Editor of the Ghanaian Publisher newspaper, Yaw Obeng Manu has advised the citizenry against blaming the government solely with the #FixTheCountry campaign for the hardships being faced in the country.
According to him, it is only through a joint effort by both the government and citizenry that these problems can be solved holistically.
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“Political leaders have a role to play in fixing the country and so do citizens and if both parties play their parts well, Ghana will be a better place to be. We can see the Greater Accra Regional Minister doing something to fix the country when it comes to sanitation but is he receiving the support of citizens”Yaw asked.
The news man believes the campaign started because Ghanaians are fed up with the broken promises of our political leaders since time immemorial. “Our political leaders have been making lots of promises to the citizenry right from independence to now but to no avail.”
Championing #FixTheCountry, the editor advised political parties to focus on the matter at hand and how it can be resolved rather than politicizing it. “The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is happy about the pressure on the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the moment and that would have been the position of the NPP if the NDC was in power, but this should not be the case. Problems raised by #FixTheCountry are problems facing the whole of Ghana”, he said on the Happy Morning Show hosted by Samuel Eshun.
He argues the time to fix the country is now. “We all wish for the country to move forward and develop. #FixTheCountry is not the fault and responsibility of the NPP or NDC but it is about and for all of us”.
“If we had working railways, do you think the #FixTheCountry slogan would’ve started? A Railway Ministry was started in 2006 but till now, we have not seen any development in the sector and that is why we need to join the campaign. The time to fix Ghana is now”, Yaw Obeng Manu reiterated.
Beginning this month, some Ghanaians took to social media to express their displeasure over issues such as rising youth unemployment, dilapidated health system, skyrocketing home-renting structure, poor road networks among others.
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According to these persons, they were disappointed with the failure of successive governments to address these issues. Hence, hashtags such as #FixTheCountry, #FixTheCountryNow, and #FixTheCountryGhana were employed on social media to highlight these issues and call on leaders to improve the lives of the citizenry.
By: Joel Sanco