Son of the first President of Ghana, Onsy Nathan Kwame Nkrumah has stated that President John Mahama should not use the current Power Minister, Dr Kwabena Donkor, as a scapegoat if the power crisis is not resolved.
He explained that the ‘dumsor’ situation the country finds itself in is the fault of the Minister; therefore, he should not be sacrificed if it is not resolved by the stipulated time given.
Speaking in an interview with The Finder, Onsy Nkrumah mentioned that the power crisis is as a result of poor planning on the part of successive governments, thus one minister cannot be blamed for it.
“The Minister is a fine gentleman and he cannot be blamed for the ‘dumsor’ because it is not his fault,” he said.
He called on government to put the necessary measures in place to fix the crisis in the country.
He added that Ghana needs visionary leaders to move the country forward; hence, if the government thinks it cannot solve the problems facing the country, then the Mahama-led administration should resign and give way for a competent government.
The first President’s son, who is also the patron of the Ghana Blind Sports, described present and past sports ministers as insensitive to disabled sports in the country.
He said if they do not have time for the disabled, then they have no business being at post, adding there was the need for sports administrators in the country to treat all athletes the same.
He said it was time for Ghana to have someone knowledgeable in sports to head the ministry, irrespective of the person’s background as a politician or an old athlete.
“A knowledgeable person will work more conscientiously and he will live up to the task at hand. But if we put 10 useless ministers in the saddle, we will get the same useless results,” he noted.
He added that an informed person in sports can impart better knowledge for the country to make giant strides in sports, but “if the person does not have knowledge he will be sitting there wasting space.”
He noted that some of these ministers are of the view that they were appointed to oversee football, and they end up neglecting other disciplines of sport.
“Much as football is the country’s first priority, there is the need to support the other disciplines, even if not fully; their basic needs should be met,” he charged.
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