Despite Its Many Challenges, Ghana Certainly Does Have A Future - If Ordinary People Refuse To Allow Politicians To Destabilise Their Nation

Does Mother Ghana have a bright future - despite its many challenges? Yes, it certainly does - in one's humble  view. The talent pool - in all areas of our national life - amongst our younger generations, is world-class: and truly amazing.

Earlier today, for example,  my eyes welled up watching a young and gifted girl saxophonist, Irene,  who is competing in TV3's  Talented Kids show. Brilliant. She definitely has a future - and might even end up as a global superstar one day. Cool. Someday, this country will earn billions of cedis from the music industry. No question.

If you are a discerning,  and independent-minded Ghanaian citizen, who is also  the-glass-is-half-full type, it is pretty hard not to be optimistic about the future of this incredibly beautiful country of ours, the Republic  of Ghana. Focusing on ecocoboard  production,  for example, could earn Ghana trillions of cedis, as one of the world's leading ecocoboard  exporters. Growing millions of coconut trees holds the key to that unique  sustainable development opportunity.

At a time when global warming is impacting the Ghanaian countryside so negatively, for example,  if our leaders stop pursuing  GDP growth blindly, without actually examining what  constitutes  that growth, and decide to focus instead on preserving our natural heritage to ensure the well-being of the generality of the Ghanaian people, by anchoring our tourism industry on our forests, and banning all mining in forest reserves, we will indeed have a bright future. For sure.

Despite our many challenges, Ghana does have a future - and will end up being transformed into a prosperous and inclusive society. Eventually. If, above all,  ordinary people refuse to allow our mostly-self-seeking political class to destabilise our country and push it over the precipice, that is.