THE GHANAIAN LEFT MUST TAKE A LEAF FROM THE BOOK OF THE BUSIA-DANQUAISTS!

Under the indirect rule system, the British colonialists used the progeny of the pre-colonial feudal elites, to maintain their iron grip, on their African colonies.

The system suited both parties perfectly, in the Gold Coast. And it was exploited by the descendants of the pre-colonial feudal elite (the Chiefs and the members of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC), to the hilt.

The UGCC, was, in the main, made up of people from the professions, and the business world: the majority of whom were descended from the pre-colonial feudal elites, of the various tribes, which made up what eventually became known, as the Gold Coast colony.

Their ultimate goal, was to eventually replace the departing British colonialists - whenever those racist colonisers, deigned it fit, to depart the shores of the Gold Coast: and rule the new nation that had won its independence, from Britain, till the very end of time.

They thought up a perfect scheme, to enable them achieve that goal: restricting the franchise to property owners and those who earned a wage, only ( the origins, dear reader, of the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) so-called property-owning democracy!).

Luckily for ordinary people, providence intervened: Dr. Nkrumah was invited from the UK, by the UGCC, to come and work for it, in the Gold Coast - arriving in the colony on 16th December, 1947.

Eventually, Dr. Nkrumah, who was an egalitarian, demanded that universal franchise be adopted for elections in the Gold Coast - and to show their appreciation, the masses voted massively, for Nkrumah and his party, the Convention Peoples Party (CPP): giving the party large parliamentary majorities, in the elections of 1951, 1954 and 1956.

The feudalists never forgave Nkrumah, and set about plotting to remove him from power, beginning with an aborted military coup plot, in 1958 - although Ghana was a multi-party democracy, at that stage, in her history.

Dr. J.B. Danquah and Dr.K.A. Busia, were both admirers of the English philosopher, Edmund Burke - who believed that civilised society ought to be ruled by a pre-ordained elite.

And as their world-view was underpinned by Burke's outrageous philosophy, the two sought to ensure that power was transferred from the British colonialists, to the successors of the pre-colonial feudal elite (the Chiefs and royals) - which, naturally, included both those ace quislings!

And it was the self-same reason, why, on March 14, 1956, Danquah and Nana Ofori Atta 11, were bold enough, to tell a visiting parliamentary delegation, that: "Party politics" was "an alien political form" which had, "created civil strife and violent dissension between father and son."

They went on to also say that if the colonial authorities did not show understanding for their position, Akim Abuakwa would secede and become a "sovereign and independent state with the only rival of the Ashanti country."

It was this disdain for ordinary people, which made them view the democratically-elected Convention Peoples Party (CPP) regime of Nkrumah, as an illegitimate regime, which had to be removed from power, by all possible means.

They were scornful of the CPP, dominated as it was by people from mostly humble family backgrounds (in stark contrast to their precious UGCC - which was led by the progeny of the pre-colonial feudal elite!).

And Danquah, ever the tribal supremacist, even had the effrontery to state that the CPP, had "Ntafuo" in it!

Nothing has changed: shades of Danquah's outrageous and derogatory reference to the Northerners in the CPP government, can be seen in many of the actions and utterances, of some of the NPP's powerful Akan tribal supremacists, who dominate that party, so completely, today.

A case in point being the complaint, by our globe-trotting current leader, that "Wa" was "too far away" - when there was an emergency there, which needed the presence of the nation's leader!

Yet, ironically, he doesn't mind travelling to the ends of the world - when it suits the gentleman, whom, the uncharitable, often refer to, as: "Our number one hypocrite."

Another example, is the disrespect shown to the current vice president, in not allowing him to succeed the president - although many point out that if his name had been Nana Osei Poku, instead of Alhaji Aliu Mahama, and he had been from Kokofu, his party would have found a way of making sure he would be unopposed, in the election, to become the NPP presidential candidate!

But I digress, dear reader! The Busia-Danquaists were never deterred by their many failures to bring the rule of Nkrumah to an end.

They continued destabilising the newly independent Ghanaian nation-state, in a series of terrorists bomb attacks, all aimed at assassinating Nkrumah: and removing him physically, from the Ghanaian political landscape.

Many ordinary Ghanaians lost their lives through those atrocities (including 300 schoolchildren).

And today, Obestebi-Lamptey, who had a significant hand, in those unspeakable and brutish acts, of crimes against humanity, has been posthumously rewarded, for his treasonable acts - with a ghastly chi-chi statute, in extreme bad taste: sited on a roundabout, built by Nkrumah; and now, incredibly, named after that ace tribalistic, self-seeker.


Those neo-colonialist reactionaries, also collaborated actively, with Western intelligence agencies to remove Nkrumah, by helping them to damage Ghana's economy - travelling world capitals, advocating the withholding of much needed economic assistance, to Ghana: to weaken its economy and make Nkrumah unpopular with the masses.

They finally succeeded, in February 1966 - when tragedy struck the black race: and traitors in the military and the police, paid US $13 millions (and promised more, if they succeeded in murdering Nkrumah!), to stage a military coup, carried out the bloodiest coup, Ghana has ever witnessed, in its history: effectively ending Africa's march to progress.

And, of course, as we all now know (after reading the relevant declassified CIA and the US State Department documents), Dr. Danquah, the quisling, not only toadied to the British, but was also a paid agent, of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), of America!

In the light of all that, dear reader, and now that Nkrumah's Ghana has finally been blessed by providence: and is soon to become a major oil producer, the time has come for the Ghanaian Left, to take a leaf, from the book, of the ruthless and reactionary stooges, for neo-colonialism, the Busia-Danquaists - and hoist them with their own petard, so to speak!

The Ghanaian Left, must also take the attitude that the stooges for neo-colonialism, must never be allowed, by ordinary people, to take control of a Ghana, which is a major oil producer, under any circumstances - to prevent foreign oil companies from ending up using a finite natural resource, to enrich themselves (with the active help of our greedy reactionary "neo-cons"), at the expense of the Ghanaian nation-state: as has been the case with our nation's gold deposits.

The Left must vow, that under no circumstances, will Ghana's oil wealth, ever be allowed to fall into the hands of the lackeys of neo-colonialism, and by extension, the Western powers, whose interests they constantly serve - at mother Ghana's expense.

As is common knowledge in Ghana, the Western powers, still actively collaborate with Ghanaian reactionaries (including many of the shameless mercenaries, in the Ghanaian media!): some of whom now control our nation - in order to enable Western capitalism to continue exploiting our nation's resources, for its own benefit.

The progressive forces in Ghana too, must therefore begin to work actively with progressive nations like Venezuela; Iran and China, to counter the help Ghana's reactionaries constantly get from the West, to enable them dominate our country, successfully.

As recent news reports about the stiff penalties imposed on a major US company, for bribing Nigerian officials, and evidence produced in a Norwegian law court show, Western capitalism (the Norwegian cement manufacturer, Scancem, in this instance!) constantly buys off reactionaries in Africa (including Ghana), to gain control of vital sectors of our economy.

Let the progressive forces in Ghana, therefore, also seek funding from Venezuela and Iran, to set up holding companies - which will buy up vital sectors of our economy: and help enrich ordinary workers, using the private public partnership (PPP) business model: and embrace private businesspeople, who are sensible enough to understand, that by giving a 10% stake in their companies, to their workers, all Ghanaians, will be able to share in the growth, of the real economy.

We must ensure that Ghana's oil wealth is used solely for social transformation in Ghana, so that amongst other things, as private businesses using the PPP business model thrive, for example, all Ghanaian workers, will have sufficient purchasing power, to enable the whole of society to prosper - for, the goods and services they purchase, will lift the real economy.

And above all, the Ghanaian Left must be bold enough to be prepared, in the final analysis, to use people power (the activities of the committee for joint action (CJA) is a perfect example, of such bold radicalism!), if need be, to remove the reactionaries from power, in Ghana - if that is what it will take to safeguard Ghana's oil wealth, from benefiting foreigners and their local lackeys, only.

The time has now come, dear reader, for the Left to adopt the same uncompromising attitude, that the reactionaries had, towards Nkrumah.

Right from the day Ghana attained its Independence, they regarded the legitimately elected government of the CPP, in power, in a nation that was a multi-party democracy; as a regime, which had no moral right, to rule Ghana - because in their view, the only legitimate government Ghana could have, was one composed of the progeny, of the pre-colonial feudal elite: who, in their view, were pre-ordained by God, to rule their nation.

Those ordinary Ghanaians, who today posit, that the only group that has a moral right to rule an oil-rich Ghanaian nation-state, are the progressive forces of the Left, are right: for, they share the same viewpoint, about the nature of the type of society, which Ghanaians ought to have, as the progressives who ruled our country, at the dawn of Independence, did.

It is a view of the nature of the society Ghanaians ought to have, which so resonated with ordinary people, that they voted overwhelmingly, to put the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) into power, in the 1956 elections - to enable that party realise it's vision of a just and modern African society: one that was fair and free, and existed for the good of all citizens.

The ordinary Ghanaian of today, too, also wants to see the establishment of an egalitarian society, in which the interests of all Ghanaians, irrespective of their social background or tribal group, determines government policy - not those of a powerful few, with greedy ambitions: the sine qua non of the politics of the hypocrites who now rule Nkrumah's Ghana!

Ordinary Ghanaians yearn for a return to a regime, which understands that a poor nation that wishes to develop, cannot afford not to give all its talented citizens, who have the aptitude to study to tertiary level, free education: and will therefore ensure that enough resources are made available by the Ghanaian nation-state, to achieve that end - to enable the Ghanaian society to progress rapidly, on all fronts: instead of dissipating our country's wealth, on presidential palaces, and presidential jets.

Ghanaians want a regime that is imaginative enough, to have wisdom to look at Ghana's oil industry, for example, in terms of making Ghana extract even more value, from her oil resources.

That will mean, for example, that instead of always thinking of selling our nation's assets, as the stooges for neo-colonialism currently ruling Nkrumah's Ghana, are wont to do, such a progressive regime, will rather think of harnessing the synergy, which exists between state-owned companies, including those in the energy sector.

Meaning that it will ensure that companies such as the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC); the state-owned Tema Oil Refinery (TOR); and the state-owned oil marketing company, GOIL, are merged to create an African oil giant - in the class of major oil multinationals, such as Shell.

Is that not one of the best ways, dear reader, of harnessing the tremendous goodwill created for Ghana throughout Africa, by Dr. Nkrumah's pan-Africanism - by striking deals with sister African nations, which will enable us penetrate markets in West Africa and beyond, in joint venture partnerships with governments on the continent - and make our oil resources benefit us even more?

We must end the mindless acceptance of the self-serving strictures of foreign interests: who know that the market liberalisation they foist on us, only leads to the impoverishment of ordinary Ghanaians - whiles the top 10% of society, prosper mightily, as they act in concert with Western capitalists: who are the only ones, who benefit from those nation-destroying policies, foisted on us, by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) . Period.

For, that is no way to run an African nation, which has so much going for it: such as today's Ghana - which has now discovered large quantities of oil, off its shores.

The masters of the universe, who have supervised the meltdown of vital state assets like the Volta River Authority (VRA), because of their short-sighted thinking, must not be allowed to return to power, after the December 2008 elections - lest they return to supervise the transfer of our oil wealth, into the hands of wealthy foreign shareholders, in London; New York; Frankfurt and Tokyo.

Would any visionary regime, not have seen the VRA's potential, for example - and acted to strengthen it, during its tenure?

Is it not an organisation, which could easily become an African energy powerhouse - if Ghana were to leverage the goodwill created for our nation, by Nkrumah's far-sighted support of many African nations, during their struggle for Independence?

Does the VRA's recent work in Liberia not clearly show its potential in that direction - and could it not be championed, to participate in the proposed scheme, to harness the energy of the River Congo, to benefit all of Africa - by creative leaders who think outside the box?

Yet, the highly-educated morons (many with PhD's!) who now dominate our country, have ended up, bringing it to its knees: simply to create the psychological climate for Ghanaians to accept the entry of independent power producers - from whom, as the uncharitable are wont to say, they will doubtless get their usual kickbacks! Hmmm, Ghana, asem ebaba debi, oo!

The Ghanaian Left must rescue Ghanaians from the clutches of the stooges for neo-colonialism, now running our country - before those incompetents end up turning ordinary people, into the slaves of foreigners, in their own land.

And progressive forces in Ghana must be prepared to do so by the sheer force of people power, if necessary - if that is the only way to rid ourselves of those who now seek to revive feudalism in Ghana.

And, ultimately, if the Left even has to act, as the stooges for Western imperialism did, in February 1966, to remove the legitimately elected government of Ghana, by force: in order to stop our oil wealth from being hijacked by foreigners ( with the active help of our self-seeking reactionary leaders), then so be it. Period.

May God bless and protect our homeland Ghana, always. Long live freedom! Long live Ghana!