Yirenkyi Opare-Akuffo
The President of the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) of the African University College of Communications (AUCC), Mr. Henry Marbell, has expressed concern about politicians pasting their campaign posters around the country indiscriminately.
He said they are behaving as though there are no rules and regulations covering the pasting of posters, especially in Accra, the national capital. He said the practice “has made the streets an eye sore and does not give a good impression about us to people visiting Ghana for the first time.”
Mr. Marbell said it is disheartening to see politicians, who are seeking the mandate of the people to lead and therefore should know better offending against bylaws. Politicians, he said, violate the bylaws of the district assemblies with impunity, “and yet expect the citizens to be law abiding”.
He called on Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies to ensure that bylaws are enforced and advised politicians and event organizers to employ other forms of modern communication to drum home their messages.
Mr. Marbell said leadership is by example and so politicians seeking the people’s mandate “should not take us for granted but rather abide by simple rules and regulations”.
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