Social commentator and youth activist, Ivan Kyei Innocent has described happenings in Kroboland as a threat to the nation and described it as a consequence of leadership failure.
Speaking in an interview on Active TV on Thursday, 24 August, the Social Commentator said if leadership had taken matters seriously and dealt with the issue of the clash between ECG and residents, it wouldn’t degenerate to the level it has gotten to now.
“To whatever reason, that has accorded the people of Kroboland the decision not to pay their light bills, I think is a billing problem that went on somewhere, because for a household to pay GH¢30,000.00, clearly you could see that something went amiss leading to now a National Security crisis,” he said.
He again attributed the degeneration to a leadership problem with the explanation that “the development of disconnections and hospitals using torch lights is a proof of leadership failure. The people lost hope in the government and the Electricity Company of Ghana Limited also thought the people will attack them, which is why they did that. So in an attempt to resolve the issue, it didn’t go on well and that’s why the issue is escalating. There must be a government policy to resolve the issues”.
In line with the deployment of military personnel, Ivan explained that government must visit the drawing board on such matters because Ghanaians are losing faith in the military, and their reputation is dwindling day in and day out.
He expressed worry on how the Ghana Military has now been regularly used for jobs that do not require their [resence. At “what point in time does it warrant military deployment because consistently and gradually it does appear the reputation of the military is coming down” he questioned while adding that because of their previous actions on occasions that they needn’t interfere the military’s reputation is fast deteriorating and the politicization of the top leadership of the military needs to stop now.
Source : | myactiveonline
