We view with utmost trepidation the events unfolding in our beloved Ghana since the December 7, 2020 elections. As intellectuals in Ghana’s tertiary education system, it is our duty to reach out to the Ghanaian public on issues of critical national importance to help us in our moments of reflection, especially when some national institutions and organizations appear to be shirking their responsibility to protect the constitution and to advance the welfare of the people.
We consider it a national responsibility to speak up and let those who disagree engage us in a debate of ideas in the public sphere. There is no doubt that as a country, we are moving into uncharted territory.
We reminisce about those days when the then Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), the affable Dr. Kwadwo Afari Gyan would meticulously declare election results constituency by constituency and finally declare the winner of the Presidential election.
Ghanaians were used to the structures and the laid down procedures that were followed with utmost transparency. With the appointment of Mrs. Jean Adukwei Mensa as Chairperson, all these structures and consultations were replaced with intolerance and condescending attitudes as well as disregard for established protocols of consultation.