Welcome to
Ghana, a country where the peace and the stability is being taken for granted.
A country where wrongs are being turned into a civil right. A country where the
spirit of truth is far from fetch. A country, as we have come to believe, where
the citizens are unconcerned.
Come to think of
it, why will a hugely resourced country like ours be dependent on
under-resourced countries for financial aid? Gold, timber and bauxite, just to
mention few are the resources that this country can boast of. So "I can't
think madness" when everyday, we have to be worrying ourselves to
understand why we go to borrow. If you tell me you do not care about this, then
you have been coffered on with political glaucoma.
Walk the streets
of Accra during the day. You will find a number of street lights beaming at
your face. Watch carefully beside the Highways, alas, a stream of pipe born
water, flowing freely. So you think you don't care about all this? You must be
from another world to think so.
Come down to our
public universities. Each day, government and university authorities have the
displeasure to talk about which of them must foot the utility bills. The first
time I heard this, I wondered what the country is being turned into. We have
failed as a society, to regulate the usage of this utilities yet we are quick
to push the burden on someone else. Can you imagine how judiciously these
resources can be managed, should the students be required to pay for their own
utilities bills?
We have been
practising same methods over and over yet expecting to get a different result.
What a world! Thomas Edison, who also played a major role in the invention of
electric bulb, once said, he had tried to invent electric bulb using 999 ways
but failed. When asked why, he simply said, that gave him 999 ways of not producing electric bulbs,
hence he must try a new method.
Wait, before I
digress into other issues, the decision now rests on us individuals to think
positively about this country. Imagine how this country will be if we all play responsible
roles and take responsibility for our actions. Just extend your little concern
to your neighbor next door. You think he or she doesn't need that advice of
yours? If he or she tries to ignore you, however, let him or her know that his
or her right ends at the doorsteps of someone. In fact, explain to him to
understand. We are very careless of our actions in this country.
Can you
imagine someone turning on the fun in his bed room, yet sitting in the hall
watching television. While watching the television, he is seen busily reading
newspaper with his radio loudly on. This is a complete mismanagement of
resources.
We cannot live
in a society where one does what pleases him. We must regulate and be
regulated. The laws are there but are not being enforced. You think it needs
only a competent court of jurisdiction to do the enforcement? No! You can also
enforce it. This is done by serving as a watchdog over your neighbour, correct
him while he goes wrong. And be ready yourself, to accept corrections.
Interestingly
our grandparents never had statutory laws, yet they were able to fairly
regulate their available resources. One would say probably because they added
some elements of spiritualism. It worked so perfectly that the mother of
principle and procedural believes, science, could not explain. The argument is,
the dark days are over so those things cannot apply. Yes, we cannot go back to
those days but we can manage our behaviours. And only this, can give us the
freedom that we want as a country.
The writer of this article is Richard Mawunyo Dartey, a student of the University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho.
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