Connectghananews.com today dedicates its editorial focus to the egregious conduct of the Atiwa East District MCE, Ernest Owusu Ntim.
The Koforidua High Court Two recently convicted him a verdict that Connectghananews.com firmly states stems from greed, abuse of office, and a profound betrayal of President John Dramani Mahama, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), and indeed the entire nation.
While Connectghananews.com assures its readership that its stance is devoid of hatred or prejudice, the popular and esteemed leading website asserts its strong belief that President John Dramani Mahama should not — and will not — spare this “criminal and lawless public officer.”
The editorial contends that MCE Ntim must face summary dismissal a fate that Connectghananews.com anticipates even after he serves his jail term.
This unwavering position arises from the critical fact that Ntim’s active involvement in illegal mining widely known as galamsey is fundamentally constitutes an act of a “national wrecker.”
This betrayal comes at a time where the country is expending significant taxpayer money in a fight against this environmental menace.
Connectghananews.com insists that Ernest Owusu Ntim must not only be dismissed but also held fully accountable.
He must be compelled to pay into government coffers all proceeds and profits derived from his illegal mining activities while he occupied his public office.
The website unequivocally commends the Presiding Judge of the Koforidua High Court Two, whose professional competence has delivered a true and unquestionable verdict. This judgment, the editorial stresses must serve as a stark reminder and a serious warning to all MCEs and DCEs who continue to engage in galamsey, urging them to immediately cease such destructive practices.
The editorial draws a striking parallel between Ernest Owusu Ntim’s attitude and the biblical account of Judas’s betrayal of Christ. Just as Judas, out of financial greed, forgot Christ’s role as the Savior, Ntim driven by similar avarice has betrayed the very master—President Mahama—who entrusted him with a lucrative and influential post.
This raises a pressing question: Was Ntim intentionally sabotaging President John Dramani Mahama’s administration for political opponents who anticipate its downfall, or was he bribed to deliberately tarnish the image of the NDC?
It is deeply unfortunate as Connectghananews.com laments that a segment of Ghanaians upon ascending to high office, abuse their authority, engage in rampant corrupt practices and behave as if they are untouchable. The case of the Atiwa East District MCE is cited as a prime example, where he brazenly used his political power to engage in illegal mining with impunity, devastating essential cocoa farms and polluting vital rivers and lands without offering any compensations to the affected landowners and farmers.
His eventual jailing, the editorial notes, partly stemmed from contempt, driven by an arrogant belief that as a political head of the District the Court could not hold him accountable for trespassing the law. Connectghananews.com queries, “Now that the law has caught up and exposed his rubbish attitudes in the district where is his stand again?”
As Connectghananews.com demands his immediate dismissal the editorial board eagerly awaits to witness what decisive action President John Dramani Mahama will take against this “galamsey chief” within society, reinforcing the crucial principles of probity and accountability in public service.
Signed: King Amoah
Managing Editor
