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Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr Kwame Asah-Asante, has urged Ghanaians not to glorify politicians but to hold them accountable for unfulfilled promises.
According to him, politicians who fail to deliver on their commitments should be voted out.
Dr Asah-Asante’s comments were made in response to the recurring pattern of unfulfilled promises by politicians, particularly during election periods.
Speaking in an interview on Joy FM‘s Newsnight on Monday, August 19, he said there should be public engagement to question the politicians on how they intend to fund the promises being made to bring to the understanding of the ordinary Ghanaian.
“What we also have to do is find out in detail how they are going to undertake these projects and when we are not satisfied, we should not glorify political parties saying that this is a party part of our tradition and that the leaders are part of our ethnic group and all that.
“We should not glorify them, we boot those people out if there is the need to do that. But more often than not, Ghanaians have looked on and have glorified politicians even though they did not serve their interest in the name of tradition, ethnicity, religion and whatnot. We tend to shy away from the truth and then we come back to complain,” he said.
According to him, it is time to take a different step to hold them accountable, adding that it is the work of electorates to do so.
“Remember that after all vigilance is the price of liberty. If you are not vigilant you are not going to get what you are supposed to get from public officers.
