“There comes a time that people will get tired of being
trampled over by the iron feet of oppression, there comes a time when people
get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life’s July and
left standing amidst the piercing chills of an alpine November”. These were
words once uttered by the African revolutionist, Rev. Martin Luther King Jnr
prior to an incident of racism where Africans were made to leave their seats
for whites to occupy in the bus. A single word articulated by Rosa Parks which
ignites one of the most important civil right protests in the twentieth century.
One word that helped America in finding its better self .Characterized by two
letters, the word is “No”. Credits to; Quiet by Susan Cain.
The scenario given
up there can be linked to what may certainly become evident in the life of citizens
of Ghana once reconstructive steps are not taken to curb the ever surging prices
of fuel and its affiliates. It’s quite intriguing to know how the increment in the
prices of fuel tends to in one way or another affect the prices of other commodities
on the market. This then marginalizes the average Ghanaian who can barely
afford a three square meal and hence has to resort to social vices to make ends
meet. Times are getting hard as what we are currently experiencing, can be in a
way allied to the sequential events which took place within the epoch of 1982 to
1987 in the history of Ghana. I’m pretty sure most people have not really paid
attention to this since we are constantly on the quest towards ascertaining the
possibility of making it in a “not-soo-friendy” economy. Hit the link below to get more insight on the
events that occurred between 1982 and 1987.
Welcome back from the
eighties. I guess things seem more pellucid than ever after connecting those
events with that of recent times. Could history be repeating itself?.. *sighs
heavily*. Or perhaps a déjà vu? One
thing I know for sure is that we simply can’t wait for things to climb to the
extreme heights before putting things together to solve it. Rehabilitating the economy will mean
formulating and implementing extreme policies so as stabilize the cost-cutting
measure and see the nation wrapped in one of her finest cloths. Steep cut down on the importation of basic cargo like rice, sugar, tomato and its likes but
rather start growing them on very large scale of which can be sold to market
women at reasonable prices, some to Processing companies to get them into their finished states. This is where GMOs become a contributing factor to
our quest of revamping the economy likewise the patronizing of locally
manufactured products. The local producers will now have the ball in their
court and hence have to capitalize on this golden ticket and make their merchandise more appealing to the populace as the aftermath of the taste for foreign goods will still exist.
We are still not far
from putting to right what has been wrong, Let us appreciate the fact that the
Good Lord still sees this country through the lens of His Grace. Long Live Ghana. #WhatIf
#BetterDaysAhead
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