Why is President Nana Akufo-Addo watching while armed robberies and murders fester in Ghana?
Armed robberies are on the rise in the country  To be honest with Ghanaians, I am beginning to get disappointed in His Excellency President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his NPP government. Despite the fact, I am a staunch supporter of the president and the NPP government, the president and his governments failure or inability to reduce, let alone, exterminate, armed robberies and murders from Ghana is making me doubt his governing credentials. The safety or security of the citizens supersedes any attempts to industrialize a nation for the comfort of the people. If armed robbers are brazenly killing people in broad daylight in the streets of our cities without the president or the government able to quell the canker, then I am afraid, there is a problem. It has become the habit of some criminals to always take advantage of the weakness of civilian governments in Africa to enforce laws to commit further serious crimes. This is exactly what is going on in Ghana at the moment. Almost a day does not pass by without hearing of armed robbers attacking people or a murder of some sort being committed. The enforcement of the laws of the land has become weak hence the increase in official corruption, armed robberies and murders in the country. As a bar or cake of soap is nothing to a hungry dog, so does the ongoing digitization of everything in Ghana be of no value to a person who feels unsafe and is scared of being murdered any time he or she ventures outside. It is for the fact it does not belong to he who is leading to redirect their steps that I often make suggestions in my publications to the nations leaders. I believe more in constructive criticisms than in destructive criticisms hence being so far measured in my condemnations of the government. However, I am angered by the spate of armed robberies and murders as are ongoing in Ghana while the president has completely lost the plot. Should they come out, the armed robberies will become the thing of the past. The soldiers will be happier to help bring peace of mind, security and safety to the citizens by helping the police deal with the armed robbery canker. No and no!!! Please, dont tell me he is an autocrat. The president should not feel guilty to take bold decisions to quell the armed robberies and murders even if the NDC come out with their psychologically framed propaganda to accuse him of losing his human rights advocacy credentials. Once someone said, the civilian governments are scared to bring out the military to help with internal problems because they fear it can be a recipe for coup dtat. That is absolute trash! I reserve my comments. On this note, I entreat the president to fix the armed robberies and murders, if not the official corruption. Fixing the country needs time and capital but fixing the armed robberies is more of an action; just give strict orders, redeploy the military and all shall be done.