Promote Issues-Based
Politics for Global Peace, Quality Health and Entrepreneurship, the Case of
Ghana.
By Benjamin Pulle Niriwa, 08.11.2024, Updated on
31.12.2025.
Introduction
Politics
is like the numbers “01, 6, 9, 16, 18, 19, 61, 68, 81, 89”, letters “d, p” or
“w”, and the words “NO” or “SOW” (Ayonrinde et
al., 2020; Pulle, 2021b; Vinkers et al., 2015; Figure 1).
They give differing look and meaning depending on how one holds and looks at
them. One can write these numbers, letters or words on a plain piece of paper
and try to look at them from different directions. How these figures look
differently is the same way that political opinions appear to people of
different political parties. Because of these differences in political
opinions, the most insulted Presidents in decreasing order have been His
Excellency Former President J. A. Kufuor, Former President J. A. Mills of
blessed memory, and Former President John Mahama. But we can all still be able
to see these figures the same if we put the love of the country first, instead
of individual, political, religious, tribal or whatever interest. (Vinkers et al., 2015).
Figure 1: The Numerology of Politics and Its Contribution to Peace
or Violence.
Most
Ghanaian leaders are amongst some of the best on earth, but they are taken for
granted. Our leaders are insulted more than the praises that they rightly
deserved. Ghanaians’ hospitability and peace-loving nature is undebatable. But
the growing thirst for dirty politics for political points is spoiling this. What
is worrying is that the leaders that rightly deserved praises are insulted
without respect for their office. The praises that these leaders deserved are
rather given to the wrong ones who are falsely praised. Example is how Former
President Mahama has ended dumsor and President Akufo-Addo has rather been
falsely praised for ending it (Tali, 2020).
Former
President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah of blessed memory, is no one co-equal in Ghana!
This national assert’s name and achievements in his political carrier should
have been promoted by all Ghanaians despite one’s political affiliation. Projecting
the First President of Ghana’s name and achievements alone could have possibly
served as foreign exchange. This is because his ability to help Ghana gain
independent as the first sub-Saharan African country to do so was a great
achievement that is still recognized by some Western nations. Despite punishing
the nation by not promoting him, some politicians also denigrate him (Mensah, 2024; Nkonkonsa.com., 2024).
It
is therefore obvious that, most Ghanaian leaders are falsely accused and
insulted because of the differences in political affiliations. The main aim of
this review was to “assess how political opinions mostly expressed in the form
of numerology can promote global peace, quality health and entrepreneurship”. This
was further divided into three specific objectives such as:
1. To
determine the most falsely accused, vilified or insulted Presidents of Ghana.
2. To
describe the consequences of bad political opinions on quality health, using
numerology or Newton’s laws of motions.
3. To
explain economic crisis as a consequence of differing political opinions using
Newton’s laws of motion or numerology.
The
Most Falsely Accused, Vilified and Insulted Presidents of Ghana.
His
Excellency Former President John Agyekum Kufuor: Most
Ghanaians can still remember the lies and insults that were poured on His
Excellencies Former President John A. Kufuor and Former President John D.
Mahama; these are leaders who are exceptionally good, but we take them for
granted. Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has a track record for being a
gentle politician who has never passed any negative comment about any
politician in Ghana. These former presidents have done a lot for Ghana and the
reward for their good works should have been how we respect them. The respect
that they should have received for their good works were rather replaced with
false accusations and unjustifiable insults.
His
Excellency Former President Professor John Evans Atta Mills:
Former President J.E. Mills of blessed memory was another good leader who was
doing exceedingly well, but was still severely insulted and even disrespected!
He nearly resigned as President because of these heartless treatments being
meted out to him (Peace., 2016;
Www.ghanaweb.com, 2020). The worst form of it all was how he was falsely
announced to have passed on, meanwhile he was not even on admission! His
beautiful side is that, throughout his life as a politician, he was a gentle
man and has never personally attacked any individual or group. If not because
of dirty politics, why will such a nice and kind-hearted man who love even his
political opponents be treated like that (eaumf.org.,
2017; Myjoyonline.com., 2012)?
His
Excellency Former President John Dramani Mahama: Former
President Mahama is sadly the most falsely accused and most insulted leader in
Ghana. Aside him successfully ending the first term of his boss, he did a lot
for Ghana when was voted for to end his last term. He was falsely accused for
introducing erratic power supply (dumsor) in Ghana though it was an old cyclic
canker which he inherited (Adehe, 2021;
Ghanaweb.com., 2019). He did not complaint nor shift blame! Yet his name
was suddenly modified with dumsor added to it. So, under normal circumstance, he
ought to have been commended for remaining calm and ending the canker (Emmanuel, 2022; MG, 2022).
The
stark truth is that, dumsor dates back even the era colonial rule. To help
solve that, then Dr. Kwame Nkrumah constructed the Akosombo dam which has been
the source of electrical power supply. During the era of Former President
Kufuor, Ghanaians have witnessed dumsor and that was one of the major reasons
why he cut sod for the construction of Bui Dam. But everything right from the
beginning to the end was done by Former President Mills, of blessed memory, and
Former President Mahama (Owusu-Adjapong, 2018;
Kumi, 2017).
Former
President Mahama had the best plan for the energy sector in the 4th
republic! Unfortunately, after ending dumsor with even excess electrical power
because of his ambition of making Ghana an exporter of electricity, he is only
remembered for the excess power and is still insulted for that (Larnyoh, 2020; Sarkodie, 2019). Ending dumsor
was part of his short-term plan, his long term was to provide Ghana with
permanent stable electricity. Surprisingly, President Akufo-Addo who did
nothing for the energy sector at the time he took over, was rather false
praised as the one who ended dumsor (Opoku,
2020; Pulle, 2021; Pulle, 2021b). That alone was an insult!
Evidence
from the above and personal observation revealed that Former President Mahama
is the one who successfully ended the cyclical dumsor before he left office in
2017. The excess electrical power supply that this current over politicized (Annang, 2024) forgetting that this same
person has helped Ghana to now process their own gas at Atuabo was an evident.
The confession by the current Vice President who is now the flag bearer of NPP
that Mahama ended is also another evidence. Falsely praising His Excellency
President Akufo-Addo though he is not the one who really ended dumsor was an
insult to the Former President (Britton, 2021;
Tali, 2020).
For
the dumsor that occurred in 2021, government was already advised that they
should “take over AMERI plant”; else there would be erratic power supply.
Despite being cautioned, government failed to successfully do so and that was one
of the reasons for 2021 dumsor (Adogla-Bessa,
2021). Yet to equalize victimization, Former President was rather still
falsely accused for that dumsor (Ayamga, 2021).
The
same shifting of blames and equalization of victim is also seen in this year’s
dumsor! The Former President whilst a President could not influence Volta River
Authority (VRA), Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and GRIDCo; so, there was
dumsor. But in opposition, he is rather allegedly influencing them to create
artificial dumsor (Annang, 2024). Do we
really love Ghana?
Consequences
of Bad Political Opinions on Quality Health Using Numerology and Newton’s Laws
of Motions.
Political
violence is the biggest consequence that can occur because of politics of lies,
deceptions, and insults which can generate anger that result into the violence.
The constant increasing politics of insults that has adulterated Ghana’s
culture to the extent that even children can insult a sitting President without
any justification, can lead to political violence. But political violence is
also further associated with many consequences which are variable in nature. It
can lead injuries that can also result into infections. Just as there are many
types of “sports-accidental infections”, there are many different types of
infections that can also emerge as a result of political violence (Pulle et al., 2024a; Pulle et al.,
2024d).
Depending
on the nature of infections, some victims might not be able to work to raise
money to support their families. This is because some of the victims, such as
those who might have other health conditions like diabetes or severely persons,
could be amputated because of infections. Just three years ago a young man who
took part in demonstrating against the untimely murder of an activist, got his
leg “amputated” after he was shot (Celestial.,
2021). Now the young man with one leg cannot work like when he was
having both legs intact. This true-life stories like this are worser in most
areas around the globe with political violence.
Just
as infectious diseases can hinder global peace, quality health and
entrepreneurship; political violence can also result into the same negative
consequences (Pulle et al., 2024a; Pulle et
al., 2024d). What is worrying is that, unlike most infectious
diseases that even allow patients to confess their sins and write their wills
before death: political violence mostly result into instant death within just
seconds. This would not allow victims to confess their sins and write their
will before they join the heavenly choir.
All
forms of violence, especially political and religious violence which are the
top two major violences, mostly result into the banning of public activities
where curfews are used to restrict people from moving. During the peak of
COVID-19 pandemic when there was just two- or three -weeks partial lockdowns,
almost everybody was not comfortable (Aksoy et
al., 2022; BBC., 2021; Qian & Jiang, 2020). In some violence
areas curfews can last for even up to two months depending on the nature of the
violence. No one can pretend to be unconcerned! Anybody can be a victim during
violent, like seen at Bawku (GON, 2023; Seidu,
2022) and the Russia-Ukraine (Jagtap et
al., 2022) violences.
The
type of leader obviously influenced behaviors of his/her supporters. That is
what I have personally observed between His Excellency Former President J. A.
Kufuor and President Akufo-Addo. During
the era Former President Kufuor NPP was very tolerant; but NPP under President
Akufo-Addo has suddenly become intolerant, especially before he became
President and the first term of his presidency. If Ghanaians still pretend as
if everything is okay, the nation might be taken by a big surprise. The
increasing insults of leaders like metastasizing cancer that is spreading by
hard, need to be delt with, to preserve the good name of the nation. Most
citizens insult based on their political affiliation that influences their
perceptions about their opponents (Aksoy et
al., 2022).
Growing
up as child, it was taboo for a child to insult anyone older than him or her. But
because of the increasing dirty political mentality that is adulterating our
beautiful varied cultures, politicians openly insult themselves. All the three
laws of motions are found to be applicable in Ghana’s politics just like the
numerology. Using these laws and numerology, readers can explain why politics
of insults as a result of bad political mentality is now becoming normal in
Ghana.
Below
are the Newton’s laws of motions (Hall, 2024):
1. Newton’s
First Law of Motion (also known as Inertia): An object
at rest remains at rest, and an object in motion remains in motion at constant
speed and in a straight line unless acted on by an unbalanced force.
2. Newton’s
Second Law of Motion (that talks about Force): The
acceleration of an object depends on the mass of the object and the amount of
force applied.
3. Newton’s
Third Law of Motion (Action & Reaction): Whenever
one object exerts a force on another object, the second object exerts an equal
and opposite force on the first.
Numerology
which talks about the differences in political opinions is the trigger of
everything. Like the Newton’s first law of motion above, politics of insult
would not have become normal in Ghana if no politician insulted the other. Now a
politician has insulted another and political insults is going on in the
country, what Newton’s first law is saying that, if nothing is done to stop it;
then it will become cyclical. So, the desire for political points that is
making some politicians openly lie against their opponents; if not stopped
would promote this cyclic cancer. The 6 interconnected magical words of peace if
applied by all politicians in their political campaigns if they really love
Ghana, would preserve her enviable peaceful nature, for economic development (Pulle, 2021c).
Then
from Newton’s second law of motion, the more politicians insult each other the
more the politics of insults would also become normal amongst them and their
followers. To reduce the frequency or stop politics of insults, it means that
the force that is pushing politicians into insulting themselves must be
discovered and delt with. That force is nothing but the fulfillment of personal
or political goals at the expense of patriotism. So, to deal with this canker
politicians must always put the interest of their nation first before any other
interest. This can also be found in the 6 interconnect magical words of peace (Pulle, 2021c).
With
respect to the Newton’s third law of motion, now the societal is reacting! Two
Ghanaian leaders are on records to have been insulted by even little children
for no offense. Former President Mahama was insulted by 3 years old kids (Agyapong, 2015; Febiri, 2015). What is even
very worrying is the tribalism associated with the children’s insults. These
sorts of insults, especially by little children of such ages indirectly exposed
what might be possibly going on with various societies of the nation. This has
the possibility of creating division amongst citizens instead of unity (Agyapong, 2015).
His
Excellency President Akufo-Addo is also insulted by 8 senior high school
students (Arhinful, 2023). From news
these students were sacked for insulted him, but he told the authority of the
schools to forgive them and re-admit them
(Forson, 2023). That explained that the President has a good heart, but
it definitely means that there is something wrong in our various societies that
must be delt with. Like in the case of Former President Mahama above, it is not
possible that a child of only 3-years would just start insulting a leader.
One
of the gentle politicians, the former minister of health “Dr. Kweku Agyemang
Manu”, has also been insulted (Awudu, 2021).
But this is another gentle politician who, like many of our politicians, has
never openly insulted any individual or group throughout his political career.
Some
traditional rulers are openly seen and heard insulting citizens for making
genuine complaints (Annang, 2022;
Peacefmonline.com., 2024). But opinion leaders play significant roles in
maintaining peace and order in various societies through their dissolutions of
disputes. Those chiefs known for making bias comments against other parties may
be bias. The chiefs are also normal human beings and have every right to
support any political party of their choices, but it is still possible to
belong to a political party and still remain neutral in issues of national
importance.
Hon.
Kennedy Agyapong is the best example when it comes to issues of national importance!
He has ever engaged in dirty politics before, but one trademark about him is
that; he is always neutral any time he is talking about national issues. This
is what those chiefs seen openly involved in partisan politics luck! A whole chief
was seen and heard seriously campaigning for a political party with claims that
he was not able to provide even a single example. But because of those claims
which are indeed false, he was telling his community members to come out in
their numbers to vote for that political party
(Myjoyonline.com, 2024). That is purely unethical as a chief!
Economic
Crisis as One of the Consequences of Bad Numerology and Political Opinions.
The
Akufo-Addo/Bawumiah government have been suddenly shifting blames at COVID-19
and the Russian-Ukraine war as the major cause of economic crisis in Ghana. Though
there is undeniable fact that these external shocks contributed to the problem,
Ghana was already going through economic crisis before these shocks. Few months
after the President took over power in 2017, Ghanaians started feeling the economic
crisis and complained about it but were told that the President was cleaning
Mahama’s mess (Abusuafmonline.com., 2017;
GhanaPoliticsOnline.Com., 2017).
The
next year, though some Ghanaians were still complaining, the Vice President was
heard saying that he has made the national currency stable and so the keys were
given to IGP to lock it so that it would not depreciate again (Annang, 2018). The President response to the
citizens’ complaints was that, he was still cleaning Former President Mahama’s
“Big mess” to create wealth in Ghana (Classfmonline.com.,
2018). It was revealed that despite the over politicization of the
economy, the President’s behavior rather revealed that the economy was not as
bad as he alleged. This was confirmed by the size of his government (3News., 2018; Graphic.com.gh, 2019).
The
next behavior that exposed the true nature of the economy was the President’s
confidence that Ghana was “beyond” aide (Kumi,
2020). He was always seen and heard talking with evidence that Ghana
does not need to still be depending on foreign aides, especially 2017 and 2018.
If the economy that was handed over to him was too bad as he was claiming, what
was giving him the confidence to form the largest government in the history of
Ghana? It is obvious also that he would have faced difficulties paying for all those
ministers and their bees-like servants? Yet the President was able to pay all
of them without complaint and still talk about “Ghana beyond aides” with sure
confidence.
Records
show that since the President took over from Former President Mahama in January
2017 the interest of investors which was very high, suddenly dropped like an
inflated car tire. In 2017, it is revealed that, Foreign Direct Investments
(FDI) in Ghana alone amounted to a huge sum of “$13 billion” (Amuzu, 2024). An economy that was really weak
would not have been able to yield that huge sum of money. Bad economic
management in a violent environment would not have been able to draw interest
of investors to invest in Ghana. But President Akufo-Addo still tried to
politicize such a beautiful economy that was handed over to him.
What
clearly exposed this government was their failure to acknowledge the good works
of their predecessors like Former President Mills of blessed memory did during
commissioning of the first oil production in Ghana (eaumf.org, 2017). Former President Mills also gave invitation to
Former President Kufuor to attend the commissioning of the “N1 Highway” which
his predecessor provided funds for
(Myjoyonline.com., 2012). Unlike Former President Mills, Akufo-Addo
during the commissioning of “Tema Motorway Interchange” for which the funding
was provided by Former President Mahama, still chose to politicize it (Acheampong, 2020; Arhinful, 2020a).
How
he politicized the economic achievements of his predecessor, though Ghana was
benefiting from “$13 billion” FDI was the same way he politicized his
undeniable massive infrastructural achievements. This is where dirty political
mentality is exposed! The NPP in 2017 could not even give credit to the NDC
government for the $13 billion, but they jubilated when Ghana got “$3,000
million” from the International Monetary Fund ‘IMF’ (Asiedu., 2024). But this increased FDI was what contributed to
the stabilization of the cedi that Dr. Bawumia boasted about in 2018 (Annang, 2018).
These
revelations mean that the Former President was only falsely tagged as
“incompetent” for political points and nothing else. If the huge FDI above was
nothing, why is the current finance minister so happy about the intention of
some investors investing in Ghana? Though investors showed interest on at the
later part of last month since this government took over power (Thebftonline.com., 2024), they still do not
have confidence in the government. That was obviously one of the reasons why
they want to leave, and the finance minister has pleaded with them to stay (Obodai, 2024b).
Though
the local currency got slightly stabilized in 2018, evidence revealed that
Ghana’s economy also started retrogressing with citizens complaining about economic
hardships since then. The President’s spiritual advisor by then chose a cheap
way of dealing with the crisis by shifting blames at the Former President (Enoku, 2018; Rashad., 2018). Since President
Akufo-Addo took over as the President of Ghana, there was no single year that
the economy was good. It was only complaint of economic hardships, but the
government was still deceiving Ghanaians to trust in them as the “best”
managers of the economy (Ghanaweb.com, 2022).
Comments like: “Akufo-Addo makes John Mahama Looks Very Competent” (Adutwumwaa, 2019) also described the nature
of the economy in 2019. It was an indirect measure of the President’s
performance!
This
is where their politics of deception was exposed again! In 2021 the economy was
obviously very bad and Ghanaians were still complaining. The Vice President
himself was also captured saying that: “we’re fighting demons, principalities” (Tenya-Ayettey, 2021), which critics disagreed (Gh.opera.news, 2021). Despite this fact that
Ghanaians were going through hardships, the finance minister was heard falsely
claiming: “We’ve reduced the suffering of Ghanaians” (Nyabor, 2021).
Since
these false claims till date, there has not been any positive change in the
economy. But both the President and the former finance minister were heard
claiming that the economy has been well managed and transformed, Ghana was then
“moving ahead” (Annang, 2023). The former
finance minister also claimed again that: “Stability of the Ghanaian economy
has been achieved and confidence restored”
(MOF., 2023). But the revelation where some investors who initially
wanted to invest in Ghana but later some also wanted to leave (Obodai, 2024; Thebftonline.com., 2024),
revealed that investors are still not having confidence in this government.
Despite
all these Former President Mahama has been falsely accused for the NPP failure
to manage the economy. The NPP with just a month and few days to 8 years, has
been consistently shifting blames. This exposed a dirty political mentality
where economic crisis under Former President Mahama were allegedly caused by
his ‘incompetence’. Yet, faced with real economic challenges; they shifted
blame at him (Asamoah, 2022), COVID-19,
Russia-Ukraine war (Watson, 2024), and
even God (Nkansah, 2024; TVN, 2022).
But
when Bawumia responded to the Former President why Ghana is going through the
worst economic crisis, COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war were mentioned as
just part of the causes (Opoku, 2024). Economic
activities and quality health care delivery are the twins’ fruits of peace! Just
as sick persons cannot work to contribute to economic development: poor economy
can also contribute to increased health problems. In any of these situations,
affected victims would find it very difficult to have peaceful minds.
Conclusion,
Suggestions and Recommendations
Most
politicians in Ghana are definitely still very decent despite the increasing
politics of insults! These politicians like Hon. Kyei-Mensah Bonsu who has
never openly insult any of their political opponents or colleagues, despite
being politicians for years could have been used as mentors. He should have
been the best running mate for Bawumia as a way of encouraging young
politicians to emulate him, unfortunately, he is not. This is because it is now
becoming clear that the Presidency is out for sale to only people who are rich,
as seen in the hesitation that accompanied the running mate of NPP (Mahama, 2024). I am not in any way trying
denigrate the current NPP’s running mate. But many unwholesome comments that
have been made by him (Benedict, 2024) would
never be heard from the lips of Hon. Kyei-Mensah Bonsu. This is a painful
truth!
He
has made many false accusations against the NDC which were not true. His
allegation linking NDC to the “shoot and kill” illegal miners’ comment was a
false claim. This was the reasons why the audience booed at him when he was
saying it (Kabutey, 2024; Awuni, 2024). Evidence
coming from this statement revealed that it was first suggested in the floor of
parliament by NPP MP in 2018. In 2023 he still insisted that shooting to kill
illegal miners is the best way to end galamsey (Atinkaonline.com.,
2023; Myjoyonline.com, 2018a). His comment that: “NDC party is
responsible for the death of popular pastors in the country …” (Benedict, 2024) is also not true.
These
false accusations are all contributing to increased tensions, anger and
politics of insults. Once children are seen openly disrespecting and insulting
our leaders, this alone should have been a red flag to our dearest politicians (Korto, 2024). Far from that because of the
zeal for political power, some politicians are still falsely accusing each
other (Benedict, 2024), resulting into anger
and insults. There are also allegations that because of him some people are
leaving the party just like “floating voters”
(Asare, 2024; Onuaonline.com., 2024). They are leaving NPP because some
negative perceptions about NAPO have been worsened by his false accusations and
disrespect for Former President Kwame Nkrumah
(Amoako, 2024).
Some
suggestions and recommendations are:
1. Recognizing
opponents’ achievements is a way of encouraging unity. Politicians must learn
to stop politicizing everything, especially issues of national importance.
2. Anyone
who engages in politics of deception and lies is indirectly causing mistrust in
political leaders. All human beings, especially politicians must flee these
twins!
3. Politicians
must learn to respect each other. Insulting political opponents is not a mark
for bravery, it is rather of disrespect to the electorates and colleagues’
politicians.
4. Insults
and political lies can be reduced drastically or eliminated if politicians
always apply the 6 magical words of peace in their daily interactions.
5. Politicians
with exceptional beautiful conducts should be identified and used as mentors to
erase the negative perception that politics is a dirty game. This would promote
trust.
6. False
accusations mostly used by some politicians create anger, division, hatred and
even violence; everyone on earth must avoid falsely accusing others.
I wish everyone a Happy Prosperous New Year, 2026!
Thank you for Reading!
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