Outspoken
New Patriotic Party (NPP) Youth Activist, John Kumah has taken a swipe
at President John Mahama for just acting as an admiring onlooker while
his National Security Advisor made disparaging remarks about Ghanaian
workers.
Speaking on Peace FM's "Kokrokoo", the NPP
Youth Activist vented his spleen on the President, imploring him to
resign if he thinks he also cannot stand the heat emerging from the
labour front.
As if to re-echo the comments by Brigadier General
Joseph Nunoo-Mensah (rtd), the NPP Youth activist wants President Mahama
to abdicate his seat if the challenges confronting the nation appears
overwhelming to him.
“If you’re a President who Ghanaians voted
for and you too think the problems are too numerous and so, you cannot
solve it; then resign. Just stepped down and tell us you’re tired and
cannot work anymore so that we also see that you cannot do the work
well.”
Brigadier Nunoo-Mensah, speaking over the weekend,
challenged the striking workers, stating that they should exit the
country if they think "the kitchen is too hot" for them.
“Every
Tom, Dick and Harry gets up and is calling for a strike. If you don’t
want the job Ghana is not a police state, take your passport and get out
of this country. If you can’t sacrifice like what some of us have don’t
then get out. If the kitchen is too hot for you, get out”.
To him, several strike actions on the labour front are illegal and a sign of indiscipline.
But
his call sparked controversy in the public domain, particularly from
workers in the country, as they spewed their disappointments in the
National Security Advisor.
Responding to the remarks by former
military officer’s, John Kumah, who was recently called to the bar,
supported his party's stance that the President should dismiss him as
proof that he does not associate himself and the administration with the
statement made by the National Security Advisor.
“If the
President feels that he doesn’t agree with him, let him come out to sack
him to prove that it is indeed true that he does not side with him.”
He further urged government officials to exude humility as they steer the affairs of the country.
He
asked the officials to realize that “today, they are in power; they
should exercise it in humility. And they should express deeper
understanding of our issues. They should have a deeper understanding of
the hardships Ghana is facing now" knowing very well that their tenure
will come to an end.
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