Kwaku Manu’s plea to Mahama, ‘Deal with disrespectful people on social media’

Ghanaian actor Kwaku Manu has urged President John Dramani Mahama to introduce legislation to curb the growing trend of online insults targeting high-profile individuals, including the President himself, Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, and prominent businessmen like Dr. Osei Kwame Despite and Ibrahim Mahama.

In a video shared on Instagram, Manu expressed concern over the culture of disrespect on social media, where some individuals verbally attack national and influential figures without regard.

 He proposed a law imposing a one-year jail sentence for each insult directed at public figures.

“But for politics, everyone agrees with me that President Mahama is really working.  The performance of the cedi against the dollar is a reflection of his good governance.

“However, I’m pleading with President Mahama to enact a law that anyone one who sits on spail media, talks with authority and in a disrespectful manner against he, the President, using unprintable words against it.

“This same person is just an ordinary person with no pedigree but will insult very influential people including the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu and very rich business men like Ibrahim Mahama, Kwame Despite, Ofori Sarpong.

“I mean these individuals who have established businesses and provided employment for many will just be disrespected because someone has the means to own a camera and will come online and just insult them,” he said.

Kwake Manu noted that the uncouth behaviour shows that the culprits lacked proper home training and need to be dealt with.

“I just wish there was this law with them. People can just get up, come to social media and insult a distinguished pastor, important figures in our society for no apparent reason. Papa Mahama, let the law jail them one year to bring sanity. 

“This disrespectful character should be displayed in their homes and not in the public space, dragging the reputation of prominent figures for no reason,” he said. 

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