Dr. Felix Kumah-Abiwu, an associate professor in the department of African studies at Kent State University in the US, has urged Ghanaians to support the culture of political responsibility in order to solidify the progress made in the nation's democracy.
He clarified that political accountability applied when a politician made decisions on behalf of the people, and such decisions were subject to the public's approval or disapproval.
Therefore, Dr. Kumah-Abiwu emphasized that establishing a culture of political accountability could assist in addressing the nation's current economic challenges and preserving its democracy.
Following the publication of a book titled "Jerry John Rawlings' Leadership and Legacy: A Pan-African Perspective" in Accra, he made the announcement in an interview with the Daily Graphic.
The book is not the first academic work to be published that analyzes Jerry John Rawlings' leadership and legacy, but it is distinctive in that it has a pan-African and multidisciplinary viewpoint, with roughly 20 exceptional contributions from academics who are mostly from Ghana.
The 352-page book's principal editor is Dr. Kumah-Abiwu.
burden of debt
According to him, "many observers should be concerned about Ghana's unsustainable debt burden because high debt levels and severe economic hardships can pose challenges for Ghana's democratic stability."
While Ghana should be commended for deepening its democratic culture, norms, and governance practises over the past 30 years, Dr. Kumah-Abiwu said that the rising levels of election-related acts of violence that had characterised the Every Ghanaian should be concerned about the next national elections.
Motivation
The Associate Professor claimed that the process of considering J.J. Rawlings and the issue of how his leadership and legacy might be critically studied as well as the best method to memorialise him "gave birth to my idea to put this scholarly book together".
Like any leader, J.J. Rawlings had his limitations, he said, but his contribution to changing Ghana's course from a state of social and economic decay in the 1980s to its dominant role in the country's transition to democracy in the 1990s merited recognition and memory by the following generation.
This is the fundamental driving force for the book, he said.
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