Thursday 9 February 2023

The global rescue effort underway in Turkey's earthquake devastated areas must concern Ghanaians

One's thoughts and prayers are with Turkey and the victims of the terrible natural disaster, which has befallen this very good friend of our nation's Muslim demographic.

One hopes that those who currently lead our nation (which is a global power in begging-bowl-diplomacy), will, for once, help a friendly nation in its hour of extreme-need: and send planeloads of Ghana's dark chocolate to Turkey -  as our widow's mite contribution to the international rescue effort now underway in Turkey, and a symbolic shared-humanity gesture-of-solidarity.

What has occurred in Turkey ought to be of concern to us in Ghana, too, oooo, Ghanafuo - for, when, not if, Ghana's next severe earthquake strikes (the last major one was in 1939), we will witness a tragedy of biblical proportions, never experienced before, since we rid our nation of foreign occupation in 1957: as we witness thousands of shoddily constructed beautiful high-rise buildings collapsing.

Those responsible for the egregious corruption, in the oversight bodies overseeing Ghana's construction industry, will have the blood of all those who will lose their lives (or be maimed permanently), in the rubble of collapsed buildings, when the next big earthquake strikes, here, on their grasping hands, oooo, Ghanafuo.

The tragic events being witnessed in parts of Turkey struck by the massive earthquake (7.9 in magnitude on the Richter scale), ought to be of concern to us in Ghana, too, oooo, Ghanafuo - and as wise and aspirational Africans, we must learn useful lessons from that terrible tragedy. Yoooooooo...


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