The creation of twenty-five new constituencies, today or in the future, remains a bad idea

Dear Ghanaians, indeed, when the gods want to punish us, they answer our prayers!

The change that Ghanaians have desired and fervently shouted in prayer in order to free themselves from a perceived economic quagmire, poor governance, a wicked kleptocracy and filmed general leadership diarrhea by the administration led by Mahama, gradually becomes a challenge to the collective psyche of the mbades.

President Akufu Addo seems in a hurry politically.

He continues to unveil blunder after blunder, and blunder left and center.

Should Ghanaians blame him or not?
According to Albert Einstein, a man who never makes a mistake never looks for anything new.

For his part, Mark Twain says the dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.

And George Bernard Shaw observes that the ship is safe on the shore but that is not the reason they built it.

Mistakes are an integral part of the activities of a man who wants to do something new and differently.

But some mistakes are preventable.
Desperate to badume the title of best leader Ghana has ever known, President Akufu Addo is desperately and deliberately on a vengeful mission, characterized by blatant political equalization and retribution.

In a country where governance is in place, the alternative (opposition) government, like terrified children, observes this belief.

Historically, Part I of the NPP has created thirty new constituencies in addition to the two hundred (200) parliamentary seats that accompanied the creation of the Fourth Republic in 2004.

And in 2013, the NDC government, in power at the time, had also created forty-five (45) new constituencies, in addition to the two hundred and thirty constituencies bringing the number of parliamentarians to two hundred and seventy!

President Akufu Addo, as a political equalizer, wants to have his share in all that is historical of this country.

In order to take a part in the new currency, he presented the five cedis on which appears the photograph of Dr. James Kwegyir Aggrey.

When the former government appointed a new president to the electoral commission, President Akufu Addo dismissed him without ceremony and appointed a new one.

Recently, we have tried to rewrite and revise our history with regard to the founders of the country. Although I do not believe that Kwame Nkrumah founded Ghana, he deserves the title of founding father.

Ghanaians may regret bitterly the activities of the government.

But you see, our elders say that if you are attacked by a clawed, sharp-toothed beast, you must use it calmly if you want your skin to be intact.

Let him devour you in peace and not in pieces.
The president wants to denigrate, defame, erase and undo the political legacy of other great leaders of this equally large country by replacing them with his legacy of the pantheon of our national history, whether in the wrong way.

That is why he did not see the need for an energy ministry, but a ministry like Special Development Initiatives was created.

Perhaps it was the same reason he had created a ministry of higher education when we already had one.

Someone should remind His Excellency, President Akufu Addo, that whoever wishes to embark on a battle of revenge must dig two graves!

With the largest executive government arm in the world, the president is not yet satisfied.

Does he want to win a gold medal the size of the legislature in the courtesy of the democratic nations of the world as well?

Yes, it is the Electoral Commission that reportedly tried to blow up the country's parliament, but the president is the incarnation of the government and the decisions and philosophies with which everyone works.

Who was born Lady Jean Mensah by mistake to want to expand the representation of the people without the concern of the country's first gentleman if this rumor is not a wine language?

It's the president who hires and fires.
For me, it is good to dare as a leader. The mark of all successful leaders is their ability to leave an outstanding mark at the end of their term.

A leader who has nothing to show after two decades of his reign simply made a long march without ever leading.

But if saliva is used to build a "national cathedral", it will disappear early in the morning if I can paraphrase the honorable leader of the minority, Haruna Iddrisu.

Everyone can use four years to create an inheritance.
However, if such legacies are out of desperation with blatant debauchery, they collapse like bubbles in a jiffy.

Personally, every time I join my Ghanaian compatriots in criticizing and condemning the increase in the number of government-run ministries, I feel guilty to ask myself how the government will keep its promise to solve the problem of unemployment. that he imposed on Ghanaians.

But the fundamental question is this: even if the government is so quick to contain unemployment, should we create insane and unproductive portfolios as ministries or increase the number of legislators?

What is painful is that the more these portfolios are created, the worse the country is!

A cursory examination of our stock of national debt, for example after almost three years of governance under President Akufu Addo, is eloquent evidence of the argument above.

What productivity have these new ministries brought to Ghanaians so far, in addition to generating salaries for their administrators?

How many were denied our very debilitating health facilities and paid to those responsible for these unproductive portfolios?

And how many ghostly and fictitious achievements have been fabricated and flouted by the government supposed to have been the contributions of these portfolios?

To be as honest as Jesus Christ, I must say that some constituencies, especially in the Ashanti and Volta regions, are more populated than the northern districts.

But I think that an appropriate and prudent configuration of redefining the boundaries of the old constituencies to incorporate new ones is a better solution.

Some people are overrepresented, representing more than one hundred thousand voters and more, while others only represent about twenty five thousand voters.

Of these giant ridings with more than 90,000 electors and more:

Ledzokuku Riding in Greater Accra Area, Bantama Riding in Ashanti Region, South Ketu in Volta Region, Odododiodio Riding in Greater Accra Area, Effutu Riding in the Central Region and District of Wench West in the Brong Ahafo Region, Southern Tamale District in the Northern Region, among others.

On the other hand, there are other constituencies that would normally have been merged into a serious country where the very limited resources of the country are taken into account.

Among the constituencies that should not exist if the EC has been launched in a cautious configuration are, in my opinion, the Domeabra constituency in the Greater Accra region;

Electoral District of East Bolegatanga in the upper eastern region; Constituency of Daboya / Mankarigu in the northern region;

Ahafo Ano Southeast and Ahafo Ano Southwest, both located in the Ashanti region;

Assin North in the central region, among others.
Therefore, it is misleading to believe that even though we already have half-fought ridings, EC is planning to separate more ridings from these ridings.

The size of a constituency may have no impact on the contribution of its representative, but it is a fact that the majority of parliamentarians fully badume their responsibilities towards the coffers of that country.

It is only a small percentage of them that contributes significantly to relevant national speeches in the House.

The only thing to do is collect wages at the end of the month.

What should Ghanaians who have more of these "pay takers" draw from the MPs who are fed, fed, cared for by the state at the expense of the taxpayer, without any productivity for the country?

I pray that this rumor of an increase in the number of seats in the House of Parliament is an April prank joke.

Otherwise, it's time to kneel together as a people of the God of Ghana to save us from a foolish national enemy!

The Lord has mercy.
Long live Ghana.
May God bless us all.
The writer, Iddrisu Abdul Hakeem, is a student at KNUST, Department of Religious Studies.

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