Entertainment commentator, MC Yaa Yeboah, has appealed to Ghanaians to refrain from attributing every national setback to President John Dramani Mahama.
She argued that public institutions and government appointees must equally be held responsible for their duties.
Speaking during a discussion, she explained that the President has delegated responsibilities to officials across various state agencies, making it unreasonable to expect him to personally handle every challenge confronting the country.
“We are too quick to blame the government for every problem. President Mahama has appointed competent individuals to head various state institutions and oversee different sectors. Those officials were entrusted with specific responsibilities and should be held accountable for carrying them out,” she said.
MC Yaa Yeboah maintained that officials entrusted with public responsibilities and paid with taxpayers’ money should be answerable for the performance of their respective institutions.
“These individuals are on the government payroll, so what additional responsibility should fall on the state? You are overloading the President with duties that have already been delegated to others. Each person has a defined role to play, and at the end of every month, they are duly compensated with a salary,” she remarked.
She also questioned the readiness of the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies as well as the Ghana Meteorological Agency ahead of the recent heavy rainfall, suggesting that both institutions should have anticipated the situation and implemented preventive measures.
According to her, she had been informed that assemblies had received equipment, including desilting machines, and wondered whether those resources were being effectively utilised.
“I was informed that the Assemblies were provided with desilting equipment, with an allocation of about GH¢40 million. What exactly are they doing with those machines?
“In what way are they contributing? If the authorities were aware that the rains were approaching, are we to believe that the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies, as well as the Ghana Meteorological Agency, had no forecast data on the expected severity of the rainfall?”
The entertainment pundit further argued that poor sanitation has remained one of Ghana’s longstanding concerns and called on the relevant agencies to adopt practical measures to reduce the recurring impact of flooding.
“If sanitation has long remained one of the country’s major challenges, what concrete measures have been implemented to ensure that rainfall does not repeatedly lead to the same level of destruction?”
MC Yaa Yeboah also criticised individuals who turn natural disasters into political debates instead of concentrating on finding lasting solutions.
“While the President is in a helicopter inspecting the damaged roads, others are on radio and television politicising the situation without any sense of shame,” she added.
