The Young Ghanaian

22/04/2022

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A bird in hand. Real Ghanaian moment. Ghana my happy home.
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06/03/2022

On this day in history 6th March 1957 Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah declared Ghana independent fro her British Colonial mastersIn his words Dr. Nkrumah said:

"At long last, the battle has ended! And thus, Ghana, your beloved country is free forever!

And yet again, I want to take the opportunity to thank the people of this country; the youth, the farmers, the women who have so nobly fought and won the battle.

Also, I want to thank the valiant ex-servicemen who have so cooperated with me in this mighty task of freeing our country from foreign rule and imperialism.
And, as I pointed out… from now on, today, we must change our attitudes and our minds. We must realize that from now on we are no longer a colonial but free and independent people.

But also, as I pointed out, that also entails hard work. That new Africa is ready to fight his own battles and show that after all the black man is capable of managing his own affairs.

We are going to demonstrate to the world, to the other nations, that we are prepared to lay our foundation – our African personality. As I said to the Assembly a few minutes ago, I made a point that we are going to create our own AFRICA PERSONALITY AND IDENTITY. It is the only way we can show the world that we are ready for our battles".

65 years down the lane what do you make of the current state of Ghana?
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24/02/2022

Today in history 24th February 1966 the National Liberation Council (NLC) Led a coup in Ghana that saw the overthrow of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. The first of it's kind in the history of Ghana. The National Liberation Council (NLC) led the Ghanaian government from 24 February 1966 to 1 October 1969. The body emerged from a CIA-supported coup d'état (Ghana's first) against the civilian government led by Kwame Nkrumah.
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25/01/2022

READ AND WATCH CAREFULLY….Inner city roads are designed and constructed for the safety of all users motorists and pedestrians respectively according to environmental structures with careful engineering. Ghana has a massive rod infrastructural deficit. It’s time to commit all resources into bridging our infrastructural gap. Change is a must and the time is now. Fix the country Fix the country Fix the country campaign

24/01/2022

READ CAREFULLY….Road infrastructural is designed for the safety of all users. In this short video is an access road but not for all vehicles, no trucks or heavy duty trucks are allowed. They are carefully designed according to terrain and environmental structures. Ghana 🇬🇭 has a massive road infrastructural deficit. Change is necessary and the time is now.

24/01/2022

READ CAREFULLY…Ghana 🇬🇭 is bigger than the State of Illinois (Chicago). Ghana has more natural resources than the entire United States of America. All highways (including exit highways) in and around Illinois are either 6, 8 or 12 lane dual carriages (dauble roads)…..and it’s for the safety of all road users. Ghana has a huge road infrastructural deficit. Change must come and the time is now.

20/01/2022

Vehicle moving from Takwanto Chirano collided with a motorcycle resulting in an explosion.

14/01/2022

INCOMPETENT LEADERSHIP

How did a country with all the the most powerful natural resources end up in this mess? Clear manifestation of weak and incompetent leadership, leadership that has no concrete ability as to how to run a country but only dependence on trial and error strategies. 50 plus years after Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian leadership have shown nothing but an absolute display of weak and incompetent leadership. Poor political leadership informs the bad governance resulting in poor decision making and poorer outcomes. They lie their way into the corridors of power and once up there they lack what it takes to steer the affairs of the country. Then comes corruption…Africa and Ghana’s most dangerous element. Due to corruption and poor governance many of our African leaders have totally driven themselves further away from achieving the aspirations and the needs of their people. They have created the ‘personal rule paradigm’ where they treat their offices as a form of personal property and a source of private gain. They openly appoint under qualified and even incompetent personnel in key positions at state owned institutions and government departments. Building patronage and at the same time undermining development. Ghana with all its natural resources has and is still borrowing money 💰 left and right yet we don’t even see the outcome of the moneys they borrow. The entire future of this country has been mortgages into loans from international financial institutions yet not even a single daily average challenge faced by the Ghanaian has been solved…water, electricity, road infrastructure, schools, healthcare. Total political incompetence and it’s even gotten worse in the last 16 years. Ghana needs a new caliber of honest and competent politicians. Fix the country Fix the country Adabraka Ghana24 Yen.com.gh Quotation Master

18/12/2021

COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY

Political parties and governments past and present have been characterized by a very disturbing phenomenon of putting their respective political parties decisions ahead of national interest. Party to them is more important than Ama Ghana 🇬🇭. The average Ghanaian is faced with daily challenges that need massive and immediate attention. Healthcare challenges, clean affordable drinking water to every home, standard education for every kid of school going age, transportation and roads, electricity and energy, jobs, general deficits in socio-economic infrastructure that must be dealt with holistically devoid of part affiliation. Non of those gaps which are of national interest have been filled in the last 64 years yet party influences and activities are seen and heard everywhere on the daily putting them ahead of national needs and interests. Partisan politics have hit a tipping point. We have become so polarized to the point where the parties decision and activities overshadows pressing national issues because partisan stands are taken and affects every single national discourse. Increased partisan activities in our country over the past 30 plus years has led to increased animosity and a seclusion from meaningful public discourse thereby trashing national issues under the carpet and focusing on political party activities. Leadership to whom power is invested to give direction to our beloved country now seem to be much more concerned with their parties influence than the reason why they were voted into power - which is to serve and satisfy national interests. The system of democracy anticipated the problem of ambition in elected officials, and therefore created a brilliant system of checks and balances to mitigate it. Unfortunately the two major political parties in Ghana care less and continue to put their party before the national interest. The issue of bread and butter, increasing insecurity and infrastructural deficit is more pressing thus political parties elected into office must turn their attention from party activities after elections to tackling the many problems faced by this country and it’s beloved citizens. The narrative of party first must be flipped to country first. THIS IS THE VOICE OF THE YOUNG GHANAIAN. AND NKRUMAH WEPT FiX THE COUNTRY CAMPAIGN (official page) FIX THE COUNTRY MOVEMENT FixTheCountry Ghana

10/11/2021

CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT PROJECTS.

Continuity is key and it absence is the reason why many developing countries like Ghana are littered with half-finished projects that were abandoned mid-construction. This highly visible phenomenon in Ghana has led the country into accumulating internal debt from committing the taxpayer money as well as pilling external debts from massive borrowing intended for such abandoned projects. According to world bank reports from 2016 It is estimated that approximately over one-third of projects that start are never get completed, consuming nearly one-fifth of all local government capital spending. For a developing county like Ghana it is very important for leadership irrespective of political affiliation to ensure continuity of projects from previous government since 99% of these projects are meant to fill a vacuum in socio-economic infrastructure. In the last 50 plus years no government has shown commitment to continuity thereby leaving Ghana with a deficit in its infrastructure across all sectors….from jobs, roads, healthcare, education, housing, basic social amenities to satisfy basic human needs. It is imperative at this point to change this narrative of abandonment to continuity. However I personally bear the assumption that until it becomes legally binding, these politicians who are engulfed in satisfying party first instead of country first will always run around with excuses not to continue and finish projects started by previous governments. THIS IS THE VOICE OF THE YOUNG GHANAIAN. AND NKRUMAH WEPT FiX THE COUNTRY CAMPAIGN (official page) FIX THE COUNTRY MOVEMENT FixTheCountry Ghana

08/11/2021

A 200-million-dollar cathedral in Ghana is not a need.

It is the year 2021 and Ghana has a tall list of public infrastructural deficit including basic facilities such as roads, water supply, electricity, and telecommunications. These are essential systems and facilities that allow the smooth flow of an economy’s day-to-day activities and enhance the people’s standard of living. Clean affordable and accessible drinking water to every home in Ghana a basic need for human survival has not been attained as of this 21st century. In fact a number of organizations including WHO and UNICEF say it's not safe to drink tap water in Ghana. The frightening part is that for many Ghanaians in rural areas, and for those without the ability to purchase bottled or bagged water (distilled or purified), access to potable water is still an issue. Water-borne illnesses are still rampant in Ghana, and diarrhea is still a leading cause of death for children under the age of five.
So why would Ghana spend $200 million the construction of a cathedral when majority of its citizens do not have access to clean affordable drinking water? Have we thought about how much this same amount can contribute to water infrastructure that will deliver safe, reliable water to millions of people who need it? How will a national cathedral benefit the people of Tumu, Keta, Ada, Walewale, Kumawu, Akyease, Nkonya, Nkwanta, Savelugu who can not find clean affordable drinking water in 20201. It’s fair to say at this point that only shallow minded governments will choose to spend $200 million on a cathedral whiles majority of it’s citizens do not have access to clean affordable drinking water. There are more pressing and pertinent infrastructural challenges that faces the average Ghanaian and needs immediate attention to which a cathedral does not make the list, even if it does, will be at the bottom of the list.
Did you know that in 2019 the African Development Bank approved an $81.67 million loan to co-finance sections of the 695-km Eastern Corridor road in Ghana, linking the capital, Accra with the northern hinterland and across the borders to the Sahel region? Meanwhile we are soliciting $200 million internally just to build a cathedral, how absurd. Did you that the African Development Bank in 2021 has approved a $75 million commercial loan to the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF). Meanwhile we can generate three times that amount just to build a cathedral. In 2021 most of our communities are under developed with us running around borrowing money yet a government chooses to spend $200 million on a cathedral rather than water infrastructure or schools or healthcare and road infrastructure. The Ghanaian today needs their livelihood uplifted with the creation of basic infrastructure and not a cathedral.
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