Social media has been buzzing today, with many Ghanaians throwing insults at President John Dramani Mahama for conjuring hardship from the sky and permanently planting it into their lives.
I do not get involve in Ghanaian politics—and this is simply because, policies and issues are never discussed. Instead, farfetched insults are thrown at each other for doing exactly what everyone seem to be doing in Ghana.
Nevertheless, I am a champion of common sense and logical reasoning, something most Ghanaians do not have and are scared to consider in life.
I’ve come to realize that, like other Africans, we love to point fingers at people and blame them for our problems, forgetting that we are part of the problems.
It is right to assume that because President John Mahama is the head of the nation, he has to make sure there are jobs available for you; there are good roads out there among others.
However, it is illogical and it defiles the notion of common sense when you think you deserve a job without the accompanying work ethics. You want a new road yet you cannot even maintain the old ones—people continue to dump refuse on perfectly constructed roads.
Some Ghanaians keep crying—that, they are struggling, yet they do not invest in themselves to get out of the struggle. Everyone expects the President to single-handedly lift them from their struggles. Not only that, he has to also place them at a better position and by that, they want to be driving the latest cars and afford all the latest electronics—even though they do not need them.
Finding a job as a graduate is difficult, let alone as an individual with higher education—and this is a global issue. The solution to this problem everywhere in the world is getting out of the job hunting chain and creating a job for youself.
Education used to be the key to ending poverty. Today, Entrepreneurship is the key to making an impact and getting out of the global economic hardship.
I am not excusing the President of the Republic of Ghana for certain obvious let-downs to make commendable impact in the lives of Ghanaians, but it defeats logic and common sense for him and his Government to be the sole bearer of all our problems.
The last time a friend’s girlfriend cheated on him with a rich man, he blamed President Mahama. According to him, if he had a good job as a graduate, he would have been able to provide for his girlfriend who only went after the old rich man for money.
This same friend has had 3 jobs in the last 2 years and interestingly, his bad work ethics fetched him a sack at each place. Even if he had a job, who said the girlfriend would not have cheated, morality is defined in us and not necessary what we are given.
The above shows the extent to which Ghanaians blame the President. He is not even allowed to take a holiday abroad, yet we want other foreigners to come to our country—-tourism.
Every Ghanaian wants a change and yet, no one wants to start the change within, in their little corners and spread it across.
Malaria is killing thousands and we will blame the President for failing to solicit financial aid to combat this, and also for his failure to construct the needed gutters. Even at places where well-constructed gutters exist, they are choked with substances dumped in there by us and not the President.
Our cities and towns stink (in fact Ghana stinks as a country) and we will blame the President for this. Who keeps dumping waste everywhere? The president leaves his house at night to do this…
The President and the Government is corrupt; we hear that anthem each day. Since Independence, this anthem has been thrown out over and over again.
Until we realize that the ordinary citizens are the most corrupt in terms of thought, attitude, actions and omissions, we will make no progress as a nation. The President was once an ordinary citizen and I bet he sung the corrupt anthem too.
We’ve changed Presidents several times and yet, our problems and hardship linger on. It is therefore time for us to change our mentality and way of doing things. The presidents are solely not the thieves; we are the bigger thieves…
If you doubt me, try do a business with a fellow Ghanaian and you will see where the corruption and problem originate from.
Wow….Interesting article.. I have got lots of respect for you now…