Veteran broadcaster Kwaku Sintim-Misa (KSM) has wondered why Ghanaians are so silent about the issues under Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s government.
In the latest episode of his TalkShop program, KSM pointed out that prominent Ghanaians and organizations criticized former President John Dramani Mahama for less serious issues than what is happening now, but today everyone is quiet.
“Every one of you listening to me, we experienced the reign of John Mahama and I tell you, during the reign of John Mahama, that is when we saw citizens, not spectators… You’re my witness, under Mahama, we spoke.
“My good friend Prof Martey, the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church, his famous proclamation ‘where are the wise men in this country?’ looking for brilliant and intelligent people to get up and speak, was during Mahama’s rule. I was wondering why he was so upset because people were speaking out. Everybody was speaking out, the bar association, the media,” he said.
KSM mentioned that the ex-president and NDC flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama, faced heavy criticism and was even mocked with the term ‘dumsor,’ referring to the frequent power outages during his tenure.
“During Mahama’s era, ‘dumsor’ was made to be something that is synonymous with his name. If you meet someone, you greet the person, ‘yɛ ma wo dumsor oo’ and the person would respond, ‘yaa Mahama’.”
He claimed that if Mahama had carried out some of the actions seen under the Akufo-Addo administration, he would have faced relentless criticism and unrest.
“I can imagine, and all of you bear me witness, what would Ghanaians have said if Mahama had purchased a chair and that one chair would travel alone in a V8 wherever Mahama was going. What would we have said? We would have bashed Mahama and bashed and bashed and bashed, you’re my witness.
“… But now that we are in the era of Nana Addo and it is happening, ‘koom yɛ’ – everyone is quiet,” he said.