Martin Amidu says the government must demonstrate genuine leadership by accepting responsibility for the El-Wak Stadium tragedy instead of relying on public relations management and political spin.
Former Special Prosecutor argued that President Mahama should personally acknowledge the failures that led to the deaths of six young women.
“President Mahama needs to show leadership as a servant of the sovereign people under the 1992 Constitution,” Amidu stated in an opinion piece available to MyNewsGh.
He added that taking responsibility and issuing an apology is the minimum expected of a government operating under democratic norms.
According to him, accountability should extend beyond the presidency. “The Acting Minister for Defence who slept on the job should have apologized and taken the bow,” he said.
He insisted that the Military High Command must also answer for operational failures that caused an avoidable tragedy.
Amidu linked the incident to broader concerns about political interference in security-sector recruitment.
He said the government’s own actions confirm that protocol recruitment continues to operate behind the scenes despite official claims of merit-based selection.
“The presidential order for replacement protocol allocation to the bereaved families confirms what is just the tip of the iceberg,” he said.
He criticised what he described as a persistent culture of manipulating public opinion rather than addressing structural failures.
“The government needs to be transparent and accountable to the electorate and stop media propaganda of half truths as an instrument of governance,” Amidu argued.
He ended with a sharp rebuke; “Stop abusing the intelligence of Ghanaians!”
