Give Ghana the Best Leadership

If Ghana were to follow the principles that I have laid down concerning democracy and the rule of law, this smaller country situated in the south of Sahara should be capable of maintaining peace and stability for the next 3000 years just like the Ancient Egyptians did. For the Ancient Egyptians enjoyed superb stability in more than three millennia because of the manner they organised themselves well and lived. But the only problem they faced was they spent too much time and energy with their dead and religion, which eventually squandered part of their precious time they could have spent on rendering positive developments and creative thinking. With these deficiencies being taken away now from the society of modern Egyptians' lives, they could enjoy adequate prosperous lives and healthy living by concentrating only on giving birth and burying their dead in the next three millennia, just as the stars in the heavens do continuously. As major creative bodies in space, the stars only give birth and die constantly, a unique experience to emulate than these gods who sanctioned the use of conflicts to cause deep sorrow and contentions on the planet earth. These latter bodies are not to be emulated again, in connection with how humans should live in the future world by people that want to enjoy stability and live meaningful lives on the new earth and new heavens.

The world as a whole also could be partakers of the extraordinary peace and stability, which my theories that have already been propounded in the books The Security of Nations (2008) and War Psychiatry: Contemporary Theories on War Disorders (2010), offer. At least for the next 4000 years, by following this blueprint there would never be any major escalation that would engulf the whole world if all the principles provided in these books were to be followed and implemented. It simply asserts that the time has come for the citizens of the world not to shirk their responsibilities in connection with the management of the world affairs, to allow only a few groups and their leaders to steer and lead through manipulation and the use war to cause agitation and colossal deaths. The world needs to be seriously taken care of by all major actors from different parts of the globe that reside in the world, never to allow these people from few countries to use the weapon the manner they want to steer and dominate in a haphazard manner. The inability to be participators and to lead in a bold and honourable way could cause unnecessary injuries in the world, like it took place in the recent World Wars 1 and 2 and also during the Napoleonic wars in Europe. What we experienced in these periods in the world should never be allowed to repeat itself again. But it can only be achieved if we emulate the manner Ancient societies lived prior to the influx and advent of the sea people, who had caused colossal harm and catastrophe to the planet earth by making sure that superb civilisations that used to thrive well become extinct. These were done in order for them to thrive and seize all properties that belonged to these innocent people for themselves. So much for this now. Let us concentrate on Ghana and its future leadership.

In this 21st century of world politics, a new trend of managing affairs which includes a new class of leadership is required in order to generate trust and confidence for the citizens. Yes, we have gradually moved away from heroic wars, dictatorship and the rule of tyranny eras, but have we successfully come out from the stage of inability to choose the right leader to lead who could move the country into the right direction? The one person who shall manage the economy well to be enjoyed by the whole country and so it shall not be shared among his few friends, family, and relatives as if they are living among the hordes in barbarian antiquity.

Recently, I watched a documentary film about how Japan in the 1800s, with a little over one million pounds loan from Britain could turn the country and its people to erect good structures as well as completed their railways to become a super industry in their country. Another documentary film showed how China (20th century) with just over 50 billion US dollars could transform Shanghai to become the Wall Street in the Far East. When one watches such films and the show of accomplishments made by these countries in the same universe of ours, it begins to dawn on one to ponder over the manner tremendous resources that have been wasted in this country. These films remind us that we should be careful in connection with which person we choose to lead the country and, moreover, we should weigh strongly who could be a good leader or not, during this coming election.

What Ghana needs is a good leader who could follow the footsteps of a few former leaders, these leaders who made good use of the scanty resources we had during their tenure as presidents to achieve maximum efficiency in the country. Yes, leadership is important for any country, for a nation that elects someone who cannot build, plant, improvise to make available those resources we have to help citizens will just be a waste. Without good leadership, a nation may have 50 billion USD in its corridor, yet she may be going out to borrow 3 billion from abroad to engage in developments. What kind of development would that be? She may be lacking good housing to house its poor citizens, but yet she may be building unnecessary office buildings to house its party, which to the people and nation as whole it does not comprise part of immediate needs in the country. These things had happened in Ghana on sundry occasions when dictators had taken power because certain people and the people of Ghana as a whole had not done their jobs well.

Let those who cannot make use of our rich resources to turn things around give way to those who providence has brought them to lead this nation and to lead and usher the people of Ghana into new development heights. We do have enormous rich resources, but leadership problem, poor leadership and the inability to make way for those who could lead have caused this country's downfall.

Now, who ever wins the next general election must be able to follow the footsteps of past leaders to use the resources judiciously in order to create certain needed developments in the country that shall instil confidence in the people at home and those of foreign investors who want to come. There should be more investments in housing; this, in fact should not be the headache of the private citizen, it should be the responsibility of the government together with individual companies that should make provision for the people to hire or rent. Developments in these areas should ensure that all our streets, especially the ones in the major cities, are tarred. The infrastructure in these areas should be developed as well as it should be maintained regularly. Whatever magic can be ascertained from without in connection with how the streets at Accra could be cleared from refuse and litters should be secured. Probably the introduction of a new General hygiene course in the schools purposely to educate both school children and their parents should be organised to teach them with regards to how to take care of the environment they live in and cherish.

While we are taking good care of our schools and the universities, that is, giving the best policies to encourage and help developments in these areas, which also include pumping money into research centres, institutes, and polytechnics, we should not neglect the traditional manner of training our mechanics, masons, carpenters, and etc. A new board should be founded whereby those mechanics and those that had undergone traditional apprentices, could be examined orally and be awarded certificates that could be used in the new emerging industrial sectors. With a little push, the amalgamation of these traditional sectors together with the formal sectors could enable citizens in these areas to offer help in the industrialisation Ghana wants to accomplish in the near future. These groups of people helped the Far East to become what it is today. In the Industrial Revolution, many of these apprentices contributed a great deal to many nations in the West to achieve what they accomplished during the 18th/19th century. We should not neglect this vital sector which had rendered important services to the nation even when the dictators were running away with huge sums of money from the country to be deposited abroad and the neighbouring countries.

Finally, we must be able to create a peaceful atmosphere that will make potential investors from outside to see that we are capable of fulfilling as a nation to be among those that create and manufacture. Do not be deceived by Old politician or outdated politicians who can contribute nothing beyond what they had already offered most of their lives to the country. Let them know that it is time they retired to give way to people with new and challenging ideas that would keep the country going. Reject all their manipulations, whether it is money, old and dormant ideas and stingy influences that still keep Ghana marking time like the tortoise. Be prepared to take a new direction where the use of science and teamwork could set this nation to climb high as it has been predicted by some of our visionary forbears. Ghana has potential of accomplishing all the goals that have been set up before us by our forbears. With drastic reduction in war and arms race now in the world, use the capital available to invest in good infrastructure such as the railway, city rails, housing, schools, polytechnics, science and research centres, and good roads to make the citizens mobile and free. These developments will help Ghana to attract foreign investments in the country and shall provide confidence that the country has divorced all its past trouble with bad leadership and instabilities in certain areas of the public sector. New generation leaders have to take over from the trial and error leaders who are tuned to the past and have nothing tangible to offer.

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