May 2013 Be A Peaceful Year For Ghana & All Its People

Author's note; This piece was written on 23/12/2012. It is being posted today because I was unable to do so on the day.


Your average Ghanaian is  aspirational. For example, home ownership is a goal   that most Ghanaians work towards.


Education is also highly valued by Ghanaians - for the  life-changing opportunities and empowerment it provides  those who acquire it.


And depending on their religion,  Ghanaians, who are invariably  well-dressed, wear their very  best clothes  to church on Sundays,  and when celebrating major Islamic festivals.


It is this desire to better themselves that is one of the main reasons  why most Ghanaians value the peace and stability their country enjoys.


It is also one of the reasons why the vast majority of  Ghanaians  have  embraced multi-party democracy - which has become an important part of virtually every Ghanaian's life.


Perhaps those who say that the real winners of this year's presidential and parliamentary elections,  are the people of Ghana and their nation, do have a point indeed.


And as we enter the new year, one hopes that  all the members of our nation's political class will resolve to work more closely together,  to help put  Ghana on a path that will turn it into an efficiently-run and prosperous nation.


Above all, one wishes the hard-working people of Ghana, their nation and all its leaders a happy holiday season.


And may the year 2013 be yet another peaceful   year,  for the Ghanaian  nation-state  and all its citizens. Long may it  remain peaceful and stable - and continue to be a shining example to the rest of sub-Saharan Africa.


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