Opinions of Sunday, 29 October 2017

Columnist: Iddrisu Ablayi Tahiru Terror

My take on political hooliganism

Iddrisu Ablayi Tahiru Terror Iddrisu Ablayi Tahiru Terror

The fact that your party is governing doesn't give you the temerity and effrontery to take the laws of the state in your hands. I understand the frustrations of our members but that shouldn't be a yardstick to perpetuate anarchy and rancor.

There is still hope and I believe that all of us will benefit from the trickle-down effects of President Nana Addo's policies. The 'top' can only support us if we give them the needed peace of mind to execute the agenda that convinced the Ghanaian electorates to vote us.

It is astonishingly embarrassing to realise that Northern region is leading the pack in terms of party political-related violence and 'sheejentakasm' in Ghana.

Politics as Salam Mustapha will always say is a complex business and the way we perceived issues in opposition might be different from the reality as party faithful. We need to be patient, strategically position ourselves and the rest will fall in place. As members of this political party, it is incumbent on us to abide by the rules and regulations of Ghana.

From where I sit and what I have seen and heard, no NPP member/group or any citizen can ever win a case against the Nana Addo presidency through violence and hooliganism. I can assure you that. The president is overwhelmed with the requisite cahoots to deal with matters of this nature and He doesn't have any iota of hesitation in demonstrating it. Massa, your case is dead on arrival once you commence it's hearing through violence. So don't be deceived, nothing comes out of political hooliganism and vigilantism.

From experience, I can write a book on the dangerous effects of political hooliganism and it's impact on individuals, fortunes of a party, society and the country as a whole. It doesn't pay. Let's adopt the right channels to resolve our grievances.

Never allow yourself to be used by anybody as a conduit to destabilise the relative peace and progress the country is enjoying.

My friend, you are not the only unemployed party person or Ghanaian without a job. Things will soon get better as the policies of the government evolve and you might receive yours in your grave or Nsawam if you don't change your ways.

#saynotoviolence.