In what one would consider as a very candid conversation with a cross section of Expats living in Ghana today, it became obvious that the Ghanaian today is not only considered a coward but also a failure to the very existence we all refer to as life.
The Youth in Ghana, are considered to be lazy cowards, who all want quick money yet never want to put in the work needed to make that money, instead they would rather cook up all sorts of stories to steal or defraud any expat they encounter, just as they do online to scam foreigners. The sad reality also displays the fact that some Ghanaian men are ready to sell their body online for anywhere between 10 -to- 50 US dollars to homosexual men abroad. Many of these boys would make videos of themselves sticking all sorts of things into their anus just to get some faggot to send them money. And that reality plays out also in hotels/guest houses across Ghana when homosexual expats arrive in Ghana. Note however that, these is not only restricted to the young men but also the young women/girls as well.
The NGO, Diaspora Youth Empowerment 4 Ghana, (DYE4GHANA), was alarmed by the image Ghana currently has in the international community, and this in itself could also hamper or damage our tourism industry as well as investor relations with Ghana as a whole. Speaking at its first open forum in Accra, the head of DYE4GHANA. Roland Agyemang recounted a discussions he had with a German expat living in Accra for the past 14yrs , who said, he has seen the good, the bad and the ugly, in the several years he has been living full time in Ghana, and can say emphatically that Ghanaians are cowards who hide under the pretext of religion to destroy their own people. He also went on to say , the few good ones are usually silenced in the noise of the semi-literates that control the air waves. (Media). It also came to light, that an American expat, who chose Ghana as an investment base, was robbed, threatened even by government officials whom she refused to pay bribe to, leading to this individual abandoning her initial plan to invest in the education sector .
Mr Roland Agyemang, highlighted the fact that, due to the lack of direction and directives from Government, many of our youth today are delusional , desperate, lazy, without focus, and downright criminal as a result of the lack of focus by policy makers to the generic plight of young people. He charged that in any country with responsible leadership, social welfare interventions would be put in place to offer training and guidance to the country’s young people so they can be responsible citizens who would in turn be equipped to cater for these policy makers when they become aged. The lack of foresight/vision, is driven by the fact that Media Houses across the country are only interested in useless gossips, he said/she said gribberrish, and radio/tv presenters as well as bloggers whose main interests are in the type clothings/shoes they wear or the cars they drive, instead of impacting the lives of the people they have following them.
Finally, without being political, the leadership of DYE4GHANA encourages the youth in Ghana not to be intimidated by anyone, be bold in doing what is right for self and country, and above all aspire to become better citizens than what we all witness of the older generation. The Christian Council, Peace Councils, National House of Chiefs etc etc .. have all let the youth down miserably because they refuse to see the need to even dialogue with the young people, let alone create an environment where the growth/development of young people becomes paramount to nation building as should be for any responsible government. The group calls on all Political parties in Ghana to join hands with them to create a national agenda for the youth, because in its view, Ghanaians who have lived abroad and have now come back to settle in Ghana all have a thing or two to share with the youth,,, as well as learn a thing or two from the youth as well, making this social connection a win win for all. Its time Ghana revives its social welfare ministry and the men/women intelligent enough to ensure its success are all around us. “Lets help fix Ghana one youth at a time” is the group’s slogan.
Ghanaian politicians, he said, need to begin the process of building integrity, and stop the trending image they have created for themselves, which makes them all seem lazy and corrupt., from the top down.
By Roland Agyemang || Executive Director, Diaspora Youth Empowerment 4 Ghana (DYE4GHANA)