I Am In Grief Over The Terrible State Of Ghana

I am in grief, not because I have unexpectedly lost someone during the coronavirus pandemic but because of the terrible state of my beloved Ghana.

Even though I am not wearing any sackcloth and ashes to signify my grief according to the Judeo-Christian faith, my spirit is.

Ghanaians in Ghana, see things differently than those in the Diaspora, this is something I have said many times.

Real Ghanaians in the Diaspora, excluding the nepotists, will agree that Ghana is in a very bad and fragile state that its economy may likely take five or more years to heal.

It seems to me that many Ghanaians in that country are yet to see the trouble they are in and the tough political and economic challenges the country faces under the leadership of the current president, Nana Akufo Addo.

How long will it take Ghanaians to acknowledge the fact that Ghana is dead, therefore, the country is not progressing?

If the religious communities in Ghana are waiting to see miracles from heaven to give them comfort, that will never happen because God has already provided what the country needs.

Yes, the omnipotent God has provided Ghana with cocoa, bauxite, gold, diamond, timber, and many other rich resources, so He has nothing special to do for you again.

It’s up to Ghanaians to find an intelligent and industrious leader to enhance the country’s resources for development and to create more jobs for the thousands of unemployed.

I am in the same grief as Jacob when Joseph's brothers deceived him that their brother is dead after selling him as a slave

And until Ghana gets such a leader, Ghanaians will continue to suffer, wallow in abject poverty, experience high prices of commodities, including fuel, and a high rate of unemployment.

Ghana is under heavy debt at the moment, so, before you think the country has hope, think first of how debts affect a country.

A country's external debt harms the national economy, thus; that external debt of the state becomes a huge burden for the national economy of the country because when it is paid out, a significant part of the money goes out of the country's budget.

The lower the debt is the chances of the country having enough money for development and to create jobs.

In this case, based on current Ghana's debt, which is over GHS355bn, if payment is made yearly or not, it goes out from the country’s budget, which affects the economy.

So if the Vice-President, Mahamudu Bawumia is promising Ghanaians that the depressed economy will be fixed this year, is just a fairy tale or Ananse’s story.