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Monday, 19th September, 2022 Page 5
Perspective
Ghana is a nation that
treats foreigners better
than its people
Everyone knows that
Ghana is the most
peaceful nation in
West Africa and that
it has the friendliest
people to foreigners of any nation
on the continent.
Although Ghanaians hate
themselves, the greeting "Akwaaba,"
which welcomes visitors
to Ghana is conspicuously
written at destination points at
the airport.
Ghana is ruled by tribalism
to such an extent that I occasionally
wonder what function
religion serves in this country,
despite the existence of countless
religious organizations and
church leaders.
No Ghanaian who commits
similar offenses abroad will go
free from penalty or incarceration,
especially in light of the
crimes the Chinese perpetrate
in Ghana with impunity.
The white man is frequently
accused of racism and prejudice
by an African or a Black man
in Europe or the United States
of America, but we need to ask
ourselves: How much do we love
each other here in Ghana? How
frequently do Ghanaians criticize
one another based on their
origins before entertaining foreigners?
If that isn't ignorance
or hypocrisy, it's craziness.
They have become very
sophisticated. The
older generation can't
easily understand
them. I must say, they
are very intelligent and talented
and can do so many things in
different ways. I am talking
about the current generation!
We have not been able to
appreciate and categorize their
abilities but continue to force
them to learn what may contribute
less to their interest and
abilities.
They feel their intelligence
are under utilised or redundant
and they use same on things
that are probably immoral or
unethical.
We don't need to clip the
wings of the current generations.
More opportunities
should be available for them to
explore and their abilities, interest
and intelligence categorized
and harnessed for national
development.
We are getting to an era,
whether we like it or not that
paper exams alone will prove
ineffective in assessing abilities
and intelligence of our younger
Africans are still looking
for their identity decades after
slavery. Black people continue to
experience suffering as if they
are not human beings in both
Europe and the United States of
America. The situation for Africans
should have improved, but
it never does because Africans
are split by tribalism and hatred.
Since the Europeans witness
what an African does to another
African, it inspires them to
harm Africans in several wicked
ways that go unnoticed.
A man who purportedly
claimed to be a municipal guard
for the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly
was seen on film kicking
a woman. I have no idea what
Maame Achiaa, the victim, did
to deserve such horrific abuse.
How on earth could a man treat
a woman in such a way is the
question. Are there no appropriate
ways to call her if even she
has broken the law?
If a country's judicial system
is unsound, it may descend
into violence and criminality.
I never stop writing an article
about Ghana's corrupt judiciary
system. No matter how corrupt
the legal system is in Europe or
the US, it nevertheless provides
strong service to ensure that
criminals don't get away with
their crimes, because of this,
generation.
We have killed so many
talents by just thinking that everybody
should do well in paper
examination. That is far becoming
unrealistic especially when
we impose so many subjects on
different students with different
abilities and talents.
Through the current system,
intelligent and talented young
ones are frustrated. How can a
student score Bs in all his subjects
except English, where he
scores E8 and for which reason,
has his education truncated?
It is absurdity to allow such
students get frustrated for failing
just one subject which may
not be his interest area or which
may not play a significant role
in his carrier.
I think we can introduce
what we call "ability diagnosis"
in the early stage of our educational
system. That system
should be a therapic approach
handled by a team psychologists
who can use series of
psychological approaches/tools
to categorize students base on
abilities, interest and talents.
The approach can, in the future,
individuals, even politicians,
are imprisoned in developed nations
for their crimes.
Nothing works in Ghana
because people take advantage
of the weak foundation of
the judicial system to commit
significant crimes in our nation
with impunity. Why do we permit
foreigners to commit crimes
in Ghana without consequence
when Ghanaians cannot do it
elsewhere without facing jail
time?
Due to selfishness and tribalism,
the current government in
Ghana, which has irreparably
damaged this nation, keeps
gaining popularity. Akufo Addo
has the gall to say that he will
ensure that the NPP wins the
elections in 2024 despite his
tremendous corruption, which
includes the theft of COVID
funding, and despite not winning
the 2020 elections.
Such words pose a threat to
democracy because the president's
statement means that
even if he is not going to win the
2024 elections, as happened in
2020, he would still ensure that
the NPP.
No sane person in Ghana objected
to the president's careless
statement, not even the Attorney
General, Godfred Dame.
The attorney general, howproduce
a more sophisticated
human resource hub for this
country with unique abilities.
Intelligence should not be
measured on how proficient
some one speaks a foreign
language or how well one passes
examination when indeed,
the integrity and credibility of
examinations is being compromised!
We are confronted with a
ever, has taken action against
John Mahama, the former president
of Ghana, for criticizing
the judiciary over the wrongdoings
that are harming the
nation and its citizens. If these
occurrences go unchecked daily,
what can you as a Ghanaian expect
from the NPP government?
I'm very perplexed by the
damage that Akufo Addo's
administration has inflicted
on our country and its citizens.
They never bring up their inefficiencies,
which caused the
banks to fail, or the embezzlement
of public funds, particularly
the COVID funds that were
deposited in overseas accounts.
They don't discuss the
failed E-Levy, which resulted
in the loss of thousands of jobs
nationwide, nor do they discuss
the high unemployment rate or
the fact that patients, including
expectant mothers, die in
hospitals. Instead, what I hear
is the breaking of the 8th cycle.
Understanding contemporary
life and education
emerging change of behavior of
our current generation arising
from technological advancement
and globalisation. We
must think along those lines
or leave a century long behind
technology. The rapidity in the
change process needs a certain
radical, pragmatic and adaptive
approach. Our goals as a nation
may be fixed beyond a century
but any strategy that has a
This demonstrates Akufo Addo's
wickedness.
Akufo Addo has nothing to
give Ghana since he is an opportunist,
not a wise leader. His
wickedness has made him unpopular,
bringing him more disgrace
than prosperity, and it will
stay that way. My main concern
is the embarrassment that will
surround those who support
him and the additional harm
he will inflict on Ghana before
stepping down from office.
Since it's simple to conduct
shady business dealings with
foreigners to amass wealth, the
NPP administration treats them
better than Ghanaians. It is time
for Ghanaians who love their
country to ensure that foreign
criminals are deported and that
any foreigner acting suspiciously
is reported; this would help to
reduce corruption and criminal
activity in the nation.
Columnist: Joel Savage
lifespan of more than 15 years in
a technological driven global village
is an obsolete and "useless"
strategy.
In our African context, I see
that gap! Investing massively
into research will be a panacea
to handling the situation and
providing the benchmarks of
taking decisions that handle our
contemporary predicaments.
The situations are becoming
complex day by day. We must
chase this modernity or leave
our next generation a helpless
situation.
A thought from the street.
Denis Andaban
The village boy from DBI
Columnist: Denis Andaban