The government has deployed military personnel to intimidate voters under the guise of enforcing a recently imposed ban on grain exports, the minority in parliament has alleged.
The allegation by the Minority comes after the government announced it’s decision to ban the export of grains due to the dry spell ongoing in the northern parts of the country.
The Defence Minister, on Monday, August 26, 2024, informed Ghanaians that the government, as part of efforts aimed at enforcing the ban, deployed military personnel to the country’s borders.
But the minority in parliament has criticised the government over the matter.
Ranking Member on the Defence and Interior Committee, James Agalga, speaking at a press conference on Friday, August 30, 2024, said that “If they have no ulterior motives, then they ought to have given us timelines. The fact that there are no timelines gives us reason to suspect that they only used the crisis, related to the drought up north and the potential for us to have some food security challenges, to deploy the military to intimidate voters.”
“Otherwise, there should be timelines. We further backed our assertions with what happened in the roundup of the 2020 elections… So our suspicions are justifiable.”
He added that the move could be politically motivated and a strategy being used by the government.
He recounted comments previously made by Bryan Acheampong, which he described as inflammatory, and that the involvement of the minister raises questions about the true intentions behind the military deployment.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
