Before the first Coup de tat of 1966, while Ghanaians had been fully
committed to Nationalism, Spiritual and Traditional values, the people after the
ousted of the first Republic,gradually became partly committed. Their sons and
daughters began traveling wide outside, copying foreign and neighborhood values
and adopting their sinful nature.
These Coup de tat generations, as they are refered to, arose without knowing
Nationalism or full committment to God and Country.
They provoked and continue to provoke authority and the elderly to anger;
continue to depend on their own doings and stubborn ways of life up to this day.
What shaped the Spiritual values and Nationalism of these children, was the
compromise of the subsequent military regimes and parents. This is called the
Generational Slide.
This helps us understand how our parents and authorities shape us and predicts
how our commitments or lack of them, will shape our children and the nation as a
whole. But since the first Republic, no attempt has so far been made by any
susequent and incumbent administration to reshape or overhaul the thinking and
mindset of the people to bring back the values our forefathers and elders
committed themselves to before the soldiers came to power.
This generation is rather copying and adopting Sinful values of foreign culture
and lifestyles, which they even copy them wrongly or over copy them and
forgetting their own values entirely. Hence the massive indiscipline and
lawlessness the country is now experiencing.
Our churches and other religious organizations have become myopic and lack the
courage to address this sad situation. Instead of shaping the minds and
thinking of the youth towards righteousness, positive lifestyles and attitude,
they rather compromise, for fear of loosing members.The Churches have failed,
where they should have acted firmly according to the doctrine. Despite many
seminars, preachings and other programs characters and attitudes are the same
and even getting worse.The youth go to church for the sake of societal
recognition, but full of ignorance and lack committment.
Ghana today, needs a new type of personality, a dedicated, modest, selfless,
patiotic,principled, committed to nationalism, spiritual and traditional values;
a positive doctrine, DR Nkrumah inculcated into the youth that worke perfectly.
It is therefore time, and very necessary for a national program and a course of
direction policy, especially the youth, who have gone astray, to shape the
nation back to her past glories of positive and envied values, Ghana once
enjoyed. That way the youth, if they rebel, will have the memories and value to
return to. Presently they are very ignorance of their tradional values and even
overlook religious ones.
Therefore I tell you the truth; Shape ye first the moral fibre and mindset of
the people and all other things of righteousness will follow.
Mind you, this has nothing to do with party politics. This is a seriuos
behavioral issue retarding progress in social sanity and development that needs
to be tackled by all, if this country wants to develop in a decent and peaceful
society.
I also write you the Truth; Whatever that a Man soweth, that shall He also Reap.
Galatians 6:7 . .
Samuel Donkor. Mob.0242809352 e mail: samdonkies@yahoo.com
