We need actions not apologies!

The perceived cluelessness of President John Mahama's administration is about as old news as Ex-President John Kuffuor assertion that corruption is as old as Adam. It was patently obvious that from the very first day JDM stood close enough to power, he lacked the very gusto and presence of mind to lead A nation this complex, complicated and tasking. Nevertheless, the people elected him.

To millions, their vote for JM was an “aspirational” one; it was a statement of hope that things could be better. They wanted him to succeed; they hung on every one of his statements. He in turn promised to deliver; he promised transformation. Fast forward,  10 Months after his election Ghanaians are being paid back in, corruption scandals.

In spite of the President’s monumental failure, his supporters continue to hold steadfast. They didn’t believe it when they got their man elected against all odds, and they are still not going to believe it when their man simply cannot muster courage to deliver. To them, an all or nothing proposition that the Ghanaian Presidency have become makes it imperative they stick their neck out till the very end. What they have left though this time around are bunch of apologies: they are apologetics!

I sympathize with the man, he seem surrounded and utterly out of his league. Information squeezed out of the grapevine indicates a leadership groping in darkness and expecting a miracle. Simply put, our man has no plan and he will never find it. The Presidents’ plan for corruption according to him is an expectation of time; he expects this to pass too! Is that a sensible plan?

What Ghanaians need at this point in her history are not platitudes. We don’t need a plan, neither do we need a task force. We don’t need white papers; committees to consider them won’t cut it and conferences to discuss is not enough!

If the President wants to salvage whatever is left of his Presidency, he will immediately appoint a corruption tzar to clean his house and jail alot of people; in addition to that he will reorganize the security apparatus holistically for effectiveness by reshaping the Police Force. These and focusing on providing infrastructure and power, with tangible results in 6 months is only what will not make his administration a study in apologetics rather than an apology to polemics! What we need is not apologies, what we want is action!