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Reflecting on the articles springing up from Ghana web.com educated Ghanaians in diaspora are now realising that Ghana is missing out on global opportunities.

Many Ghanaians do study and cramp in so many credentials to their names. How about implementation to demonstrate their qualifications in the real world! This is when it becomes questionable?

Ghanaians in Diaspora have been exposed to strategic thinking in the well developed countries are now beginning to ask questions why Ghana is still failing to grasp the nettle.

All we need is any Government that runs the country to endeavour to work in partnership with Ghanaians in key positions globally as Chief Executives, Directors and Managers. Encourge the various embassies all over the world to have a skill audit and hobbies of Ghanaians in diaspora and tap into them when need arises.

Thanks goodness we now have the Minister for the Diaspora's. Thumb up for the current Government of this initiaitive and the freedom of speech.
On the other hand Ghanaians would prefer if the Minister makes himself more conspicuous and accessible when we visit home to drop in vital connections needed for our revival from the Phoenix.

It would be helpful if there is an appointment system in place in his office or phone number or email to ensure an effective and efficient system of communications.

Diaspora want Ghana to succeed and we are happy to engage in any partnership deals with the Government at a discount rate rather than employing foreign consultants who do not have a wider understanding about our culture and our aspirations.

Ghana needs to embrace all our brothers and sisters all over the globe whether through slavery or not to think of home and share their knowledge and experiences to promote Ghana as a nation.

Everyone is important and no one needs to feel that someone else is more important than him or her.

Even a street cleaner in the Western world has something to offer to better Ghana because he or she thinks differently and have the inside knowledge than anyone else about street cleanliness and a more appropriate method for our systems.

There should be equal opportunity for everyone and respect people chosen field of professionalism.

In the previous years, people have looked down on the poor within our society . The tables could turn at any given time and these poor and vulnerable given the right abckup in education where ever they get it become the policy makers, or world travellers as struggle to make a difference to their families. Where as the rich children relies on their parent's wealth and perishes like a fruit of the tree.

This is why things are so different in Ghana when wwe compare ourselves to the rest of the world . We are self-believers in making it to the top by hook or crook without relying on the state benefits.

Why should we as a nation be classified third world country when Ghana is supplying intellectuals to well-developed countries with a creditable workforce of scholars' etc.

Is it because Ghana loves to be classified as poverty stricken country to earns greater loans and aids?

Ghana has not excuse to be poverty stricken when it is surround by such wealth of natural resources.

Shame on us all for allowing this to happen due to our laziness to grasp the following

Seizing the future through industrialisation and technological advancement, mass education of our workforce

Lack of our government in leading people through global change.

Our lack of holding Government and individuals organisation to accounts instead of saying it does not matter and rather focusing that it would be better one day. Continued    Source: Mercy Adede Bolus

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