The Polarisation Of Ghana Must Not Persist Beyond 2016

 The polarised nature of present-day Ghanaian society must not be allowed to persist beyond 2016. Our nation needs to elect a new leader in 2016 - someone who is a unifying force and whose competent leadership will enable our country to prosper.

That unfortunate polarisation is a major stumbling block holding back the transformation of our country. It results from the intense rivalry between the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), and the largest opposition party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

Alas, it also holds the seeds for the destruction of our homeland Ghana - if allowed to continue. For that reason,  the sooner the ordinary people of Ghana freed their country from the iron grip of those two polarising and corrupt political parties, the better it will be for them.

Ghana will never move ahead if those two parties continue to dominate our nation's politics. Until they reform themselves and become transparent entities, they must never be allowed to lead our nation again.

Hardline cliques dominate both parties. They are made up of ruthless and powerful individuals,  whose only goal is to win and hold on to power - to enable them  enjoy the spoils of office: as opposed to serving the ordinary people of Ghana and protecting the national interest at all material times.

 Those selfish politicians are the main drivers of the never-ending negativity that is slowly driving a wedge between the ordinary people who support the two parties - and is gradually destroying Ghanaian democracy.

Since the 4th Republic came into being, many independent-minded Ghanaians, have gained the impression that the main wish  of the hardliners who dominate the political parties opposed to each government of the day,  is  that the nation's economy will experience a downturn: and that there will be widespread misery in the country, to ensure that the opposition wins power at the next presidential and parliamentary elections.

Such is the intensity of the  rivalry between the two major parties, and the egregious nature of its overall effect on society that many independent-minded Ghanaians,  now accuse them of regularly resorting to sabotage on a grand scale, when not in office.

The conspiracy theorists in our midst constantly point to today's many  strikes by public-sector employees and the steady deterioration in the quality of services provided by public-sector entities,  as evidence of this destructive behaviour.

 Clearly, we need a new type of politics in Ghana - one in which individuals go into politics to serve their country and ordinary people: not to enrich themselves at the expense of our nation and its people.

 Some of  us are now thoroughly fed up with, and  tired of, the nation-wrecking antics of the greedy-asset-strippers party,  the NPP,  and the create-loot-and-share party, the NDC.

The fact of the matter is that Ghana must become a united and disciplined nation, free of high-level corrution,  if it is to succeed. We have no choice.

The Hon. Kennedy Adjapong MP, is reported to have stated recently  that we need to elect individuals of substance who have achieved success in their own  lives to lead our country. He is right - but they must also be individuals of  unquestioned integrity.

Such an individual could lead a government of national unity after the December 2016 elections - and tap the best talents in the land, irrespective of their party backgrounds, to move Ghana forward.

 Better still, such a leader ought to be a politician prepared to  publicly publish his or her assets (and that of his or her spouse), and publish his or her filed tax returns, as well as  publicly publish the sources of funding  for the party he or she leads.

And he or she must be able to demonstrate the ability to create jobs and successful  private-sector businesses - by pointing to their own existing  successful businesses.

 Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom is just such a politician. He has demonstrated an adherance to good governance principles, in the management of the party he founded a little over two years ago, the Progressive People's Party (PPP) - the only political party in Ghana that is underpinned by an ethos of transparency.

We cannot continue to allow our nation to be held back by polarising and Machiavellian politicians, like those who dominate the NDC and NPP.  A divided nation can never grow and prosper.  That is why we must have a government of national unity after the 2016 elections.

It is time we elected a competent and successful businessperson to lead our nation and ensure that the transformation of the national economy begins. Ghana PLC must succeed - and thrive.

 In terms of personal achievement, few politicians in the Ghana of today, can equal the achievements of Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom. He has demonstrated that he can create tens of thousands of meaningful jobs and create substantial wealth that actually remains in Ghana.

 A politician who publishes his or her personal net worth, as well as  the source of funding for the party he or she  leads, is the perfect leader to reform our corrupt and byzantine system - especially when that politician's motto is: "Biakoye. Mpuntudjuma. Oman nnokodo". 

 As president, Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom could very well end the polarisation of Ghanaian society. Let us try him in 2016. It is a view I have now come round to after much introspection - and for patriotic reasons.

 For the sake of present and future generations,  the polarisation of Ghanaian society must not be allowed to continue beyond 2016. Let us rid Ghana of the baleful influence of the NDC-NPP mafioso slowly destroying Ghana with their selfishness and corrupt ways.

Above all, before all our nation's oil wealth is dissipated by those corrupt and polarising NDC-NPP politicians,  let us elect Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom as President,  in 2016,  for real change -  and for the transformation of Ghana into a prosperous society in which important decisions are arrived at by consensus to begin in earnest. A word to the wise...