What are the MCE and the MP For Bawku Central doing as Leaders?

What Is The MCE And The MP For Bawku Central Doing As Leaders?

Ras Iddi Wuni Jnr

Bawku can be peaceful.

We can peacefully coexist, understand each other, trust one another, share

love and avoid tribal coloration and discrimination between the Mamprusis and

the Kusasis. Bawku can be a Municipality in which the people prefer to put

their energy and talent into enhancing their individual socio-economic

advancement and that of their communities as a whole than engaging in tribal

conflicts. Bawku can bounds back as one of the Municipalities where all kinds

of law abiding people from all over the country including Togo, with business

minds will like to come and engage in trade and so business especially between

Ghana and Togo. It used to be so and it still can be so if only we understand that

we need creative leadership; political leaders who will do all that is

necessary to help the people forge together in unity and create a conducive environment

for investors to show interest in bringing business ventures there.

I think that the

dynamics and somehow complexity of the current backwardness we have found

ourselves as a people, to me is primarily due to the lack of leaders who

understand that Bawku is not that vibrant as it used to be and therefore there is

something wrong somewhere, and that it can be fix and must be fix because Bawku must

not

continue to sink like a vessel without a captain to navigate it to the right

cause. The kind of leaders who understands that serving the people means

working to solve problems that hinders the progress of the Municipality, and

not just sitting on a comfortable swivel chair in an office. Personally and

sincerely, I think that this is the missing factor in our quest to move away

from the current situation where the youth embrace hopelessness because no one

is doing anything to bring hopefulness in their minds about a prosperous and

peaceful Bawku. We need leaders who understands that the situation the fall in

revenue generation must give way to an

increase, and an increase in spending on peace keeping must give way to using

those resources for the socio-economic advancement of the Municipality. To

achieve this, we need leaders with creative minds that think outside the box

for solutions. With no prejudices, i don't think we are getting that from our MCE

and or MP.

Let me give a brief summary of my candid view as to what i think are the problems

facing us as a people and destroying our Municipality.

(1) Arms proliferation. And my question is, what initiatives are our leaders taken

to disarm civilians in possession

of illegal arms?

(2) Miscreants igniting

ethnic violence. What is being done to bring them to book anytime they shoot

and killed someone, or engages in sporadic shootings in the Municipality for

whatever reason(s) just like what happened a month ago.

(3) Abortive enter-ethnic

peace talks. What are our leaders doing to get the concerns and grievances of all

parties in the IEPC addressed, so as to get them back to work for peace?

(4) Lack of confidence

in the people to trust, and love one another. What are they doing to forge

unity and understanding between the Mamprusis and Kusasis?

(5) Providing the

necessary environment for all individuals and tribes to enjoy their freedom and

right to conduct their lawful activities be it religious, traditional, or

cultural. These to me are some of the fundamental

problems that if carefully handled, can bring about a great positive change in

the Municipality, and get the people willing to accommodate and understand each

other. These fundamental problems therefore, I believe, need the kind of

leader(s) who can work to address them in order to achieve the unity,

togetherness and progress we need as a people to move forward. For me to be

understood, I guessed I should humbly ask that let’s paused for a minute and

asked ourselves this question, What is the ‘traditional’ role of our Municipal Chief

Executive or our Member of Parliament? How are those roles which they have confined

themselves to, is helping in overcoming the challenges facing us a people as

indicated above? Can’t they think outside the box, be imaginative and creative

in ideas in order to surmount the problems? Our leaders must sit up and get

things done through their leadership and not leave the very people they are

leading to their own fate. It is in situation like this that extra-ordinary leadership

is put to test. I must say that this is not a criticism but a wake up call to our

leaders.

Thank you and May God

bless Bawku.

Ras Iddi Wuni Jnr