Ghana Must Go Politics: Who Is Paying for APC's Sudden Love for the People? By: The APC lacks every sense of human morality. Whenever you think they have reached the lowest point possible, they surprise you by going even lower. Just when you think the government cannot sink any further, they find another way to remind Kwarans that there is seemingly no limit to their desperation. Now, we are hearing reports that people living with disabilities are being profiled, their account details collected, and stipends distributed under a process allegedly coordinated by the APC. Can you imagine the height of desperation? The same people who have suffered neglect, whose conditions have barely received the attention they deserve, are suddenly being remembered with stipends as the election approaches. The Kwara State Government is now being accused of exploiting the vulnerability of persons with disabilities, seemingly on the assumption that people who need financial support will find it difficult to turn down the money when the time comes to ask for their votes. Persons living with disabilities deserve support, dignity and inclusion. They deserve policies that improve their lives, opportunities that enable them to thrive, and a government that recognises their rights beyond election season. They do not deserve to be treated as another category of voters to be mobilised with cash, If the government genuinely cares about them, why should their welfare suddenly become this urgent at a time when political interests are at stake? By the end of December, the APC may have exhausted every penny available to it in Kwara State in this desperate attempt to win back the people. The rate at which money is suddenly being pumped into political activities is alarming. One can only wonder whether the party is spending its own money or the sweat and resources of the people it has governed for years. Perhaps one way Kwarans will begin to understand the nature of this spending is to watch what happens when the government no longer has access to public resources. Will the same generosity continue when there are no elections to win? begin with this election season. And the reckless, shameful spending we are witnessing has gone beyond economically questionable projects. We are now hearing allegations of cash being distributed to vulnerable groups in what appears to be an effort to secure political loyalty. At this rate, the government might as well keep those Ghana-Must-Go bags close. If the allegations about cash distribution are true, they will need those bags for more than carrying money around. They may need them to pack their belongings out of the Government House after February 6. Again, this is what happens when a political party has no clear ideology to sell to the people. Instead of building a record of performance that citizens can point to with pride, it appears to rely increasingly on propaganda, financial inducements and the distribution of money to create the impression that something is being done. Why was this programme not domiciled under the Ministry of Social Development, Why take a programme of this nature away from the proper government structure and allegedly allow it to be coordinated by the APC? Could it be that the government wants to keep the process away from public scrutiny because it knows the difference between providing social support and using people's vulnerability for political advantage? Welfare is a responsibility, not a campaign gift. Public money is not a personal war chest. And human dignity must never become the price of political survival.