Saturday 27 June 2009

Ghana should stop threading and lead…

President John Kuffour contributed a little to the development of Ghana. His most obvious achievements are the introduction of a respectable Ghanaian currency and National Health Insurance Scheme as well as the building of KATH Accident and Emergency Unit. He was described by the West as a decent guy whom they could engage with (which is also translated as a Muppet to ride on). However, credit to him for not clinging to power and also for allowing a smooth transition of power to the current NDC government. Nonetheless, despite all his achievements though debatable, President Kuffour and his government lacked enormous vision for the country and the bizarre thing is that they stayed in power for eight good years but during all those time they still did not develop a credible vision for mother Ghana let alone attaining their campaign objectives.

Unfortunately, so far the Mills government has also fallen into the traps of lack of vision and corruption name calling of the previous government. Many Africans especially Ghanaians adore and appreciate the beauty of Dubai but what they fail to do is to put pressure on their Government to create a Dubai in Ghana. Dubai did not just drop from heaven and fell on the desert. But rather, it was created out of a vision. The Governments of United Emirate and these Middle East rich states had a vision based on developing the lives of their people. They realised that the only way to gain respect of the developed nations is to build a well crafted and developed country where the people who live within it are economically and educationally capable to compete in the globalised world. Kwame Nkrumah had that vision over fifty years ago and Ghana is yet to understand his vision. Our Government can do more with our own money if they aim just a little bit higher with a precise vision. Begging for money will only lead Ghana to hell.

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