The Government Must Sit Up

After Ghana gained her independence in 1957, everybody thought managing our own affairs was going to help the nationals live better in their homeland. Becoming the first sub-Saharan African country to achieve independence was a very big plus for the country. Not only is the nation endowed with natural resources like gold, bauxite, diamond among others, the nationals are also hardworking and patriotic.

In recent times our motherland has experienced a lot of challenges, the worst being economic challenge. A lot of Ghanaians now live below the poverty line. Hoping that education can help secure jobs, a lot of the youth have attained university education at unbearable costs. However, the certificates awarded to most youth have failed to secure jobs for them, leading to a very high rate of unemployment in the country. It has become clear to the modern youth that “Our leaders told us that education is the key to success but they changed the padlock when we were in school.” Where is the old padlock to success? I believe the only way for our education to provide the keys to success is for the government to sit up. How should the government sit up then?

First of all the government must put an eagle eye on the public service workers. Research has shown that most public servants work to their own comfort. They work anyhow saying “this is government work and I will not overwork myself and die.” The result is the lackadaisical attitude among most public servants. Yet, we hardly see a public official being dismissed. The situation goes a long way to encourage corruption and negative work attitude in the public sector. The government must monitor her workers closely and make sure that the country recovers the losses in the public sector due to negative work attitude. The money recovered can be used to create job opportunities for the unemployed.

Secondly, the government needs to sit up in her efforts in fighting corruption. We are in a country where corruption is as common as anything. The monies the country loses due to bribery and corruption is alarming. It is strongly believed that if these monies are recovered, more employment opportunities can be created.

Again the government must sit up in policy formation. Policies must be formulated to enhance the development of the private sector. The government alone cannot create all the jobs needed by the youth. The private sector should be a congenial environment to develop so that they can help reduce the unemployment rate.

In conclusion, the youth in the country are expecting the government to sit up in the above areas so that soon there will be a change, the change we are all anticipating.

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