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In an effort to appreciate the retaliatory actions by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) foot soldiers after it took over the reins of government, Professor Vincent Asanful, Chairman of the Convocation Board at the University of Cape Coast, has provided some insights into the rationale behind such actions.
In a telephone interview on GBC Radio Central’s Morning Show, Monday, 27th January, 2025, he described the situation as very regrettable but understandable. He underscored that similar things occurred when the NPP took over the government.
“It’s a reflection of the past 8 years when some NADMO officials who were deemed NDC were chased out of office because they were not deemed Ghanaians. It’s a regrettable reaction from the NDC foot soldiers, but understandable”, Prof. Asanful stressed.
On what can be done, especially regarding appointments deemed unfavorable by party faithfuls, the professor of Religion and Politics was quick to surmise, “It’s for the party leadership to explain the issues to party foot soldiers.
To let them appreciate that the fact that an appointee isn’t known to them doesn’t mean he or she isn’t known by others within the party, as the person might have contributed in ways unknown to them, and they need to remain calm”, he shared.
On the seizure of public toilets from known NPP operators, the Associate Professor avowed that there is a gentleman’s agreement between the NDC and the NPP in some areas of the country, which does not degenerate into physical confrontations when government changes hands.
“In those areas, whenever there is a change in government, the party people operating the public toilets would call the officials of the party that has won to notify them of their willingness to hand over to them. This happens smoothly, and is an agreement between the parties”, he hinted.
Proffering some solutions on how to curb this menace going forward, the Professor of Politics and Religion shared that it is the responsibility of party leaders to take over the situation, appealing to their supporters to calm down and not forcefully evict anyone from any office. Conversely, he offered some counsel to those in office, arguing that if they held office due to political appointment, it was only expedient for them to leave rather than wait to be chased out.
“If you know you are in office merely due to a political appointment, and not on professional merit, you ought to vacate office and not wait to be pushed out”, he counseled former political appointees.
In conclusion, he took the opportunity to encourage all political appointees of the previous government to vacate their posts to forestall such occurrences going forward.
