Editor-in-Chief of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr., has criticized the erstwhile Akufo-Addo over the decision it took to close Ghana’s land borders barely 12 hours before the December 7 polls.
Mr. Pratt believes the announcement by the Interior Ministry was blatant discrimination against Ghanaians living in neighboring countries.
According to him, the decision to close the borders was unfair, as Ghanaians living abroad were still allowed to fly in and vote on election day.
“If there was a Ghanaian living in Canada or in Britain or Afghanistan or Kenya or whatever, that person was free to fly in on the day of the elections and vote, but if you’re a Ghanaian and live in Togo, you were stopped from voting,” he noted.
The veteran journalist explained the complexities of Ghana’s border with Togo, citing examples of houses and communities straddling the two countries.
“If you walk around our borders, it’s sometimes extremely difficult to decide which part is Ghana and which part is Togo,” he said.
Kwesi Pratt Jnr. also touched on the historical context of Africa’s borders, noting that they were created by European powers in the 19th century.
“These boundaries effectively were created in 1844 when Otto von Bismarck, the Chancellor of Germany, invited his Western counterparts to share their spheres of influence in Africa,” Mr. Pratt explained.
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