Is The One-Party State The Best Way To Economic Progress And Happiness For Ghana?
What is happening in Ghana has exposed Nkrumah’s false theories that one-party government is the best way to economic progress. Ghana’s bitter experience is clear for all to see. You know that the cost of living has been rising. You know that there has been scarcity of essential commodities, such as sugar, salt, fats, oils, onions and meat; that the cloths and consumer goods available in the people’s shops are very high in price. You know that whatever you wish to buy, be it food, or shoes, or belt or dress material, you have a limited range to choose from, if you have any choice at all. You know that private cars, lorries and public ‘buses have been standing idle for want of tyres or spare parts. You know that the crippling economic controls and the licence systems that were instituted have not only been used as instruments of corruption to enrich a few, but that they have failed to increase supplies, and have inflicted hardship on traders and consumers alike. Ghanaian traders are bei
