We are all too familiar with the biblical reference that “God helps those who help themselves”. And as a nation and a people, I wonder if we know what that means or whether in our hearts as Ghanaians we believe or are convinced that we are helping ourselves, hence warranting God omnipotent’s blessings and favour (help)?
Ghana is one of the places in the world where believe in a higher being is entrenched and therefore fundamental to the workings of society. Be it spirituality in relation to Christianity, Islam, traditional African religion and new age spiritual doctrines and leanings. Unsurprisingly, Ghana has seen a rise in spirituality with churches and mosque springing up left right and centre without a lack of sheep. However, albeit this level of spirituality, Ghana is fast degenerating into an amoral society with a lack of fairness and equality, accountable and probity, honesty, a society ruled with get rich attitudes with little effort or at the detriment of others, a society where corruption rules, where genuine, hard working and people of frank means of livelihood are hard to come by. And it begs the question, what are we doing to ourselves?
Majority of people revere everything foreign especially everything western, everybody aspires to live abroad, everybody aspires to wear popular labels and clothes that are associated or abound in the huge supermarkets of the western world, and everybody wants the latest western technology, everybody wants a boy/girlfriend who lives abroad. And yet they are inimical to individual and collective efforts and actions that will bring about economic prosperity and independence, political stability and growth, good governance, technological advancement, educational and intellectual growth of the nation and its people, freedoms in all aspects of living, peaceful coexistence and high levels of civic awareness and literacy, an educated and responsible media and communications apparatus to drive the flow of information which will enable informed choice and decision making.
Ever so often you hear the common saying Rome was not built in a day. Not that we use this phrase as a catalyst for our development; but as a weapon to defend our inability to develop, to keep up, to innovate, to eradicate corruption which is killing our nation. We use the phrase as an excuse to do nothing, to go no where, an excuse for failing to put our nation on the world map where it belongs, an excuse not to raise the standard of living of the common man. Many a time, when we discuss the way forward, our anti progressive ‘selves’ jump to the conclusion that it is utopian to raise or aspire to raise our standard of living and the development of our nation. However, anybody living in the west or who has travelled to the west knows that it is not utopian; it just demands courage, clout, a sense of unselfish common purpose to achieve sustainable development.
The question we must all ask ourselves is; are we fit for purpose? Are our efforts towards nation building fit for purpose? Are the people in charge of running our nation fit for purpose?
Long live Ghana, Long live the NDC. Enye zu!! Enye Za Za!!
Ghana is one of the places in the world where believe in a higher being is entrenched and therefore fundamental to the workings of society. Be it spirituality in relation to Christianity, Islam, traditional African religion and new age spiritual doctrines and leanings. Unsurprisingly, Ghana has seen a rise in spirituality with churches and mosque springing up left right and centre without a lack of sheep. However, albeit this level of spirituality, Ghana is fast degenerating into an amoral society with a lack of fairness and equality, accountable and probity, honesty, a society ruled with get rich attitudes with little effort or at the detriment of others, a society where corruption rules, where genuine, hard working and people of frank means of livelihood are hard to come by. And it begs the question, what are we doing to ourselves?
Majority of people revere everything foreign especially everything western, everybody aspires to live abroad, everybody aspires to wear popular labels and clothes that are associated or abound in the huge supermarkets of the western world, and everybody wants the latest western technology, everybody wants a boy/girlfriend who lives abroad. And yet they are inimical to individual and collective efforts and actions that will bring about economic prosperity and independence, political stability and growth, good governance, technological advancement, educational and intellectual growth of the nation and its people, freedoms in all aspects of living, peaceful coexistence and high levels of civic awareness and literacy, an educated and responsible media and communications apparatus to drive the flow of information which will enable informed choice and decision making.
Ever so often you hear the common saying Rome was not built in a day. Not that we use this phrase as a catalyst for our development; but as a weapon to defend our inability to develop, to keep up, to innovate, to eradicate corruption which is killing our nation. We use the phrase as an excuse to do nothing, to go no where, an excuse for failing to put our nation on the world map where it belongs, an excuse not to raise the standard of living of the common man. Many a time, when we discuss the way forward, our anti progressive ‘selves’ jump to the conclusion that it is utopian to raise or aspire to raise our standard of living and the development of our nation. However, anybody living in the west or who has travelled to the west knows that it is not utopian; it just demands courage, clout, a sense of unselfish common purpose to achieve sustainable development.
The question we must all ask ourselves is; are we fit for purpose? Are our efforts towards nation building fit for purpose? Are the people in charge of running our nation fit for purpose?
Long live Ghana, Long live the NDC. Enye zu!! Enye Za Za!!
