Will Ghana Ever Be Our Happy Home?

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Adam 11 years ago

I WILL DIE FOR YOU, PRECIOUS GHANA!?!?

These days nobody is willing to die for Ghana - at least not for free. Anybody who wants to die for Ghana will ask to be paid for it first! All the politicians going around campaignin ...
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I WILL DIE FOR YOU, PRECIOUS GHANA!?!?

These days nobody is willing to die for Ghana - at least not for free. Anybody who wants to die for Ghana will ask to be paid for it first! All the politicians going around campaigning for posts as if their very lives depended on it are doing it because of the personal benefits that will accrue to them from political office. Don't believe anything else. Many Ghanaians, including highly qualified professionals, have left the country for greener pastures abroad because they are not willing to stay on and die for Ghana. Even our footballers who should die a little for the glory of the country on the football pitch are demanding more money for their "services" to mother Ghana.

How can our country be great when no one is willing to die for her?
K Kwakye 11 years ago

We did not see Ghana as anunhappy home during Kufuor's regime. Ghanaians abroad were eager to return home but NDC came o spoil it all.

We did not see Ghana as anunhappy home during Kufuor's regime. Ghanaians abroad were eager to return home but NDC came o spoil it all.
BRANDY 11 years ago

HOW CAN GHANA BE A HAPPY HOME WHEN NDC DOLES OUT 94 MILLION EUROS TO CP FOR NO WORK DONE IN FAKE JUDGEMENT DEBTS, DOLES OUT 46 MILLION DOLLARS TO WATERVILLE IN FAKE DEBTS, DOLED OUT 30 MILLION DOLLARS TO WOYOME IN FAKE DEBTS. ...
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HOW CAN GHANA BE A HAPPY HOME WHEN NDC DOLES OUT 94 MILLION EUROS TO CP FOR NO WORK DONE IN FAKE JUDGEMENT DEBTS, DOLES OUT 46 MILLION DOLLARS TO WATERVILLE IN FAKE DEBTS, DOLED OUT 30 MILLION DOLLARS TO WOYOME IN FAKE DEBTS...SADA, SUBAH GYEEDA, ETC ETC....AS LONG AS THESE THIEVES REMAIN IN POWER HOW CAN GHANA BE A HAPPY HOME...
AZIZ IDDRIS 11 years ago

I AGREE WITH YOU. bRNDY. Ghana HAS BECOME AN UNCOMFORTABLE PLACE TO LIVE IN LL BECAUSE OF ndc MISRULE

I AGREE WITH YOU. bRNDY. Ghana HAS BECOME AN UNCOMFORTABLE PLACE TO LIVE IN LL BECAUSE OF ndc MISRULE
Tekonline.org 11 years ago

and not natural resources.

You wrote:
"...LAND OF RICH RESOURCES: During the Acheampong's regime, when this song was written, Ghana had not discovered oil. But we were still endowed with other rich resources which were en ...
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and not natural resources.

You wrote:
"...LAND OF RICH RESOURCES: During the Acheampong's regime, when this song was written, Ghana had not discovered oil. But we were still endowed with other rich resources which were enough to help her achieve a middle income status. It is largely believed that Ghana has all it takes for her to be as developed as every other country.? Ghana has rich deposits of gold, diamond, manganese and many more including her latest discovery of oil.? We have other resources like timber and other agricultural products and fisheries..."

We have been reciting this illusive "natural resources" mantra for ages, and may continue to do so for many more years unless we focus on what really matters: knowledge, technology, and industrialization.

After all, Japan has no natural resources, yet it is one of the richest countries on the planet.
They are world leaders in the building of good cars, bullet trains, complex robots, and advanced supercomputers. Yes, they do have knowledge, technology, and a very educated workforce for industrialization.

Natural resources are only beneficial if you know these three things: how to locate the resources, how to extract them, and how to process them into useful products.

Currently, Ghana imports even toothpicks.

SOLUTION:
Ghana needs to push science and technology education with all its wealth and might in order to wage an industrialization revolution.
Adam 11 years ago

Long time, tekonline. Where have you been hiding? And how is it going with your tech site? Do you still have it and update it? Well, I can go check myself but tell me something that will make me hurry there...

You're right ...
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Long time, tekonline. Where have you been hiding? And how is it going with your tech site? Do you still have it and update it? Well, I can go check myself but tell me something that will make me hurry there...

You're right that it is not necessarily the natural resources that we have under our soil that will make us develop. We need "knowledge, technology, and industrialization" with which to develop whatever we have. The Japanese example is very pertinent. They used their knowledge, rather than abundant natural resources, to develop.

But the problem is Africa wide. Where will Nigeria be today if they had not had oil? Even then they are still importing finished oil products. Angola's rapid development is due to abundant oil. Without that, they are nothing. They would not be able to use their raw brain power to develop. Even then, the oil technology in Angola is controlled from outside, not by Angolans.

We really need to push science and technology and give less attention to literature and sociology...
Stephen-Pipes Afrifa 11 years ago

This article highlights the main problems in Ghana now , however, don't even think of freedom in Ghana in as much as expecting justice for the poor and the average Ghanaian because the ones to pronounce judgement in our cour ...
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This article highlights the main problems in Ghana now , however, don't even think of freedom in Ghana in as much as expecting justice for the poor and the average Ghanaian because the ones to pronounce judgement in our courts are currupt. Unpatriotism and ill will governs this country ( Ghana ) today.
ghanaman 11 years ago

The author has touched on a very crucial deficit in our current national image. The days of "Ghana my happy home" may be gone, but the ideal must not be lost on us. However, it is exactly during such times that heroic activit ...
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The author has touched on a very crucial deficit in our current national image. The days of "Ghana my happy home" may be gone, but the ideal must not be lost on us. However, it is exactly during such times that heroic activity, capable of ensuring the transformation to a better state of affairs, is most highly rewarded. Long live the author! Long live Ghana!
Apakye Innocent 11 years ago

Ghana has lost that image of a happy home. The days of work and happiness are over. NDC spoiled it for Ghanaians.

Ghana has lost that image of a happy home. The days of work and happiness are over. NDC spoiled it for Ghanaians.
AGBEVE... 11 years ago

Tooooooomuch

Tooooooomuch

Wabee 11 years ago

All what Ghana is going through is the direct bad adminstration of Nkrumah. I always use South and North Koreas as example. When Ghana got independence, Kores's were figthing a civil war. After their war both invested in good ...
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All what Ghana is going through is the direct bad adminstration of Nkrumah. I always use South and North Koreas as example. When Ghana got independence, Kores's were figthing a civil war. After their war both invested in good education and roads development. When Nkrumah was overthrow tell me how and which roads was constructed durind his time. Tell me which shool was built at his time which is better than Achimota and Adisadel which were built by the whiteman. What did he do with the money he was handed by the whiteman.
Adam 11 years ago

FYI, the Korean War enden in July 1953 and Ghana got its independence in 1957. The comparison that is often made is that in 1954 or so, Ghana's per capita income was higher than that of South Korea. But then Korea had fought ...
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FYI, the Korean War enden in July 1953 and Ghana got its independence in 1957. The comparison that is often made is that in 1954 or so, Ghana's per capita income was higher than that of South Korea. But then Korea had fought a way and we didn't fight one. South Korea had a lot of economic help from USA which stationed troops there. Ghana didn't have the same amount of help from the US or any other country. South Korea was physically near developed countries (Japan in particular with which it shared many cultural elements). Yes, Ghana could have done far better than we did but the South Korean conditions were a bit more favourable than ours. But I agree with you that we need to invest in more education and infrastructure.
Anokye 11 years ago

Great article and educative. I hope those greedy politicians who are milking us dry will read this wonderful article and bow their heads in shame.

Great article and educative. I hope those greedy politicians who are milking us dry will read this wonderful article and bow their heads in shame.
KERBIX 11 years ago

well done dad,i deeply know u have a great thought about our dear country,but i quess our creator will come and see us once more! God bless us all!

well done dad,i deeply know u have a great thought about our dear country,but i quess our creator will come and see us once more! God bless us all!
Uncle Ebo 11 years ago

True state of Ghana. We've lost the pride. May we all reflect on these words to change our attitude towards our motherland.

True state of Ghana. We've lost the pride. May we all reflect on these words to change our attitude towards our motherland.
Oti Akenteng 11 years ago

What a great article.But stop talking about Nkrumah,he is the cause of all this problems.As you said,before the British left they handed millions of pounds to the rulers of Ghana for development.But Dr.Nkrumah used the monies ...
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What a great article.But stop talking about Nkrumah,he is the cause of all this problems.As you said,before the British left they handed millions of pounds to the rulers of Ghana for development.But Dr.Nkrumah used the monies to campaign for his leadership in Africa.
richmond afrifa 11 years ago

Daddy as a matter of fact the nation needs a reform to achieve all these goals

Daddy as a matter of fact the nation needs a reform to achieve all these goals
RICHARD ADAMS 11 years ago

Stephen, your article showed you have valuable insight, and have looked deeply into the ills that presently thwart success for all nations, but more so for the younger ones that have been brutally molested by their "parent na ...
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Stephen, your article showed you have valuable insight, and have looked deeply into the ills that presently thwart success for all nations, but more so for the younger ones that have been brutally molested by their "parent nation's" Empire.

Ravished, plundered and robbed of their wealth for so long in their young lives that this all seems normal and simply the way of the world.

Yes it has and is increasingly the case, however it need not be so, for men and women using their own natural talents can reverse this trend with insight and understanding help others around them wake up to reality and once more add and give back the meaning to your once proud anthem rather than accepting these deplorable conditions and defeat.

Inspire this energy in others and help your nation to be proud once more.

Stephan it is only my opinion, but seems the better of two options to follow this advice so that even if progress remains painfully slow you can know you are going in the right direction,
ALBERT 11 years ago

The legal system in Ghana is there to protect the rich and famous. The judge who sentenced a mobile phone thief to 45 years in prison should be ashamed of himself. Woyome of course will see "real" justice one day.

The legal system in Ghana is there to protect the rich and famous. The judge who sentenced a mobile phone thief to 45 years in prison should be ashamed of himself. Woyome of course will see "real" justice one day.
Emmanuel Agumah 11 years ago

In fact, Papa I have always been proud of you especially with your articles which normally deal deal with the real issues. I think every Ghanaian must read this and we must hold our leaders accountable. Bravo

In fact, Papa I have always been proud of you especially with your articles which normally deal deal with the real issues. I think every Ghanaian must read this and we must hold our leaders accountable. Bravo

Namjia 11 years ago

Ghana is home no matter what lets all continue to contribute to the little community we come from.

Ghana is home no matter what lets all continue to contribute to the little community we come from.

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