The Zongo Development Fund Is Sinking, and Leadership Is Missing in Action – Gedel Ahmed writes

Since the exit of the Akufo-Addo administration, not a single meaningful shake-up has occurred at the Zongo Development Fund. The Executive Director and his Deputy, both dyed-in-the-wool NPP loyalists, remain untouched in their positions, managing a fund they neither reinvented nor reimagined under the new administration.

Worse still, credible reports indicate that the Director is now secretly preparing to auction 11 official vehicles belonging to the fund, vehicles purchased with taxpayer money without proper valuation, transparency, or public accountability At a time when the government is struggling to raise domestic revenue, this move smacks of irresponsibility, desperation, and managerial recklessness.

Where Is the Zongo Caucus National Coordinator Cooling Younger?

While this quiet implosion unfolds, the National Coordinator of the Zongo Caucus, Hon. Cooling Yonger has been seen jostling for photo-ops with the Hajj Task Force, issuing statements on travel logistics and chasing ceremonial roles. How can the gatekeeper of the Zongo political voice be preoccupied with pilgrim checklists while the engine room of Zongo empowerment rusts in dysfunction?

His silence on the decay at ZoDF is deafening, his misplaced priorities shocking. This is not leadership it is abdication, negligence, and a dereliction of duty to the very communities that birthed our political movement.

The Bigger Picture: A Crisis of Purpose

Zongo communities need more than political poetry and seasonal charity. What we demand and deserv is:

Visionary management of ZoDF, staffed by professionals with roots in our communities and a heart for inclusive transformation.

A moratorium on all planned auctions and a forensic audit of the Fund’s finances, assets, and disbursements.

Immediate dissolution and restructuring of the ZoDF leadership under the guidance of the presidency and the Office of the Chief of Staff.

Consideration for a rebranding of the Fund perhaps under a more pan-African, forward-thinking banner like the Suyaaya Fund—to symbolize rebirth, integrity, and sustainable empowerment.