Every Ghanaian citizen whether rich or poor is groaning! Every sector of the nation is in dire straits. The business sector is dwindling, people are getting laid off work and destitution is growing at an alarming rate! And Dr Kwabena Duffuor is the only Presidential aspirant in the NDC who is on Track to turn things around.
Currently the citizenry is not smiling at all. The anomaly has massive multiplier effect on security, food production, education and governance itself.
These must be addressed because there is a socially relevant adage that says a hungry man is an angry man. The cities are filling to overflowing level because the rural areas are not only bereft of services, but they are now at the mercy of merciless non state purveyors of violence which government seems incapable of containing for now.
Clearly, you have heard it said severally recently that Ghana is on life support, and thus, needs urgent resuscitation before things really get out of hand. Those who say that the country is on life support have grounds to say so. They cite the terrible economic indices for Ghana, including the fact that the cost of debt servicing, for the first four months of this year have exceeded revenue earned.
Dr Kwabena Duffuor is a tried and tested personality in this area. His track record under the late President Mills is evident for all.
Ghana is the only country that is not smiling. Indeed, things have gotten worse as the price of refined fuel has gone beyond the government’s regulated price and other derivatives like gas and diesel have also hit the roof coupled with high cost of goods (both local and foreign). Ghanaians are suffering, big time. We need an Economist of his type to solve it.
As the economy tanks, crimes and criminality are soaring because the people, especially young people have no jobs. The country’s unemployment rate is bad and experts say no economy can grow under such a huge unemployment burden. How can the country be saved from not dying? The answer lies in the prioritizing of the citizens welfare. That is the Vision of Dr. Kwabena Duffuor. He’s an Economic Surgeon with capable hands.
Those running government have failed to implement these sections of the constitution thereby alienating the people who were left to wallow in poverty while government officials, their family members and cronies grab the resources of the state for themselves. The result is a society that has returned to the state of nature where life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
The provision of welfare is a duty and responsibility a constituted authority owes their citizens. Welfare of the citizens means that it is the duty of the government to provide employment for its citizens.
The government has the duty of providing the citizens with goods health facilities, road network, pipe borne water, schools, recreational parks, communication network etc. Responsive government is expected to take care of the young and old, the sick, underprivileged children in our society. It is the duty of the government to provide the enabling environment for political activities to flourish.
The duty of a Ghanaian government is to promote understanding between various groups in the Ghanaian society. Dr Kwabena Duffuor government will have a duty that is bound to provide an efficient dynamic and self-reliant economy. It has to harness the national recourse for the benefit of the country and control national economy to ensure maximum welfare of the citizens and reduce the concentration of wealth on few hands.
If government does its part, the citizens will be duty bound to do their part and the country will be a better place for all. The police and government officials concerned about the burgeoning insecurity in the country in their public awareness campaign keep saying to Ghanaians “If you see something, say something,” as a way to fight crime, yet crime and criminality is on the increase.
This is because the public feel they have nothing to lose and does not want to give information to security agents that represent the same government that had abandoned them in poverty, hunger and starvation. This attitude can be checked by government prioritizing the wellbeing of the people and as the country prepares for next year’s election, it is up to Ghanaians to elect leaders that will prioritize their welfare or get stuck in the circle of poverty and deprivation, while the economy keeps deteriorating.
MAY GHANA REBOUND
