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Feature Article of 2014-11-30
Some schools in Tamale have no tables and chairs for their pupils It now comes to light in the wake of the cocaine saga, revealing information popping is out about the brother of the President’s brother Ibrahim Mahama, Chief Executive Officer of Engineers and Planners. It appears the Mahama families are living well and money is not a problem. I am just probing and analysing into the information captured on ghanaweb.com 27/11/2014 in which Ibrahim Mahama reported that he has been a businessman for many years, working very hard like many others to earn a decent living for family and myself. Illicit drugs are a no go area for me he concluded. It has also transpired that the brother of the President has such wealth including his own private plane has which has no red mark on its door. I see that these days some businessmen in Ghana do their own private planes. This is great news! Perhaps I am not figuring what is actually happening in Ghana with the economic progress and economic success, which has pushed some people like Ibrahim Mahama, owns his own jet though? It is not a crime but a displaced priority amidst poverty. My big question is, why then is our President wasting the taxpayers’ money jetting the globe in search of loans from the developed countries to sort our domestic affairs when there are already richer stakeholders luring around within Ghana. At least the interest such loans would free or at most very minimal. May be his thoughts are rational! In any case we have a case here, the brother of the President owns his own private jet and appears to be one of the very rich businessmen in Ghana on a decent salary as the Chief Executive Officer of Engineers. On the other hand too, we have children in the same country children who are being rented out for domestic purpose by the middle class because no provision in our system to address their basic needs. For example “ child benefit” for all children and their families to alleviate the pains and suffering these go through. Everyone knows we are a rich in natural resources yet so many of our own people are unemployed and live in poverty. Some of our politicians have no clues about the determinants of health, which would have helped them in appreciating the agonies this group encounter every day in their attempts in escaping poverty. Our country is one of the most densely populated countries in West Africa. The wealthy men still out chasing younger women with a mission to further worsen the situation. As we read in our media daily some politicians have turned the political scene into a money making machine using dubious ways and tactics in duping state asset thus making Ghana poorer and poorer thus becoming heavily indebted at the expense of the vulnerable and disadvantaged people. I will like to think that our politicians truly want to make a difference for our motherland. Three regions in the North are particularly very deprived and suffering leaving many concerned NGOs to genuinely chip in in an attempt to alleviate pains and suffering of these group of people. Children and pregnant mothers are dying because no provision has been made for them even in the current Budget Statement are still unable to afford healthcare. It is not the fault of some of our politicians as some of them have the basic requirements needed for such post. The voters say they like a someone they never check the qualifications of a politicians. The only thing they check if whether politicians are rich enough and but to find out the wider aspects of a particular individual for example whether they have made a difference in their own community because if he has then he would apply the same principles in when in a higher office. Presently, a significant percentage of people die in Ghana caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation. Water aid organisation have noted that 3 million people have no clean water and their only choice is to collect dirty water from unsafe sources in this 21st century in Ghana. The 2015 Budget Statement read some few weeks ago was a fire fighting and sinkhole one with no provision made within it to address issues of concerns address in the article. Let’s reflect on the plight of these group of people caught up in these scenarios mentioned earlier. I am referring to the disadvantaged young children, young adult and their families due to disabilities / lack of education. These groups are still ending up on our high streets as professional beggars or hawkers and opportunistic petty thieves. Some also suffer mental health issues. I would like to think that the Minister of Finance considered them in his Budget, as they are not his identified 800 orphans. Was any provision made any provision in his Budget Statement to address these issues? When you go up and down our rural areas children are being educated under the trees with no risk assessment or assessment of the quality of teaching, teachers are not paid so busy transacting their petty business instead of teaching the pupils. Yet those some out there who can easily afford to help communities if they take up their quota of social responsibility but are not. Close to your heart to Ibrahim Mahama’s own town where children are being educated in classrooms without tables and chairs. As a Northerner one would like to think that this gentleman would be working on towards his social responsibility contributions is making a difference there. He said he has been a businessman for many years, working very hard like many others to earn a decent living for family and myself. So the obvious would be taking up his social responsibilities to help in alleviating the sufferings already discussed. There so much poverty in the North and with his expertise in engineering one would thought a rich Northerner may like to emulate the English gentleman Richard Branson is providing a railway service in the U.K by also attempting a similar service from Accra to the North. Would this be a brilliant initiative perhaps? Thus such initiative would have helped in reducing the inequalities some people in the North face daily due to lack of effective communication. It would also help in creating jobs and reduced the number of young energetic hopefuls who end slaving themselves in the south. This would be seen as giving something back into ones own community. May be Accra means everything to some Northerners these days whiles may chose to forget their roots. Any genuine successful hard working businessman would be measured against what they have achieved in giving something back to their community. The trend still continues as young people from the North are risking their lives rushing to the South in search of new opportunities. It is everyone’s responsibility ensure that the there is regeneration in the North and children and young people have some hope to achieve their full potential in life. The plight of this disadvantaged group in the North needs to be acknowledged by the Minister of Finance and factor this in the Budget so that we see drastic reductions of the exodus, as currently it remains unchallenged. I would like to think that Ghana is not going down hill in developmental terms. Why were we in too much of a hurry to become an independent country in the first place? Kwame Nkrumah was selfish but only was one of a kind. He never owned his own private plane or did he? Currently we are seeing some politicians who are not fit for purpose yet accepting higher position and then later on reflection publicly say they regret accepting their position. Why? Some don’t even have the qualification, which give politicians that sounded trend of thoughts in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE). This is a degree programme is rooted in the view that to understand social phenomena one must approach them from several complementary disciplinary directions and analytical frameworks. The study of philosophy is considered important because it both equips students with meta- tools such as the ability to reason rigorously and logically and facilitates ethical reflection. The study of Policitcs is considered necessary because it acquaints students with the institutions that govern society and help solve collective action problems. Last but not least is studying Economics which is seen as vital in the modern world because political decisions often concern economic matters, and government decisions are often influenced by economic events. So why are some of our policiticians not got this basics. Many of our politicians are Mr and Mrs nice guys not fit for purpose therefore not astute to the wider aspects of being a politician other than the obvious to make a Million dollars . Because of this short coming many are not challenging enough to reject a sinkhole budget statement. Ghana do not need a Mr or Mrs Nice guys any more and should not be voted into office. Brillaint leadership qualities is what is needed to take the country forward. Poverty in Ghana is not acceptable in this 21st century any longer and must be challenged by all political parties. Our Parliament must have the Gantt chart to seriously tackle the inequalities the country is facing on a 5 year programme to ensure that every child and pregant woman receive the best health in their community. The budget statement did not address this area at all? Either we have a second Budget Statement or not future Budget Statement must tackle and address all these concerns. The Minister of Finance either delibrately missed early years development or is not aware of the problems they are facing. The needs of the early years is equally as essential as those in SHS and further education. It grieves ones heart when we see afluent indivudals who claim they are hard working individuals but fails to think of the wider world around them therefore not making any efforts towards their social responibilities. In life we are all entitle to 3 scores and 10 anything else is a bonus . So should we not be working towards scoring points for our next world where accountability is not amassing wealth and living comfortably but playing a role in acccepting our individual social responsibility and improving the lives of the younger generations. Yes indeed ! This is our only way of securing a free ticket for a more secured comfortable retirement home upwards to heaven. Ghana is full of greedy lots who would use dubious means to be acknowledge in society as rich men and women. Forgetting theat when we die we eveything behind as “nyemanye ma” ie useless waste..
Feature Article of 2014-11-30
Some schools in Tamale have no tables and chairs for their pupils It now comes to light in the wake of the cocaine saga, revealing information popping is out about the brother of the President’s brother Ibrahim Mahama, Chief Executive Officer of Engineers and Planners. It appears the Mahama families are living well and money is not a problem. I am just probing and analysing into the information captured on ghanaweb.com 27/11/2014 in which Ibrahim Mahama reported that he has been a businessman for many years, working very hard like many others to earn a decent living for family and myself. Illicit drugs are a no go area for me he concluded. It has also transpired that the brother of the President has such wealth including his own private plane has which has no red mark on its door. I see that these days some businessmen in Ghana do their own private planes. This is great news! Perhaps I am not figuring what is actually happening in Ghana with the economic progress and economic success, which has pushed some people like Ibrahim Mahama, owns his own jet though? It is not a crime but a displaced priority amidst poverty. My big question is, why then is our President wasting the taxpayers’ money jetting the globe in search of loans from the developed countries to sort our domestic affairs when there are already richer stakeholders luring around within Ghana. At least the interest such loans would free or at most very minimal. May be his thoughts are rational! In any case we have a case here, the brother of the President owns his own private jet and appears to be one of the very rich businessmen in Ghana on a decent salary as the Chief Executive Officer of Engineers. On the other hand too, we have children in the same country children who are being rented out for domestic purpose by the middle class because no provision in our system to address their basic needs. For example “ child benefit” for all children and their families to alleviate the pains and suffering these go through. Everyone knows we are a rich in natural resources yet so many of our own people are unemployed and live in poverty. Some of our politicians have no clues about the determinants of health, which would have helped them in appreciating the agonies this group encounter every day in their attempts in escaping poverty. Our country is one of the most densely populated countries in West Africa. The wealthy men still out chasing younger women with a mission to further worsen the situation. As we read in our media daily some politicians have turned the political scene into a money making machine using dubious ways and tactics in duping state asset thus making Ghana poorer and poorer thus becoming heavily indebted at the expense of the vulnerable and disadvantaged people. I will like to think that our politicians truly want to make a difference for our motherland. Three regions in the North are particularly very deprived and suffering leaving many concerned NGOs to genuinely chip in in an attempt to alleviate pains and suffering of these group of people. Children and pregnant mothers are dying because no provision has been made for them even in the current Budget Statement are still unable to afford healthcare. It is not the fault of some of our politicians as some of them have the basic requirements needed for such post. The voters say they like a someone they never check the qualifications of a politicians. The only thing they check if whether politicians are rich enough and but to find out the wider aspects of a particular individual for example whether they have made a difference in their own community because if he has then he would apply the same principles in when in a higher office. Presently, a significant percentage of people die in Ghana caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation. Water aid organisation have noted that 3 million people have no clean water and their only choice is to collect dirty water from unsafe sources in this 21st century in Ghana. The 2015 Budget Statement read some few weeks ago was a fire fighting and sinkhole one with no provision made within it to address issues of concerns address in the article. Let’s reflect on the plight of these group of people caught up in these scenarios mentioned earlier. I am referring to the disadvantaged young children, young adult and their families due to disabilities / lack of education. These groups are still ending up on our high streets as professional beggars or hawkers and opportunistic petty thieves. Some also suffer mental health issues. I would like to think that the Minister of Finance considered them in his Budget, as they are not his identified 800 orphans. Was any provision made any provision in his Budget Statement to address these issues? When you go up and down our rural areas children are being educated under the trees with no risk assessment or assessment of the quality of teaching, teachers are not paid so busy transacting their petty business instead of teaching the pupils. Yet those some out there who can easily afford to help communities if they take up their quota of social responsibility but are not. Close to your heart to Ibrahim Mahama’s own town where children are being educated in classrooms without tables and chairs. As a Northerner one would like to think that this gentleman would be working on towards his social responsibility contributions is making a difference there. He said he has been a businessman for many years, working very hard like many others to earn a decent living for family and myself. So the obvious would be taking up his social responsibilities to help in alleviating the sufferings already discussed. There so much poverty in the North and with his expertise in engineering one would thought a rich Northerner may like to emulate the English gentleman Richard Branson is providing a railway service in the U.K by also attempting a similar service from Accra to the North. Would this be a brilliant initiative perhaps? Thus such initiative would have helped in reducing the inequalities some people in the North face daily due to lack of effective communication. It would also help in creating jobs and reduced the number of young energetic hopefuls who end slaving themselves in the south. This would be seen as giving something back into ones own community. May be Accra means everything to some Northerners these days whiles may chose to forget their roots. Any genuine successful hard working businessman would be measured against what they have achieved in giving something back to their community. The trend still continues as young people from the North are risking their lives rushing to the South in search of new opportunities. It is everyone’s responsibility ensure that the there is regeneration in the North and children and young people have some hope to achieve their full potential in life. The plight of this disadvantaged group in the North needs to be acknowledged by the Minister of Finance and factor this in the Budget so that we see drastic reductions of the exodus, as currently it remains unchallenged. I would like to think that Ghana is not going down hill in developmental terms. Why were we in too much of a hurry to become an independent country in the first place? Kwame Nkrumah was selfish but only was one of a kind. He never owned his own private plane or did he? Currently we are seeing some politicians who are not fit for purpose yet accepting higher position and then later on reflection publicly say they regret accepting their position. Why? Some don’t even have the qualification, which give politicians that sounded trend of thoughts in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE). This is a degree programme is rooted in the view that to understand social phenomena one must approach them from several complementary disciplinary directions and analytical frameworks. The study of philosophy is considered important because it both equips students with meta- tools such as the ability to reason rigorously and logically and facilitates ethical reflection. The study of Policitcs is considered necessary because it acquaints students with the institutions that govern society and help solve collective action problems. Last but not least is studying Economics which is seen as vital in the modern world because political decisions often concern economic matters, and government decisions are often influenced by economic events. So why are some of our policiticians not got this basics. Many of our politicians are Mr and Mrs nice guys not fit for purpose therefore not astute to the wider aspects of being a politician other than the obvious to make a Million dollars . Because of this short coming many are not challenging enough to reject a sinkhole budget statement. Ghana do not need a Mr or Mrs Nice guys any more and should not be voted into office. Brillaint leadership qualities is what is needed to take the country forward. Poverty in Ghana is not acceptable in this 21st century any longer and must be challenged by all political parties. Our Parliament must have the Gantt chart to seriously tackle the inequalities the country is facing on a 5 year programme to ensure that every child and pregant woman receive the best health in their community. The budget statement did not address this area at all? Either we have a second Budget Statement or not future Budget Statement must tackle and address all these concerns. The Minister of Finance either delibrately missed early years development or is not aware of the problems they are facing. The needs of the early years is equally as essential as those in SHS and further education. It grieves ones heart when we see afluent indivudals who claim they are hard working individuals but fails to think of the wider world around them therefore not making any efforts towards their social responibilities. In life we are all entitle to 3 scores and 10 anything else is a bonus . So should we not be working towards scoring points for our next world where accountability is not amassing wealth and living comfortably but playing a role in acccepting our individual social responsibility and improving the lives of the younger generations. Yes indeed ! This is our only way of securing a free ticket for a more secured comfortable retirement home upwards to heaven. Ghana is full of greedy lots who would use dubious means to be acknowledge in society as rich men and women. Forgetting theat when we die we eveything behind as “nyemanye ma” ie useless waste..
