Despite the uncountable problems hovering over Ghana, there are those who by propaganda or pure absurdity continue to sing the “all things are well” song—and there are those who have kept their hands in-between their thighs, waiting for that divine intervention which will NEVER come.
As usual, there are those whose conscience cannot be bought, undermined, tricked and restrained with gibberish and multiple propagation of falsehood. One of such persons is a concerned USA based Ghanaian-K. Andam Jr, who has written an interesting letter to His Excellency-President John Mahama, outlining some of the key Ghanaian problems with suggested solutions.
It’s a lengthy piece, but it is worth a read….
Check the letter out below.
Letter to: His Excellency President John Mahama
Flag staff house, Accra
Republic of Ghana
Dear Mr. President of Ghana,
I write to request audience with your offices for the Ordinary People of Ghana whose votes got you your appointment as CEO of our country Ghana. As you may have realized or maybe not realized yet, we have been a very unhappy people over the past two years because of how terrible your government has managed the affairs of our country and its resources.
We are a country who is currently producing Oil in commercial quantities, ranked globally as a major producer of one of the most consumed commodity in the world (Cocoa), highly respected as a global producer of Gold, and have so many other Intellectual Assets for easy access to structured capital and financing without becoming dependent on international capital gangsters like the IMF, IFC, and the World Bank. Why can’t our human capital and tools at our disposal, and the abundant resources we have in our beautiful country be put into effective use and structure qualified and competent people to help manage them so that we can become a self sustained economy?
I have been sitting in my room wondering why we have so much given to us but always end up with terrible leaders and incompetent people to manage the affairs of the simplest GDP contributors to our national coffers. As a concerned Ghanaian, I would like to know what you and your team of non performing but wasteful executives plan to do to resolve Ghana’s financial woes and chaos that your government seems to enjoy creating?
I have been reading a lot about Ghana lately and lost two dinners to friends because of our world cup loss to the US which is upsetting to me. Now I have to buy steak for two Americans who are really determined to eat. I will send you pictures tomorrow of my dented wallet so that you can see the pain your match fixing executives have caused me. After reading comments of our fellow country men and women on the many websites and international mediums, I felt the need to write this personal letter to you to express my concerns about the direction that our country is currently headed economically, financially, and politically under your leadership.
