I have a simple question: which institution in Ghana is free of ‘protocol-admissions’? Wai, easy, Massa. Some crimes do not have a statute of limitations, koraaa, wai. Cool.
What we need is agreement that Ghana must become a meritocracy – and, like India, take active steps to eliminate the Chieftaincy institution (the mother-serpent of corruption), as well as inherited privilege, which is the greatest enemy of meritocracy. Simple.
It is instructive that India, which set out after independence to rid itself of the pernicious influence of its incredibly powerful Maharajahs, is now a global power, whereas resource-rich Ghana, enthralled to Chiefs because they apparently embody our traditions, has now ended up as a mismanaged financial basket case: deliberately mismanaged through an orgy-of-borrowing from which a powerful few profited mightily (in commissions and professional fees). ey3nsem piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Any of our hydra-headed problems will not be solved by a military coup. It will only make matters worse.
