The General Overseer of The Maker’s House Chapel International, Dr. Michael Boadi Nyamekye, has pleaded with Ghana government to consider recitation of the National Anthem and National Pledge to be one of the most important criteria for before one gets an appointment to work in public office.
According to him, whoever that fails to recite the anthem and pledge word for word does not qualify to be occupying public office in the country .
In an interview with Accra-based Okay FM, Dr. Nyamekye revealed that his suggestion is to imbibe the spirit of nationalism among public office holders.
“How can we tell a person to be a Minister of State and when told to recite the national pledge, he/she can’t but still we will pass him or her on? We don’t test for commitment. How could you become the nation’s Ambassador but don’t know the symbol of the nation neither can you recite its pledge?” he asked.
According to him, most leaders lack commitment to the vision of the country therefore people should be put to a commitment test before they are appointed into office.
He explained that the commitment test will contribute to the development of Ghana and ensure that government appointees remain loyal to the vision of the country.
He also noted that the national anthem and pledge should be made a yardstick to elect or appoint leaders insisting no person should be allowed to hold any official state position if the person cannot recite the national Anthem.
“Should it then amaze you when someone who doesn’t know the national anthem and pledge is appointed or elected to a national position and he/she isn’t able to perform? Should you be surprised?” he questioned, adding, “the person failed ab initio [to wit from the beginning]. Before he was given the job, he failed before the job. So, you just gave him time to demonstrate his failure”.
