Thursday 6 July 2023

Are Ghana's ruling-elites drinking in the Last Chance Salon?

Are Ghana's hard-of-hearing ruling-elites - notoriously vindictive and criticism-averse - drinking in the metaphorical Last Chance Salon, anaaa,  Ghanafuor? Hmmm, 3y3nsem piiiii, oooo...

What is pretty clear, however, dear critical-reader, is that any African democracy, which is in effect, two nations within a single  sovereign territorial landmass - one a state-within-a-state, solely benefiting its perfidious ruling-elites, and which happens to be the world's most generous welfare state; and, the other, a state-within-a-state, which is a hell-hole of unremitting hardship,  and the lot of long-suffering hapless citizens, desperate to see transformative-change,  which they hope will end their misery - is one definitely heading for a disastrous apocalyptic-cliff-edge-fall: as sure as day follows night.

Such is the extent  of disenchantment felt by the vast majority of ordinary people across Ghana, with the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) - who are now so thoroughly fed up with the harsh economic climate that has impoverished millions, and finally bankrupted Ghana - that even if President Akufo-Addo succeeds in turning Ghana into a paradise on earth,  between now and the end of his tenure, it will still not save his party from losing power, in the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections.

There are some who posit that victory for the opposition's presidential candidate, over the ruling NPP's candidate in the 2024 election,  will only materialise, if all the opposition parties come together, and unite around a common platform and manifesto, which is suitably game-changing, and innovative, for use as a roadmap for the redemption of Ghana, and also select a consensus candidate, to represent them, as their presidential  candidate, for the 2024 presidential election.

Whatever be the case, today's on-the-ground reality, is that Ghana sits atop a ticking social timebomb,  which could explode at any moment. Drastic change is needed to deal effectively with high-level corruption, and end the impunity of those ripping off Ghana in state-capture rent-seeking deals. In that sense,  Ghana's ruling-elites are drinking in the Last Chance Salon, oooo, Ghanafuor. Yooooooo...

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