Post-election blues and the whine of the masses

Last week, the acting General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr John Boadu, called the bluff of angry members and supporters of the party in Tema.

They had besieged a town hall meeting to vent their frustration over their unemployment status six months after the party they supported took over the reins of power.

What was even worse was that party elites they had been in the trenches with in the days of opposition and scarcity, seemed to have abandoned them in the days of “sweet power” and plenty, by failing to pick up their calls.

However, the acting general secretary would have none of their “whining” and told them in no uncertain terms that they could not threaten the government.

“Mr Boadu should get back to the trenches, mobilise these supporters to engage in productive ventures and end the grammar,” was my first reactive thought.

“Does the completion of an election mean the end of political activities and faithful supporters stranded?” were my subsequent thoughts.

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