If the June 4 Principles introduced new things into the system, they were things of very sick disposition, very unnecessary and very appalling. And one which Ghanaians must condemn most, whenever it is being practiced, is that unprovoked attacks on people who have attained some success in life.
One of the cardinal principles of June 4, is to grow wickedly envious of others. June 4 taught Ghanaians that all the rich, made it through corruption and in that era, the rich and the successful were targets of unprovoked attacks.
For example, a successful businessman had his house, at Teshie-Nungua Estates, pulled down because he was alleged to be friends of members of the ex-government. And, Edward Osei Boakye of Boakye Mattress fame; J.K. Siaw of Tata Brewery and B.A. Mensah of International Tobacco Company were labelled crooks without any evidence and all their businesses were seized and nationalised.
This is the first principle of June 4, but years later, the architects of this unnecessary revolution, became so wealthy, with some competing with the rich in Africa. Could Jerry John Rawlings, with his nineteen years as head of state of this country, have been able to account for all that he acquired as head of state of this country?
Clearly, there lots of questions to asked about June 4 and I will agree with Capt Baah-Achamfour (Rtd) that a national probe should be set to go into June 4. It is not sacred day and Ghanaians must know about that revolution and get healed.
This primary principle of June 4, which is to label all successful persons as having gotten where they got to, only through means of corruption and wrong doings, still exist in some Ghanaians today.
Beautiful Ghanaian actress, Jackie Appiah, recently decided to declare her assets and remarkably so. So, she put on social media a magnificent house she built. And suddenly hell broke loose. What could the matter be?
Another beautiful celebrity, Tracey Boakye called the mansion a bush house. Was it out of vain jealousy or what she had rather wanted to say, was that the mansion looked like the Bushs’ mansion, Bush as in US ex-president George Bush?
Backlash from some social media users questioned Jackie’s sources of wealth to afford such a plush mansion, with some accusing her of acquiring her property through nefarious means. How wicked can people be and this can only come from disciples of June 4.Why, are people such hare brained?
Jackie Appiah shot into limelight when she acted the role of Enyonam Blagogee in the classic television series Things We Do For Love. While some of her colleagues dropped off, she and others like Adjetey Anang and Madjid Michel exploited their talents in acting and shot to higher heights to become international celebrities.
I never knew how popular Jackie Appiah was to the outside world until I went to Gambia and saw how she was celebrated with such passion. People, both young and old, kept asking about her from me as if she was my younger sister. Her name was a household name on the lips of many in that country.
This lady went through the hustle of acting which I must say is not easy, having acted myself before, in Happy Little Children. At the same time, Jackie had her future in mind and might have gotten into some genuine businesses which the acting helped to push through. She decided to invest some of the benefits into building herself a house, which we are told took almost a decade and yet, in all this, some Ghanaians consider her a morally and financially corrupt person.
June 4 taught people to call every successful person, a thief, yet these same people making such absurdities, will grab any opportunity, good or bad, mostly bad, to enrich themselves.
Jackie Appiah must be left alone. Let her be a role model for young girls who have talents. Let all who are envious of her, rather go down on their knees and pray to God, thanking Him for endowing Jackie Appiah with blessings and providence and that prayer will favour them as well. Ghanaians must say “No” to June 4 Principles.
Two weeks or so ago, final year students of Ghana International School, climaxed their educational tour at the secondary level with a prom night. This did not sink well with an Adom TV female presenter on Badwam programme as she was seen and heard lamenting about the way the young ones attended the prom night.
She called on Ghanaians to be her witnesses as she went on about the youth, what they wore and cars they came with, wailing about the fact that these youth who live in luxury and did not know anything about suffering will be the same people to rule Ghana, one day.
Why should this presenter pour scorn, envy, jealousy and hatred upon innocent youth who just did what was always done by final years students in some JHS and SHS in the country? In some schools, it is called Our Day, and does she know what goes into the food students prepare, the drinks they bring and clothes they wear?
These rich youth can turn the country round if they have the opportunity, because they travel wide and know about how things fare in other country and can effectively apply them here, for our benefit, when given the chance.
June 4 came and made Ghanaians attack those blessed by God to be rich and in the end, what happened? Ghana is still wallowing in economic hardships to this day, because people like the parents of those rich GIS students, were classified as corrupt people and unlawfully punished, while they were only genuinely setting up businesses, employing people and putting food on the plates of many.
Jackie Appiah, the GIS students and many more are setting good standards for all, and we must pick up the challenge and use what God has given us, to achieve good things for ourselves and for society.
Hon Daniel Dugan
