How virtuous and Hospitable is the Ghanaian today?

-rather very

ego-centric and without virtue

by Samuel

Donkor

Once upon a time, before the second republic,the nation Ghana was noted for her

moral values, disciplined society,spirituality and virtuousness; a people of

intelligence and wisdom, hard working, communually spirited and noted to have

the best civil service, high educational standards, best health service delivery

system, a disciplined Armed Forces and Police service and a better

infrastructure in black Africa, is today a demoralised and fragmented nation.

The people have become devalued in morals and spirituality and have become

rather very ego-centric and without virtues. Their once envied hospitality

values, fellow feelings, compassion, close external family ties and that virtue

of being a brother's keeper, are all missing in the Ghanaian today.

These attitudinal changes and non commitment to patriotism, nationalism and

traditional and religious values, is the basis for the present economic and

social ruins the nation is experiencing and which is also at the mercy of

today's global economic dictates, without any hope of salvaging it.

The loss of these values in the Ghanaian today and the present economic mess,

coupled with under development, is also the result of the Ghanaian crave for

quick riches and material gains through whatever means, hook or crook.This has

led the people becoming so greedy and unscrupulous in whatever they do. Honesty,

fairness, justice,circumspection and moral values are things of the past.

In this quest for quick riches, wealth and public fame, the Ghanaian has become

so self-centered that, his actions and behaviors, without circumspection and a

sense of humane, is shown in whatever he does.There is therefore the tendencies

of overacting, which many at times interfere public interest and also violate

individual interest and human rights one way or the other. These are some of the

causes of indiscipline, lawlessness, disorder and corruption rampart in the

present system of things.

Today the youth have no idea about moral values, civic responsibilities,

patriotism and other social values, like etiquette and public manners etc,

because they are no more taught in the schools. The present behaviors of the

people, both young and old in public, shows the long years of neglecting social

and traditional values, which has led this nation into disorder and lawlessness.

The absence of these values and the ego-centric life-style of the Ghanaian will

continue to retard progress in development if this behavior is not changed. It

is a product of Greed and the cause of corruption and mismanagement with a

negative impact on development.

Today, Ghana needs a new type of personality, a dedicated, selfless, patriotic,

spiritual, compassionate, pragmatic and incorruptible.

A personality who is committed to nationalism, moral values, achievements and

supportive to positive national agenda.

For a better Ghana agenda to succeed, there should be intensive exercise by the

center for civic education to educate the public on moral values and civic

responsibilities, likewise in the schools, like in the 1st republic.The nation

Ghana needs a re-shaping exercise,to borrow this phrase from Oman FM. In the

absence of any positive pragmatic national exercise to re-shape this nation's

mind-set, behavior and life-style to pro-activism and patriotism, this country

will remain where it is or head for doom.

I write you the truth, 'Do not be deceived, God is not mocked, For whatever a

man soweth, that shall he also reap'.

' Be Vege, Go Green 2 Save the Planet'.

Samuel Donkor. email: samdonkies@yahoo.com Mob. 233 242 809352