Ghana remains the only African country to have paid host to three different sitting US Presidents – Clinton, Bush and Obama. Currently, our beloved country is among the oil producing countries in the world – many thanks to His Excellency, J.A. Kufuor and his NPP administration.

However, the above notwithstanding, preventable diseases and poverty are gradually killing many innocent Ghanaians. Whilst many of our natural resources remain untapped, Ghana is still a net-importer of food and raw materials. Currently, our political dispensation has become the arena for political insults, especially by ministers of state who are required to provide quality leadership for the tax-payer. Our young democracy has been characterised by ‘foot soldierism’, corruption and vindictiveness, putting the unity of the country under serious threat. Ghana has been divided into two political lines (teams) and the players within the teams seem to play ‘Kokofu Ball’. Consequently, national interest and consensus building have given way to mediocrity and nepotism. Even members of the same political group have been sidelined for sharing dissenting views whilst others have lost their jobs (Dr. Sekou Nkrumah and Brogya Gyemfi of NDC). If the NDC could do this to its own members, what would be the fate of other political opponents who work in the various state institutions?
Fellow Ghanaians, why would a religious country like Ghana become a home of homosexuals, lesbians and armed robbers? Can we say that religion has had a negative impact on our lives and can anybody convince me that the practitioners of these ‘social crimes’ are atheists? It is so disheartening to see mother Ghana plagued with corruption in all facets of the economy – politics, judiciary, executive, legislature, chieftaincy, religion, educational and health institutions, among others. What religious sense does it make for Alhaji Muntaka, who happens to be a Minister of State, a Member of Parliament and a devout Muslim to spend the tax payers’ money on his girl friend and ‘kyinkyinka’ whilst his wife and children are left at home?

As I write today, the Akosombo dam with its hydro-electric power cannot even produce electricity for the entire country after 50 years in existence. Apart from about 72% of the populace who enjoy power rationing, the remaining 28% still live in total darkness. Ghana’s infrastructure – roads, rail network, school buildings, hospitals etc is an eyesore. It is often said that water is life but how far do our leaders value our lives? Just last week the sector minister revealed that only 62% of Ghanaians have access to quality drinking water yet he failed to come out with a strategic plan to improve water supply in the country. The other time it was the President, John Mills who had to close his eyes before he could pass through the Accra-Ofankor road because of its bad nature. In fact, our roads are so bad that motor accidents continue to claim precious lives on a daily basis. And when the Executive President was tasked to put in measures to curtail the rate of motor accidents, he sought for God’s intervention as if his sense of direction was completely lost. Why can’t our president appeal to reason in relation to rampant road accidents? Typically, Ghanaians are quick to identify the causes and solutions to almost all the problems we face in the country – sanitation, power failure, motor accidents, falling standards of education, armed robbery, indiscipline, low agricultural output etc. A typical Ghanaian can lecture you from morning to evening on how and who caused this and that problem yet when it comes to the practical implementation of programmes and policies to ameliorate them, the competency and the organisational charisma needed to execute the rhetoric are lost.

As a patriotic Ghanaian, I have been so disappointed with the attitude of some Ghanaians who have had the opportunity to acquire formal education at the expense of the poor tax-payer. The other time, I heard Hannah Bissiw, the Deputy Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing speak on top of her voice all because she wasn’t addressed by her title on a political debate. She even vowed not to make further submissions until her co-panellist addressed her properly. And this is the woman who spent millions of the tax payers’ money to be trained in Cuba just to specialise in ants, dogs, cockroaches and mosquitoes. What have these titles – Professor, ‘Asomdweehene’, learned friend, General, Flt. Lieutenant, Doctor, Osagyefo, Daasebre etc done for the ordinary Ghanaian apart from using them to oppress the people and steal from the national coffers?

I would like to sound a word of caution to our political leaders that they should never underrate the intellectual capability of the electorate. We may be poor but we have not lost our senses. We are religiously observing following their actions and inactions and very soon we will treat their so-called academic wisdom with contempt because we cannot fathom some of the actions they take. Just imagine how a visionary president like Kwame Nkrumah misapplied the £200 million left in the national coffers by the British government? With a population of only 6.5m, the PhD holder thought it wise to build a mansion for his Egyptian wife. Besides, Nkrumah gave whopping £10m to Guinea towards her developmental efforts at a time when the northern part of Ghana remained a desert and with all these, the defunct CPP members continue to disturb our ears that Nkrumah was selfless. Their reason being that Dr. Nkrumah never built a single house for himself. So what did Nkrumah do with his salary for all the six years that he spent at the presidency and what do his disciples take Ghanaians for? ‘Fools’ isn’t it?

Between 1979 and 2001, J.J. Rawlings – also a Flight Lieutenant, could not understand why a Ghanaian should own two toilets in one house. To him, there should be financial equality between the rich and the poor. He changed our educational system without any adequate preparation. He killed many Ghanaians including three former heads of state. In the end, not only did he educate his kids in a foreign country, but also many private enterprises became insolvent. Apart from leaving the country in a Heavily Indebted and Poor Country (HIPC) status, Rawlings is seriously pushing for his wife – Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings to become the president of Ghana. Hmmm!
I cannot recount the failures of our political leaders without mentioning the inadequacies of my role model, Mr. J.A. Kufuor, the man whose administration brought positive change in our lives. As a human, President Kufuor also committed a blunder by awarding himself with a gold medal meant for past presidents.

There was a sigh of relief on the part of NDC supporters when the so-called ‘Asomdweehene’ – John Atta Mills became the president. This is the man who led a demonstration to kick against, among others; the purchase of a Presidential Jet, the $20,000 car loan to MPs, the celebration of national anniversaries and more importantly the increase in fuel prices at a time the price stood at $147 per barrel. But what has happened under his Better Ghana administration? In his ‘professorial wisdom’, Ghana is spending a whopping $250 million to acquire five military jets. My questions are; is Ghana planning to go to war with any of our neighbouring countries or is Ghana being attacked by our enemies? Is the purchase of the five military aircrafts a national priority? Has President Mills gotten enough money to complete the Accra-Ofankor road? What about the children who attend classes under trees, the SADA and the two new universities he cut sods for construction? What happened to the Ghana International Airlines? Is Ghana a rich country now and has the government purchased a new flow meter to measure our oil?

Unfortunately, the philosophy of the NDC under its own ‘Better Ghana’ agenda is that the erstwhile NPP, for instance, ‘killed’ 20,000 people so the NDC will not be wrong for ‘killing’ 40,000 people. An NPP member ‘slapped’ two NDC members in 2008 so an NDC member should ‘slap’ four NPP members now. Oh Mother Ghana! Do you think Ghanaians would be wrong to describe the NDC members as true economic saboteurs? If you doubt, just assess the two and half years of John Atta Mills – the ‘I care for you’ president and you will understand me better. Apart from doubling poverty levels and car loans of MPs to $50,000, the law professor wisely thinks that the late Kwame Nkrumah deserves some honour from Ghanaians and therefore 48million old cedis should be spent on his birthday. As an academic, President Mills argues that putting money in the pockets of Ghanaians entails doubling fuel prices, doubling and introducing new taxes and banning graduates of tertiary institutions from accessing public sector employment. And this is the party that claims to be a social democratic and brags to have the welfare of the people at heart.

So my dear readers, are we advancing or reversing as nation? Your guess should be as good as mine. I strongly believe that our political leaders need lectures on nationalism, patriotism and intellectual honesty to build the nation for posterity. We cannot remain poor in the face of oil find, agricultural wealth, mineral wealth and all the big loan facility from donor countries. Ghanaians deserve better! Our collective failure to maximise these resources to relieve us out of abject poverty is giving credence to Prophet Bob Marley’s assertion that; “in the abundance of water, the fool is thirsty”. As we have decided to choose democracy over other systems of government, I will appeal to the electorate to see and treat all selfish politicians as baby diapers and change them as regularly as possible, until a charismatic leader, who will combine competency with selflessness, courage, honesty and above all, the fear of God, is elected.

God bless Ghana! God bless the NPP!! God bless Kufuor!!!
By Katakyie Kwame Opoku Agyemang, Hull. UK.
Official blog (www.katakyie.com) katakyienpp@yahoo.co.uk    Ghana Politics

The Historical Links Between China and Ghana

 “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall,” Confucius (551 – 479 BC).  This year, 2011, marks the 50th anniversary of the Friendship Treaty between Ghana and China signed by President Kwame Nkrumah and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlia in 1961. The arrival in Ghana of Zhou Enlai to seal the affair resulted in a celebration at the Accra airport, with the two foreign ministers – Kojo Bostsio and Chen Yi leading international dignitaries to welcome the premier.

The historical links between the two nations are worth the emphasis and provide a telling international case study for the youth aspiring for leadership roles.

Having just emerged from colonialism in 1957, and prodding other African nations to win their freedom, Ghana was natural suspect in its affairs with communist China in the western mindset, more so as China provided materials and advisors for armed liberation struggles.

China’s earlier experiences of exploitation and suppression were so similar to Africa’s that had Africa’s leading thinkers not consulted with China at the time in both their aspirations and apprehensions they would have been not merely short-sighted, but negligent.

In assessing which way forward, that quest must have led the giants of the African revolutionary movement W. E.B Du Bois, Kwame Nkrumah, and others to consult with China.  Whether the Chinese were advocating communism or was not the issue Colonial Africa shared a concern for the care of the poor uneducated African population similar to China’s predicament.

July 1, 2011 also marks the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and the occasion underscores a funny thing happening in the world of laissez-faire economic theory and practice.  How does one begin to unravel the riddle the so-called communist nation fills the capitalists’ market shelves with every conceivable item – from underwear to the latest digital equipment?  And how does one begin to square the reality that a communist nation is owed such huge monetary sums by capitalist ones?

The Economist, pulling no punches in an editorial to revive global economic growth (November 15, 2008), mocked the “gusts of grandeur rhetoric” of G20 economists.  The weekly deplored the beating about the economic bush, and declared that “China’s stimulus plan” was the real thing, and “it would be mistake” to merely depend on the IMF.

When Deng Xiaoping began in 1978 to steer China on the road to economic reforms, he was teased that “Only capitalism can save China”.  At present, whenever there are global economic uncertainties, the chorus reverses: “Only China can save capitalism”.

These days, the various “isms” that formerly hooted hatred, distrust, confusion, and wars have converged in more ways than one.  Are there, today, any true blue capitalist, socialist, democratic, Marxist, or communist nations?  The United States’ welfare system or the British dole will make the most socialist or communist idealists marvel.  Conversely, China’s production capacity and huge foreign exchange reserves will goad the staunchest capitalist to thing again.

The “isms” don’t mean much anymore, and, thank goodness, they are worth neither cold nor hot wars.  Every nation seems to adopt an ideal mix suitable for itself, while groping along in its own way and exploring correctives for solutions. Moreover, the skeletons rattling in each other’s backyard may render any “holier than thou” beatitudes as follies even under scant scrutiny.

John Stuart Mill, the British philosopher, used to say, “Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption”.  Mill’s observation seems to fit China’s rise from the ground to the top.  The initial ridicule was that China was poor and not worthy of emulation.  The discussion that followed suggested that the looming giant (as discerned earlier by Du Bois and Nkrumah in the 1950’s) was worth an American courting by President Richard Nixon later in 1972, and finally, the adoption of the Chinese work ethic as an imperative demanded that when we pour concrete for a pillar we don’t stop half way because it is 5 pm.  Rather, we stop when the whole pillar is completed.

The relationship between China and Ghana is a captivating one.  In Nkrumah’s July 1961 visit to Peking, Shou Enlia received him at the airport before the meeting with Mao Zedog at Hangchow.  The crowds that greeted the Ghanaian president were estimated at half a million Chinese.

On February 24, 1966, as a special guest of Chairman Mao, Nkrumah was being met by the Chinese President Liu Shao-chi at the Peking airport tarmac.  About that very hour he was over-thrown.  The circumstances of his demise smacked of a mystery.

Those days, it was politically incorrect, by western standards, to be seen in the company of communists, but Nkrumah was undaunted: he saw the future of China in glowing terms and worthy of emulation not by just Ghana, but Africa.

Today, China’s most recent stride includes the 1,318km Beijing-Shanghai high-speed of about 300 – 400km/hr railway to be operational in June offering online ticketing service.  Had that long high speed feat been accomplished in West Africa, that service would extend from the eastern tip of Liberia right across Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin and end at the western margin of Nigeria.  Travelling by rail from Liberia to Nigeria would have taken about the same time as driving from Accra to Kumasi, about 240km trip, with savings in costs and hassles.

Even in the early 1960s Nkrumah foresaw China preparing itself for bold undertakings; he envisioned the same for continental Africa.  In “Africa Must Unite”, he wrote “Only China, with its huge population and massive land extent has a rate of productivity that is making her a potential challenger…it is estimated that if the relative rates of development persist, she will outstrip Japan and Britain in the not too distant future”.  As China heads for the premier economic slot, Nkrumah’s prescience glows right along-side that prospect.

Nkrumah envisioned a continental mass transport, dammed water reserves and hydroelectric power, food security for the continent, mineral extractions owned by Africans and benefiting Africans, accumulation of capital in Africa to build first class cities and towns, African currency traded on African stock exchanges, education in science and technology at the highest possible levels, and so on.  How many African leaders today think along those lines?  Rather, we see year by year, a good many of them busy stacking stashes as far away as possible from Africa.

The Chinese themselves – amid their economic triumphs – agree readily that; one, many people still live in rural poverty; two, industrialization has come with serious environmental costs in places; three, room has to be made for dissenters or people with opposing points of view to avert future Tiananmen Square type disasters as happened in 1989; and four, education has to elevated to the highest possible standards for as many of its citizens as possible – especially in the area of science and technology, and the acquisition of two major languages – Chinese Mandarin, and English.

The ability to shape the future positively is the ultimate task of statesmanship and economics.  The Confucian order sought inspiration through service to mankind in pursuit of a greater harmony; it sought redemption through righteous individual and state order.  To live by those tenets necessitates respect for human rights and protecting a planet that gives life to all.  We cannot choose to destroy one part of the planet to preserve the other.  That should have been known in the colonial past and needs to be known today.

By: Anis Haffar Political History of Ghana

WHAT IS AKUFO-ADDO LISTENING TO?

Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo Addo, the flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party, is on a nationwide “Listening” tour to familiarize himself with the living conditions of the people. He is interacting with petty traders, market women, residents of farming and fishing communities, shoppers and commuters, shaking hands and tapping every shoulder that comes his way. Currently, he is in the Ashanti Region after touring a number of constituencies in the Central and Eastern regions.

One may ask, what at all is Nana Akufo Addo listening to? According to sources close to the tour, the listening agenda is to afford the NPP flag bearer the opportunity to meet the people at the grassroots to listen to their issues and concerns to enable him to work out strategies and programmes to give hope to them if he becomes president. In other words, the tour is designed to give the ordinary voter the chance to look into the eyes of the NPP flag bearer, and form his or her own lasting opinion whilst also getting to know the real issues bothering voters for which he can focus on to campaign. He is also interacting with the ordinary people, apart from party faithful, to sell the ideas and vision that he would pursue if given the nod in the 2012 election.

The tours are no doubt laudable initiatives which cannot be discounted by any serious politician who seeks to win the hearts and minds of the Ghanaian electorate. I recall, as one of his key strategies, during election 2008, how successful President J. E. A. Mills, then candidate Mills, began what was called “Door-to-Door” campaign. Even though many political analysts were pessimistic about its effectiveness, and dismissed it right from the onset, they were soon to laugh at the wrong side of their mouths when Prof Mills made huge inroads and ultimately won the mandate of the people in that election. I further recall how enthusiastic some Ghanaian were, especially those in the villages, to have been visited by Professor Mills between late 2007 and early 2008. Even students were won over when the then candidate Mills was seen on television interacting with them in their dormitories.

It is therefore a welcome move that today our politicians are working hard to win the hearts of the ordinary citizens by going to them on a face-to-face basis to know their issues, concerns and problems. My point of interest is that politicians must not only be accessible to the people when they are seeking the mandate of the electorate but must also strive at all times to make room and effort to get in touch with the feelings, aspirations and needs of the same people when they are in government. It will simply be untenable when excuses in ridiculous forms and shapes are given to deny ordinary people access to political authority.

Already Nana Akufo Addo has completed more than an 18-day tour of the Eastern and Central regions which party stalwarts have described as “amazing”. During these tours promises and pledges have been made. Politicians as usual feel very much at home when they are on political platforms dishing out promises upon promises. It is in this vein that I wish to caution Nana Akufo Addo to be mindful of what promises he gives to the people. It is very easy to make unrealistic promises all in a bid to woo the electorate to his side, but once he succeeds, he will soon come to terms with the reality of governance. If care is not taken and one is unable to redeem one’s promises, the issue of deceit comes in and the question of credibility comes up.

I am encouraged that the Ghanaian electorate is discerning and it will be an exercise in futility if any politician takes them for granted by indulging in vain promises.
As a focused effort to identify concerns priorities in a specific neighbourhood, workplace, organization or community, one can say that the listening campaign, also referred to as “relational” meetings is a useful political tool during political campaigns.

These meetings, lasting normally from 45 minutes to one hour, are accomplished through “one-on-one” or small group meetings facilitated by political leaders. The general aim is to get people to talk about how they experience life in their community, to identify the issues that they care about, and to put across concerns that they will like the political authority to address as part of its agenda.
The outcome is a new relationship through which a group of people feel linked to each other and have identified common experiences and concerns. A listening Campaign can also help a group more clearly shape its vision and find out where it is and where it is going in the future.

No doubt, the Door-to-Door campaign as one of the NDC’s success strategies of election 2008 cannot be disputed. I do hope that results of the NPP listening campaign will also be collated and key conclusions drawn in the interest of the ordinary people. Judging by the success story of the then candidate Mills’s Door-to-Door campaign, it will be interesting to note how far the listening campaign will go by way of garnering vote for the NPP and its flag bearer.

But more importantly, in my view, whether it is a “Door-to-Door” or Listening Campaign” one thing remains significant and at the end of the day the ordinary Ghanaian must benefit from all of these interactions with focus on rural developments, construction of feeder roads, rural electrification, infrastructure, school blocks, food security and poverty reduction as major priority concerns.

The listening campaign may be a good exercise and strategy but as to whether Nana Akufo Addo will succeed through the campaign that he’s a leader who cares about the welfare of the masses will be determined in December 2012 when the nation goes to the polls. To recapture power in 2012 when the National Democratic Congress will not be easy, as he himself has already described the 2012 elections as a “very big battle.” He must therefore work to position the NPP to incorporate the concerns of Ghanaians from all the regions into their manifesto for 2012 campaign as well as showcase his readiness and determination to work hard to better the living conditions of Ghanaians. After all, we vote for governments to provide the needs of the people and this must be the motivation of every politician who wants to lead the nation.


Credit: Article by: Kobby Asmah Ghana Politics

GOD, CHRISTIAN LEADERS, HOMOSEXUALS AND POLITICS!

The argument against homosexuality has taken several twists in the Ghanaian media in the past few weeks. And for some Christian leaders to insinuate that homosexual men compete with babies for diapers is absolutely dreadful and rubbish.

What really beats my intellect, is that of all the deplorable socio economic issues affecting this country, we find none other than to debate homosexuals.? Goodness me!

However someone decides to live their life is absolutely up to them. Our moral and cultural decadence commenced ages ago. And there’s absolutely no time to change the dynamism of this cosmopolitan world. Rather than wasting our energies on things we can’t affect, better will be if we spend them on the ones we can change; like feeding the hunger, providing jobs for the un-employed youths, putting resources and capacity into education and I mean proper education and not this 2x4 system that we have in Ghana at the moment (A topic for discussion another time)

It’s horrendous not to say the least that all these Christian Leaders speaking about these concerns are highly exposed to the civilized world , and would go down on their knees to receive donations and handouts from these same homosexuals probably just because they are of a white complexion, international and hold positions at places with clout.

And for those who say homosexuality should not and cannot be accepted in society, I ask these simple questions. Have you ever created a cockroach? Can you breathe life into things? Do you know why you are the way you are? Do you understand your own psychology? I could go on and on with the questions.

I am outraged and sickened by the comments of all these so call hypocritical Christian leaders who are not taking a close look at their closets. They should not forget; there’s only one God. And he didn’t make you God over us. He made all of us in his own IMAGE; with our own rights to live. So leave judgment to God and mind your own business of collecting money from your congregation, doing your job of preaching salvation, helping them find peace with the Most High.

I will remind you leaders of one phrase from the president however; “De wo fie asem”, Mind your own business!

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ACCRA METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY (AMA) TOWING GUARDS NEED SOME TRAINING

I witnessed a scene between a police officer and a very arrogant and disrespectful AMA security guy whose duty was to tow cars parked on the streets of the business district of Accra.

A truck had parked in front of the Ghana House ostensibly (with a court order) to seize office wares from a company that had defaulted in some payment.  This was going on when all of a sudden, the AMA guys in a bus just pulled up and cranked the truck into which the items were being loaded.  The police officer accompanying the truck with a court order immediately tried to explain to them why they had parked there.  To the amazement of us the onlookers, this AMA guy, who happened to be the leader of the group, snapped at the police officer and would not even have patience to listen.  He was full of rage as if he had a problem with the police officer and his group.  He verbally abused the police officer.

I was expecting a harsh response from the police officer but he was calm and showed signs of maturity and discipline.

The AMA van also had a police constable on board who upon seeing the other police man with the court order tried vain to restrain the AMA guy.

The situation was very appalling.  The AMA guy should have given the police officer accompanying the truck some respect and due recognition since he and the court official showed him documents from the court to support their action.

I seriously think the situation where these AMA guys in a bus go round trying to clamp cars even with drivers clearly behind the steering wheel is unfortunate.

I strongly suggest they are given some training.  Why is it that they don’t tow trotro buses bus always concentrate on private cars and hang around the banks?  They might be doing the right thing but certainly in the wrong way.
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