What exactly is Ghana’s Priorities – Education or Ceremonial awards?
While I appreciate the desperation of our current Government too fully acknowledge their own achievements, there are some reality checks which need to be done. I am also aware of the country’s desire to award service men and women for their great achievements. However, is this initiative an essential objective long planned by the Government or just a panic reaction (like President Bush deciding to try to ‘solve’ the Palestinian question in his last year as president after 7 years of ignoring the problem)? Ghana @ over 50 is still a real issue, there is still a lot to be done, as our process of development is a continuing one. What is Ghana’s precise strategy anyway? Who are we benchmarking our country against? This is Ghana, which calls its self-a poverty-stricken country, needing loans and aid to feed its people and finance its core strategic objectives. Is this the same country where most of its intellectuals are fleeing poverty to greener pastures and working conditions abroad? This
