Nana Addo should break his silence

African politicians will always be an interesting bunch, won't they ? I mean was  it not just a while ago that His Excellency the president declared that he will use the "Anas principle" to tackle the issue of corruption we face in the country?

At the last I.E.A debate, was it not the former presidential aspirant, Nana Akufo Addo, who emphatically said things like; " it's a variety of measures but the key one is the Anas principle" ?

 "It's not only to unearth the corruption but we will actually deal with it in terms of sending people to court, prosecuting them, hopefully.  The courts will corporate and make sure offenders are found guilty, and sanctioned appropriately...", he explained. He gave off a very confident impression !

Anyway, fast forward , he becomes the president and what are we seeing? The " Anas priniciple" smacks Kwesi Nyantakyi in the face and the president does nothing tangible about it. An international body like FIFA that has to its disposal legal experts from across the world  believed that the evidence shown is credible and sufficient enough and hence swiftly banned Nyantakyi. Ghana on the other hand served him no punishment.

 In fact even after everything, Kwesi Nyantakyi was so loud; so unremorseful.

It is as though he knew nothing will become of the issue: the G.F.A corruption exposé.

The whole thing was just unexpectedly expected.

A low blow that for some reason triggered Kennedy Agyapong and his claims that contrary to our belief Anas is the villain in the story. He went on a rampage disclosing the identity of undercover investigative journalists and authorities did nothing about it.  His excellency,  a former staunch advocate for free press and also citizen right protection did nothing about it. In the I.E.A debate, he mentioned protecting undercover individuals like this, but then when push came to shove he did nothing. 

Maybe this is why more  N.P.P officials have jumped on the Kennedy Agyapong kind of bandwagon recently, more so with the newest "galamsey" fraud exposé.

They have even included the reputable Kwaku Baako in the 'villainous team' now, but still with very little evidence to support their claim.

 Maybe Anas is not an angel like they claim but as already reasoned out by the Ghanaian public, why did they not come out with this supposed revelations of theirs long ago? Why did they have to wait until the Kwesi Nyantakyi incident and also this "Galamsey" fraud follow up?

Even a child born today would know what something does not add up!

These people should just leave the journalist to do his job, if there is nothing to hide. Should they not ?

His Excellency the president is supposed to speak up if once upon a time he  publicly impliedly put a stamp on the work of Anas; should he not? If he still believes in the work of Anas, then something has to be done about what his party members are doing, but if he has since being an unbeliever, he should make it clear.

Ghanaians are not enjoying all these mixed communications.

All these appears kind of comical: we have somewhat accepted it as a normalcy but it is not.

Of course people are supposed to speak out when something is going wrong but then as soon as it seems as though someone is protesting just for the sake of their personal interest and not collectively for everyone who suffers the same supposed injustice, their protest cannot really be absolutely or at least easily considered as relevant.

I for one think that it is sad how some of the female referees accepted the bribe and hence had their reputations ruined on television, because it could have being their first time. They could have being in a financial mess that day as well.

 It is however understandable that things like bribe collection are able to create a bloody conflict between supporters in a stadium, and so should be taken care of.

I think already wealthy people like Nyantakyi deserve to be shamed more for their greed.

The president is supposed to do something about this. He said he would !

If Anas is actually in truth serving in the best interest of our homeland Ghana , then he does not need to be harassed by these political figures just because they are able to do so.

On the other hand, if the president finds some faults with Anas' work then it will be best to handle that too.

On a national level, Ghanaians have noticed a drop in corruption and extortion since Anas started putting out this videos, so that is good.

If His Excellency the president really intends on  fighting against corruption and caring for the interest of the ordinary Ghanaian, then he should do something about all this : he should stop the attacks from his party members, or if the problem is with Anas, educate him to do his work in a better way.

By Isaac Asare (Psyche)