Monday,
December 2, 2013
Folks,
I have no shred of doubt in my mind that when it comes to providing and
sustaining national security, a government of the NDC cannot be faulted.
History supports my claim. If you doubt it, go back down the memory lane to
know what Jerry Rawlings did and passed on to his successors.
Those
who mount rooftops to bad-mouth him cannot be bold to praise him for securing national interests. Had Rawlings
not invested so much in national security, he couldn't have survived all those
years he ruled under the PNDC before metamorphosing into a civilian President
with the NDC under the Fourth Republic.
He secured the country and proved to his
detractors that he knew the game better than they did. Ask yourself how many
coup attempts his administration foiled and why even the "too-known"
US subversive CIA activities flopped (Remember the Michael Soussoudis affair
and all its entailments?).
If you are not sure, ask yourself why it was
easy for the Rawlings administration to outsmart the NPP's now-senile J.H.
Mensah and his “Nobistor Affair” (hiring a ship and loading it with
sophisticated armaments to overthrow Rawlings only to be ditched).
Many, many other instances, including the
foolhardiness of the Halidu Gyiwahs, Akata-Pores, and many others who
misperceived the Ghanaian situation under Rawlings, attest to the efficacy of
Rawlings' measures. He couldn't have ruled Ghana for nearly 20 years if he
didn't handle the security situation properly.
He survived and passed on the baton to Kufuor
who didn't take long to prove why it was so easy for the late Kutu Acheampong
to overthrow the Busia administration without firing a single shot when he led
a group of soldiers on guard duty at the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation to kick
out the very Prime Minister who had appointed him to head the command post at
the GBC because of rumours of an imminent coup d'etat. And those rumours were
generated and circulated in government circles---and believed by the very
people masterminding them!!
Truth be told, it will be far easier to overthrow
an NPP government than it will be for an NDC government. Don't ask me why.
The days of military intervention in national
politics are over, though; and the soldiers know it too; but we can't close our
minds to precedents.
You see, when Kufuor began accusing Rawlings of
planning to overthrow him (He said so at Offinso) and failed to substantiate
his damning allegation, some of us understood why. It was just a throwback to
what characterised the Busia administration: senseless paranoia!!
But no one need fear anything.
Ghana has continued to be stable because of the
solid foundation laid by Rawlings. The Atta Mills government sustained that
stability, which President Mahama is reinforcing. I am confident that the
situation will continue to be so as the government tactfully outwits its
detractors to put the national interest ahead of all other considerations.
That is why the shakeup involving the former
National Security Adviser, Brigadier General Nunoo-Mensah (retired), and its
implications (especially how political opponents are twisting and turning
issues) come across to me as intriguing.
Of course, Gen Nunoo-Mensah's recent comments
concerning workers' agitations might have nettled some, especially those who
quickly condemned him and called for his dismissal.
Now, the President has given him a new
assignment as the head of Human Security Unit of the National Security
Secretariat, which is really not clear to me, though.
William Aboah has replaced him, and he is
another good hand to rely on. Those who think otherwise should revise their
notes.
As the change sinks, it is clear that those
against Gen. Nunoo-Mensah have felt let down and are characterising his
re-designation or re-assignment as a demotion. They may be seeking his total
removal from the security apparatus but are disappointed; and rightly so!
Gen. Nunoo-Mensah himself is adamantly taunting
his detractors and proving to them that even though he had worked with the
Kufuor administration (apparently against the NDC), he is at home, doing
assignments to secure Ghana's interests. Damn partisan political intrigues!!
President Mahama knows what he is about and
will do all he can to sustain the legacy bequeathed to him in terms of securing
Ghana's interests. Those who think they can slip through to cause any mess had
better think twice---and deeply too---so they don't take any faulty step to be
exposed and punished. History is on the side of an NDC government on this score!
I shall return…
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