GHANA COMMENTARIES, by Anna Esi Hanson

They are still at it o… I thought things would take a positive turn but rather sadly, it is only getting worse. I believe some people failed to make any positive new year’s resolutions. We are still being deceived.  A few weeks ago, I wrote an article challenging us all to get involved in the things that concern us; ‘The Passive Ghanaian: The need for a focus group’. In this article, I admonished us all to show interest in all that goes on around us notably what our governments claim to be doing for us. I believe that most of us are not doing our homework, whiles our news media, our partners in ensuring accountability in governance, keep failing us. For this reason, the charade continues. I particularly hate watching our local news, because embedded in its core, are scripts of falsehood. Yes, on the television, we are told that all kinds of projects are being initiated and executed. In our various offices, at our various workplaces, especially in the public sector however,

It is said in our local adage that ‘The one who climbs the good tree, gets the push’. Encouragement or praise ought to be given to the one who merits it. Rather than a push, some people in this nation deserve to be pulled down.   Our leadership keeps failing us and yet, instead of hitting the nail on the head in telling them of their failures, we have rather coined a decent name for these people, as though they merit it. They are being addressed as ‘honourable! I have thought about this issue, and cannot seem to wrap my head around it. Even when they show us gross disrespect, even when their promises are not being fulfilled, even when their behaviour is far from honourable, we still call them honourable! We keep calling them ‘honourable’, and yet, they are not honourable. How honourable is the honourable? Of course, they respond to it with feigned importance. Honourable is an adjective of the word ‘honour’, which is to have a quality that commands great respect or esteem,

"Ghana is our country. We have nowhere to go. This is where God has placed us and the earlier we realized this the better for all of us." Ako Adjei Most Ghanaians live in oblivion! Selective oblivion perhaps! We are oblivious to the fact that Ghana is not moving! Ghana needs to rise above her presumptuous middle age development status! I am doubtful of our economic status, because whenever I look around me, and whenever I consider our economic predicaments and perhaps level of institutionalization and professionalism in this nation, one thing becomes clear, Ghana has a long way to go! We live in self-professed or self-acclaimed glory! Our leaders tell us; oh, Ghana is doing great! All is well! The economy is growing! We are not doing badly at all! Inflation has been constant or stable, and then, the gullible Ghanaian believes! We take solace in their words! What is your standard of living? How much can you comfortably spend a day in this country? Most salaried wor