Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has admonished government for their failure to be on top of issues regarding the Western Togoland secessionist saga.
Speaking on Citi’s Eyewitness News, he noted that calls by the government for other political parties including the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to speak up on the issue is needless as they have to focus on the substantive issue and quit the cheap politics.
“This is a very grave matter which should not be reduced to cheap political football. Is that all you can tell us, as a ruling party? Lives have been lost. The police commander is fighting for his life, other people are hospitalized and all you can tell us is to hold a press conference and say you want to hear the NDC also condemn the act? Is that what we are looking for now? This is not the time to engage in such cheap political stance. You are in charge of our national security architecture and you have all the weapons and resources and all the taxes. It is your duty to protect us and maintain our territorial integrity and to make sure that we are safe,” he said.
He added that “never in our history have we had elaborate national security architecture and portfolios all over the place and the least we expect is for an insurgency to be taking place. Our government has failed abysmally.”
