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28.07.2016 Feature Article

The Lazy Government

The Lazy Government
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Monday, 25th of July President John Dramani Mahama and a former Malawian President inaugurated the newly build Presidential Library in honour to late President Professor Atta-Mills.

For week Ghana’s President has been on his countrywide tour to “Account to the People”. This Tour is legally correct, morally and ethnically nothing but a Shame.

African Politicians like to unveil plagues at Schools, Kindergartens, Roads, Hospitals and alike. This Monday Tour to Cape Coast has not only cost a whole day for the President to be away from Office and perform his duty as a Thinker and Decided for the Republic of Ghana, but also a waste of time. Other Dignitaries lost a whole day of productivity in their Profession and companies. Does this Library put food on the table of the Poor in Ghana?

In Ghana, like in other African countries, nobody is counting the costs of such elaborate events by money spend on cars, fuel, food, canopies rented, chairs rented and productive time lost. Certainly the figures will reach hundreds of Millions of US Dollars each year. No Parliament Opposition will ever sit down and make a rough estimate of such costs to hold it against the present Government as they themselves enjoy sitting under the canopies in the shade and enjoy the company of other smiling sweating bodies not seen for long knowing their face will appear on TV stations for their Constituency to see.

The Minister of Education, Professor by title, had recently published a 5 Volume children book which raises serious concerns about her intellectual capacity but more so her commitment to dedicate her time working for her country entirely. Critics have alleged she uses her position as Minister to promote herself as an Author for a future after Politics.

To decide in Parliament about a Bill to be transformed into a law takes ages in Ghana. Money and time wasted while people die along the time line.

Ghana has no problem to use two Airplanes for the President of the Republic while at the same time the pregnant women in Upper East and Upper West have problems to safely reach the nearest Hospital to deliver the unborn baby with no complication. Mothers die on the road, farmers stand before their rotten harvest due to poor road infrastructure, children in Volta Region are sold as slaves into the Fishing Industry, pregnant young girls drop out of school starting the cycle of another family generation…all these while Politicians in Africa have no regard and respect for their own people, rather enjoy themselves in the midst of opulent Banquets under canopies after being driven in V6 and V8 Land Rovers and Land Cruisers. Their hearts are only beating for themselves and not for others.

Few weeks ago French President Francoise Hollande was criticized in the Media for spending each months US 10.000 on a Barber for his few hairs impossible for the Taxpayer to accept and for Germans a cause for good laughter. At the same time it must me said that the President cut the cost of the Elysee Palace, his Residence for Office, by 15% by which saving the Taxpayer money and did not encounter too much criticism among the French population.

A country that has money in excess to its needs has a right to spend Taxpayers money on luxury goods as the vineyard farmer in the Bible is clearly stating it.

We Whites are part of the African problem and misery allowing above things to happen instead of stopping AID money and Loan given. African Governments budget their financial structures around these two pillars not forcing them to change their approach to govern their countries. AID money kills more people when seen over a long period of 20 or more years compared to no AID money and no loan given. Loans given to finance the expenditures of a country like salaries, paying for fuel, in Ghana for buying Cocoa Beans (a yearly ritual, does Cocoa Board not make profit by buying and selling Cocoa Beans from Farmers and get money from Buyers in faraway countries?) puts these countries more and more into debts and for that reason into the hands of the loan givers.

Loans and AID money do not reach the people and projects 100% as anticipated, but end up partially in the pockets of various people. White Governments know this only too well and still engage in this false practices for which the European Tax Payer has to initiate Court Hearings against the mismanagement of public money as mandated in their various constitution. To close eyes towards these practices and get on with the job for the suffering poor man and woman in African villages to get at least something small, is the wrong strategy as it only extends the suffering of the most needed on the African Continent. White societies must finally stand up for the rights of the Needy in Africa by no longer given AID money and Loans like in the past, as Loans initiate a small change in African Administrations only as long as the contract is valid after which old habits see the light of the day again.

Responsibility for others does not lie in money, it lies in observation, acceptance of cultural and historic differences, respect for human beings in their vast differences and assisting them with right ideas that can make a change in the life of many in a country. Love and affection can often be demonstrated by not giving to the wrong people that come with a wrong mind in order just to waste precious time, resources and human lives.

Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi, Glorious Wave Church Int., Sakumono, Tema West, Ghana, only gives cars to the Church Members that are successful in life knowing they can handle a car well while the Needy struggle not only to find the right way in life forward and money for their daily bread, but as their mind set is only focusing on today and their daily bread instead of overcoming challenges and looking into the future to brighten up their lives.

GOD can only inspire people and step in once a human has done the first move. GOD never invented a Container but inspired the inventor for it and empower him to take on the job even being laughed about it by his peers. He accepted the assignment, moved ahead and today Containers are the state of the art transportation method. When wanting a country to change for the benefit of its citizen, ALL of them, only a Human can do that with brain, hands, sweat and determination.

The Bible was only written by Humans, not by GOD!

Author: Dipl.-Pol. Karl-Heinz Heerde, Sakumono Estate, Block D10, Aprt.9, Tema West, Ghana, phone +233(0)265078287, [email protected] , 26.07.2016

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