Actress-Lydia Forson has taken to her facebook page to share her view on the issue.
She wrote:
“I really don’t think it’s fair to blame the president for this whole metro bus branding fiasco.
The man has bigger decisions to make, I would hope, than decide what
goes on government vehicles. However, he’s an easy target, why? Because
it’s his face on the ballot paper. Not the minister, or government
officials.
But we do expect that having voted him into power, he would be able to
hire people capable of handling their jobs well, as they are a
reflection on him. This incident is a clear indication that, a lot of
times, people amongst us are part of what’s really wrong with this
country.
They are our friends, fathers, mothers colleagues, people with no
government position yet have the connections and power to make decisions
that directly affect us all.
They will sit with us and complain about the system and how bad things
are, yet are part of the problem and not the solution. They get away
with it, why? Because they don’t need our votes, they don’t work for us
the people, they don’t have to be accountable to the nation and so on.
Nope, they’re just individuals who happen to be lucky enough to work
the system to their favour. We are the problem with what’s wrong with
this country. Unless we change our general attitude, no president can
come and save this country.
We need to hold civil servants, government officials , contractors etc
more accountable. They are the ones who remain long after presidents
have gone.
The sad thing about all of this is, when given the same opportunity,
most of you will do the same or worse. I don’t want to throw accusations
at anyone, especially since I don’t know all the facts.
But should it be true that a fellow creative, or so they claim, was
behind this and actually cheated other creatives, it would be extremely
heartbreaking.Especially knowing how under paid the creative arts
industry is already. Because shouldn’t a creative person know better
when it comes to branding, advertising etc? Here’s the difference
between a greedy business person and a smart one;
The “SMARTY ” I mean “SMART” one would ask government for the contract
to use the buses for advertisement. And then probably pay government a
percentage of all profits made. Now you may not get your millions
immediately, but managed properly could easily become a lucrative
business. And who knows in the future you could have you own buses
solely for this purpose.
A greedy business person, is, well, let’s just say errr hmmmm, looking
for the right word. Ah, there it is, ok so a greedy business person is
just plain stupid. Because they’re so focused on the millions they can
make fast, than the billions they can accumulate through time.
And there I thought we had Smarty, sorry I mean Smart people in this industry. And yes that was shade…. *Pause*
P.S. Dear Mahama, please don’t comment on this issue. You’re supposed
to have bigger problems. If you trust the people you’ve appointed they
should be able to get to the bottom of this and take appropriate action.
If they don’t, then we will come for you, because you hired them.
Sincerely, The girl you love to hate *Play*
So that’s all folks, and remember, it’s never too late to get SMART”
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