Dear Gabriel Tanko Kwamigah-Atokple,
How are you? Many of your admirers still speak highly of your service and trust that your seat on the Council of State helps steady the nation. It is a position of weight, not decoration, and those who occupy it must embody the discipline the Republic expects at its highest tables.
I am sure you saw my op-ed yesterday. And I trust you listened carefully when President Mahama reminded the Christian Council that corruption will find no shelter in this administration. Those words were not for the crowds. They were for the inner circle. They were for those who sit nearest to power, including you.
Your name naturally comes to mind because you are not just a statesman. You are a man with deep roots in the mining sector. Ghana is fighting galamsey with its back against the wall, and the President needs advisors whose knowledge brings clarity, not complication. Which is why a simple, fair question presents itself. What exactly are you bringing to this national fight, given your background? And how is your mining empire these days?
Your supporters insist you will guide the President wisely. They believe your experience will help cleanse the sector, not cloud it. But leadership today requires more than admiration. It requires transparency, restraint, and the courage to ensure that personal interests never shadow national duty.
That is why your role matters so profoundly. The Council of State is not a refuge. It is a lighthouse. If that light flickers, everything around the Presidency darkens.
So, Mr. Kwamigah-Atokple, are those who trust your judgment right to believe your experience will work for Ghana and never against it? The moment demands that clarity.
No one must be allowed to weaken the President’s resolve, especially those standing closest to him.
Kay Codjoe
