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The Greater Accra Regional second vice chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Security analyst, Mr Eric Nartey Yeboah popularly known as chairman Dollar has urged Ghanaians to channel the unity often witnessed during national tragedies and football victories into lasting nation building efforts.
Referencing Ghana’s history of collective spirit., Mr Yeboah noted how major football triumphs- such as the Black Stars’ dramatic 2012 FIFA World cup quarter-final run have United citizens across political and ethnic lines. Similarly, moments of national mourning, including the state funerals of political giants like the former President John Evans Atta Mills in 2012, which also saw rival political leaders set aside partisan rivalry to stand together.
Speaking to journalists after the August 6military helicopter crash in the Ashanti Region, which took the lives of two cabinet ministers and six others, Mr Yeboah said such cohesion is temporary.
“At the age of 68, we should not be United only around death and football”, he stressed. “We have a lot in common that should unite us as a nation.
This current show of unity between political parties must be carried forward to help build the country.”
Mr Yeboah, blending his political leadership role with his expertise in national security, said Ghana’s rich cultural division have ” taken a chunk ” out of the country’s progress. He warned that despite its mineral wealth, Ghana lags behind nations that have harnessed unity for development.
“We should throw away this feat,” he urged.
Calling on both ruling and opposition parties to transform this moment of bipartisan solidarity into a national growth.
Source:channel247online.com
Rafiq Adam
Emmanuel Mensah
