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Let’s Be Constitutional, Not Partisan

A Citizen’s Reflection on the Chief Justice’s Visit to State Institutions
By Rev. Ahmed Kenneth Quarshie
06 Sep 2026

I listened carefully to the Chief Justice. And when you strip away the partisan spine, the truth becomes simple — and profoundly nation‑building.

We are losing sight of basic facts because of the partisan lenses through which we see and hear everything.

Let us revisit the facts, plainly:

  1. State institutions belong to the State — not to political parties. GNPC does not belong to the NDC or the NPP. The Bank of Ghana does not belong to the NDC or the NPP. These institutions belong to Ghana. They belong to all of us.
  2. The Judiciary is an arm of government. As an arm of government, it has every right — indeed, every duty — to understand what is happening within state institutions. Not party institutions; state institutions. What law says the head of an arm of government cannot visit an institution of government?
  3. He asked a simple, accountable question. What are state institutions doing right today that they failed to do over the past eight years — including the nearly two years of the current administration? That is not politics. That is accountability. That is continuity.
  4. He encouraged them to build a legacy. He urged them to continue the good work, because that good work will become the legacy they will all live to be proud of.
  5. He asked them to serve Ghana. He reminded them to do all they can to advance what benefits Ghana. Just Ghana.

So I ask: Why must a man be dragged through the mud for being a great citizen?

Who said state institutions belong to political parties?

Who said the head of an arm of government cannot visit an institution of government?

We have created a dangerous habit in this country: the moment we vote for a person on the ticket of a political party, we behave as though we have voted to convert all state institutions into party institutions. Yet we turn around and say “governance is a continuum.” How can governance be a continuum if we treat every state institution as a partisan trophy?

This is dangerous for Ghana.
Everything has become NDC and NPP, and nothing is Ghana anymore.

Let us stop it. Let us become more constitutionally educated and less partisan‑educated — for the betterment of Ghana.

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