Just recently, Ghana's youth stirred the nation with a three-day protest under the banner of #OccupyJulorbiHouse, organized by the Democracy Hub team. The protest aimed to address perceived injustices and unfair treatment by the government towards the Ghanaian people.

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During the protests, Ghanaian youth, both on the streets and through social media, voiced their concerns about the sharp increases in the prices of essential goods and services under the leadership of President Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party.

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However, Member of Parliament (MP) for the Bekwai Constituency, Joseph Osei-Owusu, has expressed his frustration with what he perceives as ingratitude among Ghanaians, despite the dedicated efforts of leaders to meet their needs. According to the politician, Ghanaians often neglect their responsibilities to maintain and protect the initiatives undertaken by their leaders.“The people we work for don’t appreciate anything we do.

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The people we represent are often as irresponsible as anybody.“You struggle, borrow to build a road designed to last thirty years, everything that we must not do on the road, we will do it and the lifespan will be sharply reduced and we turn around to blame all the contractors, all the engineers and the politicians,” Joe Wise said.

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The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament went on to say that it is very difficult to lead Ghanaians because of their actions.“It is frustrating to lead in Ghana because every rule will be disrespected. You are bad if you insist that the rule be respected. Sometimes, I just give up. If you insist, they will move a little, and they return.

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“If you want to have the law respected permanently, you have to have probably thousands of policemen all the time. The economy cannot support that,” Joe Wise said.“I find it frustrating.

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It’s not that it is not possible to get people not to do it but the amount of force and resources that we require to get the people to respect the rules all the time may be beyond our means,” he added on this week’s episode of The Lowdown on GhanaWeb TV with Daniel Oduro.

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