Perhaps many of us have not heard of civil disobedience so let me leave that and go for what we may be familiar with—demonstrations.
What will happen if all Ghanaians living in Ghana (I say all because the consistent power cut seems to affect all) get up one day and stage the biggest demonstration in Ghana, demanding for immediate answers to the energy crisis? A national demonstration with all in participation and not a partisan one.
I have visited France over 15 times and there is no day I have visited that country without hearing of an on-going demonstration, usually over petty issues. And you know what, it works. No one or government takes the French for granted…
The social media insults to ECG and the many broadcast about the electricity problem in Ghana is pretty ridiculous, as it won’t put those who have to act on their toes—and someone must force those in charge to act since this has been going on for far too long.
This should not be placed in the box of NDC or NPP, since ECG does not go about asking for party cards before putting the lights off…
Where is the Ghandi and the Martin Luther King Jnr in us? We make those in charge do what they want because we can’t even be bothered to request for accountability—and I mean real accountability.
Ghanaians are too damn patriotic to the extent that, our own good is threatened and each day, people have to endure such pain solely because of the incompetence and lack of vision of those in position.
As Howard Zinn wrote; “If patriotism were defined, not as blind obedience to government, not as submissive worship to flags and anthems, but rather as love of one’s country, one’s fellow citizens (all over the world), as loyalty to the principles of justice and democracy, then patriotism would require us to disobey our government, when it violated those principles”.
It is time for each of us to re-evaluate the situation and ask the most important question; what is next?
By: Chris-Vincent Agyapong Febiri
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