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Sam Nartey George, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo Prampram and the Member of Parliament for North Tongu and Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, have warned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo against launching an immediate military action in Niger in response to the recent coup.
They pleaded with President Akufo-Addo to refrain from sending Ghanaian soldiers to an early grave.
Sam George, who used Twitter to spread his message, said that while the current status of Ghana’s military highlights the commitment and professionalism of the country’s officers, the government has fallen short in providing them with the necessary retooling and equipment.
Read Sam George post on Twitter below:
Dear President @NAkufoAddo, you know better than us all the pitiful state of our armed forces for a foreign military intervention in another sovereign state. You know that despite the professional attitude and disposition of our gallant officers, you have failed to retool and… pic.twitter.com/qnHZq72ZfY
— Sam 'Dzata' George 🦁🇬🇭 (@samgeorgegh) August 16, 2023
Read what Samuel Okudjeto Ablakwa also posted on his Facebook wall below:
I reiterate our demand on President Akufo-Addo to immediately stop all his preparatory mobilization towards deploying Ghanaian soldiers for an ECOWAS military intervention in Niger.
Akufo-Addo’s refusal to submit his Niger Policy to Parliament for thorough scrutiny by the people’s elected representatives is most undemocratic and awfully reckless.
West African leaders who purport to be lecturing Niger on democracy must be seen leading by example at home.
Ghana’s gallant soldiers must be kept far away from the looming bloodbath and escalating geopolitical confrontation which is bound to explode with far reaching consequences for stability in an already volatile region.
Also worthy of consideration is the fact that Ghana’s bankrupt economy could be used as a predictable excuse by President Akufo-Addo as Commander-in-Chief to deny the Ghana Armed Forces the full compliment of materiel, equipment and logistics.
ECOWAS leaders ought to stop the warmongering and give diplomacy and constructive dialogue a chance. The Niger crisis can be resolved without violence and bloodshed.
But more fundamentally, African leaders must reflect on the causes of these coups and begin to take urgent concrete steps to prevent more military takeovers. 6 coups in 3 years can only mean that Africa appears to be making a return to the coup era of the 1960s to 1980s.
Let’s shift focus from the symptoms and start addressing the real issues of bad leadership, corruption, endemic poverty, democracy that works only for a few cronies and fat cats, massive unemployment, lack of opportunity, state-capture, constitutional manipulation, compromised judiciaries, discredited institutions, neo-colonial exploitation and a disunited Africa.
Niger is not the first; and it may not be the last without an honest, appropriate, introspective, causative, leadership response.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
