A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY,A TIMID CITIZEN CALLED GHANAIAN AND A BLUNDER CALLED LEADERSHIP

A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY,

A TIMID CITIZEN CALLED GHANAIAN,

AND A BLUNDER CALLED LEADERSHIP

‘God bless our homeland Ghana

And make our nation great and strong

Bold to defend forever

The cause of freedom and of right…’

These were the humble wishes of the bricklayers of this country.

Just a few decades after their demise,

The once great nation Ghana which lent money

To other countries is now a wealthy pauper.

Blessed with minerals and cash crops

And the recently discovered oil,

One would naturally expect Ghana to rock shoulders

With the likes Singapore and Malaysia at least.

Yet, as Robert Nesta Marley aptly put it,

‘In the abundance of water the foolish man is thirsty’

This is where we now find ourselves.

A nation of countless ‘leaders’

Whom upon all their academic accomplishments and laurels

Continue to remain clueless in practically solving basic problems.

A bunch of so-called leaders

Who see ‘yellow’ yet decide to call it ‘pink’.

A bunch of so-called leaders

Who invest heavily in blaming past political regimes

For the current predicaments of the country,

When they could have spent less in finding solutions.

A bunch of so-called leaders who will never embark on projects

Without being accused of misappropriation and corruption,

Accompanied by a bunch of Parliamentarians

Who do not sit to deliberate on vital national issues

But take delight in voting on party lines

And approving needless loans irrespective of their future implications.

Evil they say thrives when good men remain silent.

As timid as most of us are as Ghanaians,

We have continually failed to stand for our rights.

These so-called political leaders plead with us

To elect them to power all in the name of serving us.

Yet when elections are over and they get intoxicated with power,

We become Kunta Kintes to them instead.

We have elevated them into demigods

And accorded them powers far beyond their reach.

We are where we are as a nation

 Due to our timid nature as Ghanaians.
We're in this mess
Because high profile religious authorities,
Professionals and revered opinion leaders
Have conspicuously held their tongues in cowardice
And allowed some ignoramus politicians to have their way.
They're scared of being labelled as affiliates of a particular political party.

We are in this state of rot

Because we’ve turned public servants into public princes.

We’re in this state of chronic energy crises

Because Ghanaians have failed to question authority

And failed to call for accountability and efficiency.

It’s with a bleeding heart that I say these.

But before I bow out,

I pray God continues to bless the nation Ghana.

I pray He bestows confidence and boldness upon Ghanaians,

And for the so-called leaders,

I offer them for deliverance.