Why Won’t We Go To Libya?

I woke up one faithful morning to the sad news of indigenous Ghanaians and other Africans been molested and abused. These are Africans looking frail, emaciated and tired. I listened to the recounted horrifying tales of physical abuse, murder and robbery that they have suffered.

I saw people been hit by a gun and forced to crawl on their knees and whipped with belts whiles been called useless Africans. I overheard one of the victims in this recent Lybia experience saying they lost money from their jobs, Libyans could storm their rooms with guns and raped and abused their women but at the tail end it ended in praise because they were finally delivered.

Beloved, statistics have proved that as at April this year alone 37,000 refugees had entered Italy by sea with more than 1,000 dying along the route. Unfortunately, we had 127 Ghanaians returning from this torture back to Ghana but the question is how many Ghanaians were left dead, denied of basic human rights and freedom? We are only good in reporting the finest of the news but the ugly part that demands urgency and mind-wracking exercise is left ajar.

But the question is, is there not a cause to ‘rant’ as indicated by Ace Ankomah in his recent book? When we have an economy which consumes more imports than exports, why won’t we got to Libya? If you have an economy where graduates have an association called ‘unemployed graduates association of Ghana’, why won’t you go to Lybia?

Imagine you having a church where the poor are rusticated and only the rich are accommodated, why won’t we go to Lybia? You have a company that practices employee discrimination than equity. When the parent to the bride are demanding more than we can provide, why won’t we go to Libya? When the grace of God upon our lives are in less demand than the grades we acquired in school, why won’t we go to Libya? Anyway, let’s hope against hope like the Patriarch Abraham did.

Truth be told, inspite of those shocking news, people still say they won’t take chances if a Libyan opportunity comes their way. So ask yourself why indigenous Ghanaians and other Africans are leaving their mother land to become comfortable slaves in a strange land. Isn’t our structures and systems strong enough to keep our citizens? Aren’t our educational structures formidable enough to accommodate these future stars wasting by the sea shore?

Anyway, if you have an economy that spends more on software than human beings, you may be tempted to go to Libya and go through the torture than to stay in your homeland for a glooming future.

The responsibility lies on the government, the leaders of various corporate organizations, pastors of various churches, students in various schools, wives and husbands from various homes. We first must take responsibility of our lives first before leaving anything in the hands of the state. No government can change our story.

I end with a quote from Apostle Paul to Timothy..." godliness and contentment is great gain".If we cherish the little we have and keep our businesses, endeavors and projects with faithfulness, no matter how greener the other side looks, we won’t go there illegally or as slaves. Why? Because we can trust God for supply.

My condolences to all those who have lost loved ones through this crisis and sorry to the victims.God will sustain us

GOD BLESS AFRICA.
R. Duafah