Ghanaians Abroad and Local Elections: Contribute to the Preparation of the Meal but You can’t partake in the Eating

The manner in which Ogyakrom (Ghana) keeps maltreating its own brothers and sisters who live abroad by taking their monies and yet prevent them from participating in the electoral system is mean and wickedness, highly unacceptable.

A good look at the amounts of monies remitted by Ghanaians living abroad into the country for family, friends and projects cumulatively for 4 years is nothing less that US$10 billion.

In 2021 alone the remittances was US$3.5 billion into Ogyakrom according to World Bank records. With this information we can imagine the poverty pressure that would have hit Ogyakrom without these remittances in stressful COVID-19 times.

Implying, Ghanaians living and working abroad are contributing significantly to keeping the country Ogyakrom afloat.

Denying them the right to vote; and the right to be voted for because they are Dual Citizens is nothing but a show of ingratitude from the receiver of the ritualistic remittances.

I am sorry I have to indicate this but the point has to be made that, Ghanaians living in Ogyakrom do not come across as people who are grateful, rather they are happy being professional parasites on this particular issue under discussion. Yes, it is that Straight and Simple.

Perhaps if Ghanaians living in Ogyakrom are empathetic or change roles they may appreciate the plight of their brothers and sisters living, working abroad and feel their pain not to allow the Adamu Sakande’s and Gyakye Quaysons and more to come to happen to them. Jailing them for renouncing their UK and Canadaian citizenships respectively with approval that is not within their control before picking and filing Ghanaian parliamentary candidate application form is unfortunate.

Ghanaians living in Ogyakrom have never meant to operationalise the dual citizens law, as the law contradicts some other constitutional provisions. Yet, these constitutional contradictions are being held on tightly with pride if not arrogance, thus making the Ghanaian judges look like robots to jailing these contractory infractions committed by some brothers and sisters who return from abroad to be elected into parliament without the philosophy of parity and most importantly the intuition of neutrality.

They are not ready to implement ROPAL that would allow Ghanaians living abroad to participate in Ogyakrom electoral system. Although these Ghanaians contribute monetarily (big time monies) to running the economy of Ogyakrom, the electoral commission has over the years given all sorts of untenable reasons why they would not implement ROPAL that would allow an important group of Ghanaians to vote and participate in Ogyakrom elections.

Change the constitutional provision that bars dual Ghanaian citizens from being voted for and all those constitutional contradictions extricated.

For how long can Ghanaians living in Ogyakrom keep jailing their own brothers and sisters living, working abroad and feeding them back home per their remittances, simply because they opt to become lawmakers on their return home to assist improve the poor-poor and highly Indepted Ogyakrom?

This ritualistic parasitic behaviour of Ghanaians living in Ogyakrom on this particular issue must STOP.

#Stop Making Laws You Do Not Intend to Implement

Stop the Discriminative Electoral Practics

#A word to the wise is in Santrokofi, Akpafu, Likpe and Lolobi.

Nye gbe dze anyi.

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