GHANA; A COUNTRY OF BEGGARS

I can still remember with stark alacrity the very day a friend’s mum nearly sent him to the ‘land of the unknown’ (cemetery) for begging food from a neighbor. This was almost ten (10) whooping years away.

I never in my life welcomed the thought of witnessing a whole nation decaying into the world of beggars let alone Ghana, a land filled with gold, diamond, timber and oil etc.

In the latter part of 2007, during the Kuffour-led-NPP-administration, it was reported that some ministers of state, were begging money from fellow politicians in the West in order to fund their ‘parliamentary’ elections.

Also, our major streets are filled with people who are capable of working yet brand themselves ‘beggars’ with some not physically challenged but go the extra mile to disfigure themselves simply to beg.

On 22 December, 2009 at exactly quarter of ten (10) pm, I visited my girlfriend in Ahwia in Kumasi and on the way tuned in to Luv Fm a local Fm station where the presenter was advising Ghanaians to reduce our begging ‘potentials’ during the Christmas festivity. To him, the begging sometimes leads to unwanted pregnancies and finally single parenthood – a ranging phenomenon in the country. Some of our beautiful ladies so vulnerable wear their begging tunic and beg almost everyone they know. Like always, there is nothing like free lunch in the state of Denmark. Every penny comes with some form of ‘body sacrifice.’

I am not surprise the way prostitution is gaining root in this nation. Even some of our ministers patronize these prostitutes as they confess always by only showering few ‘shillings for hot sex.’

If our president, ministers of state, parliamentarians and District Chief Executives are begging why not the ordinary man who had to scratch his butt, bring it close to his nose to see if it smells nice before earning $1 (dollar) a day.

Due to the begging of our immigration officers, policemen and women, and other officers in the passport office we as a nation are bitterly vulnerable to terrorism, and other high profile crimes the world frown on.

A state of emergency must be declared here and now by the only ‘asumgyuae hene’ in the country, Attah-Mills for our country to be immunized from this slow but quick killer disease. Ghana must be purge of this canker and it must be urgent hence you may be gone into the land of unknown like my friend ten years ago.

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