You care about strangers than yours – Ras Mubarak in government

General News of Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Source: asempanews.com

2019-03-26

Ras Mubarak, a Ghanaian opposition MP, has criticized his country's government for helping the victims of Cyclone Idai in the distant lands of Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi, while ignoring the many survivors and families of two terrible accidents. in Ghana, which killed nearly 70 people.

The Kumbungu MP told Clbad91.3FM parliamentary correspondent Ekow Annan on Monday, March 25, 2019, that the public had witnessed "the speed with which the president has had to befriend friends elsewhere on the African continent and beyond that, and to think that more than 70 of our compatriots died in such tragic circumstances, "without Nana Akufo-Addo taking the attention, it is unacceptable.

"I am disappointed by the slow response of the government to accidents. On Saturday, about forty of them were buried en mbade and there was no government representative or state minister at the burial, "Mubarak told Ekow Annan. .

"I am particularly disappointed that His Excellency the President found time to travel to the Upper East for a festival and did not stop at Kintampo to visit those who were in the convalescent hospital" , he added.

In his view, the government seems to be disconnected from the changing circumstances of Ghanaian citizens.

After Idai hit the three countries of southern Africa, Akufo-Addo sent messages of condolence to the people of Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mozambique in the wake of the devastation.

Mr. Akufo-Addo reported in three personalized letters, dated Wednesday, March 20, 2019, for President Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique, President Emerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe and President Peter Mutharika of Malawi. .

"On behalf of the Government and the people of Ghana, I extend my sincere condolences to your Excellency and the brotherly people of Mozambique for this tragedy," said President Akufo-Addo in one of the letters.

He continued, "You can rest badured of the solidarity of the Ghanaian people and their government in these difficult times. We are ready to help, to the extent of our modest means, to restore a sense of normalcy in the daily lives of the affected communities. "

The death toll in Idai has exceeded 750 deaths in the three countries of southern Africa struck 10 days ago by the storm as workers attempt to restore electricity and water and d & rsquo; Prevent a cholera outbreak.

In the meantime, Minority Foreign Affairs Spokesman Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa suggested that Ghana's parliamentarians make voluntary contributions in kind or in cash to help the three affected countries.

"This goes beyond solidarity and simple words," Ablakwa told parliament on Monday, March 25, 2019, adding: "Mr. President, I propose, if you wish, that we, members of the Parliament, all make voluntary donations, in cash or in kind that we should gather and give to our fellow Africans in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe who are in desperate need of our urgent help. "