Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr Kwame Asah-Asante, has called on the government to reflect on the outcome of the CDD-Ghana post-election survey.
“Government must be sober to look at them, to reflect on them and incorporate them into the work that the government is doing,” he said on Wednesday.
The research conducted by the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) revealed that the majority of respondents have lost confidence in the Akufo-Addo government’s ability to protect the country’s financial resources and curb corruption over the next four years.
Speaking on JoyNews’ AM Show, Dr. Asah-Asante noted that, “there is a need for the government to incorporate the concerns of the citizenry as development must cover, “every nook and cranny of this country.”
“If they sit down to look at them carefully and plan with them, I’m sure they should be able to deliver the public good.”
He observed that “when people feel that they have been left out, in terms of development, you will see them coming up to express themselves in terms of voting.”
The Political Science lecturer further noted that Members of Parliament and Civil Society Organisations among others, share the blame as they have failed to educate the masses about the role of an MP.
“We know that occasionally, they have to go to their constituencies to hold durbars and educate their people about government policies and programmes and also take from them, their concerns and present them in Parliament for onward presentation to the government for redress.”
Dr. Asah-Asante, therefore, wants the government to make use of the research, noting that it came with no cost.
“Ask CDD, they spent a lot of money in producing this, but they are giving it free of charge to the government,” he noted.
The survey which was carried out between May 3, and June 3 this year, covered all the 16 regions in the country with 2,400 adult respondents.
Although President Akufo-Addo, arguably won the 2016 elections on the back of a pledge to deal ruthlessly with corruption, the majority of the respondents indicated that they have lost confidence in his ability to do so.
Source: Myjoyonline
