WE have grown into a country that takes delight in almost politicising every national issue.
WITH some politicians, it does not matter to them the effects of the issue in contention on the good of the majority of the people. Theirs is to hit hard and score political points.
IT is regrettable that after almost twenty five (25) years of multiparty democracy, both the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) continue blatantly to do politics with every national issue in this country.
THIS norm has set us thinking and therefore, compelled us to ask the question: when at all are we going to see these two political parties draw the line between politics and issues of national interest?
THAT is a day Today is looking forward to. Indeed it is day that we can happily say that our democracy has indeed come of age.
BUT until that day, Today will continue to remind these two parties of the need to separate political issues from national issues and their effect on the citizenry and deal with them as such.
WE make the above point because of the goings-on between the NPP and the NDC on the five (5) million litres of off-sec fuel from the Accra Plains Depot of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Company, which issue has generated a lot controversy in the country.
AND as usual we have these two parties looking at the issue with their political lenses instead of treating it as a national issue and finding a cure to it.
THE NDC, which now is in opposition, is making all kinds of arguments to the extent of even calling for the acting Managing Director of BOST Company to be fired and prosecuted.
INTERESTINGLY, the NPP which today is the party in government is singing a different chorus, making reference to the fact that the quantum of litres during the Mahama administration (12 million litres of contaminated oil) far outweighed the present case (which is 5 million litres of contaminated oil) among other funny arguments.
BUT, Today wants to ask: is this the right approach to go in addressing this issue and ensuring that it does not recur? Certainly not!
THE fact is that this partisan approach is what is killing all of us and making us not to grow as a nation. Instead of looking at national issues holistically, the NPP and the NDC find it convenient to politicise them, ostensibly to suit their parochial interests and score cheap political points.
AND like what the communication member of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Mr. Charles Owusu, stated: “what is wrong yesterday can never be right today.”
THE fact that what happened during the Mahama administration is twice what has happened in the current administration does not justify anything.
IN fact, whichever way we look at the two issues the fact remains that Ghana has lost massive amount of money.
IN Today’s view therefore, issues of national interest should be discussed dispassionately, devoid of politics.
WE strongly believe that when we begin to do that we will be finding lasting solutions to many of our problems.
IT is along this line that we fully endorse the move by the energy ministry to ensure that its 8-member investigative committee is given the green light to look into the causes and make recommendations on this whole contaminated oil matter which continues to deprive this country money for development.
THIS move, no doubt, will help us bring some finality to this canker!
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