We need
to make sure that we are in control over the things that affects us.Anytime there is flood and people loose their
life, most of the blame goes
to sitting presidents.I am not saying that the central government does not have
responsibility to ensure that enabling environment is created.They have a great work
to do but as citizens what is our quota?When you move around Accra, sometimes i becomes angry within myself because i am in doubt as
to whether our sanitation laws exit.People because of the tax they claim they pay waits for zoom lion workers
to come and clean the choked gutters before our houses and shops either than that, it will remain like that.Is it modernity or civilization that has turned us
to forget our traditional values or duties of ensuring that our environments is clean?Everybody in our Ghanaian setting knows the
responsibility of men and women in making sure that our environments are clean not waiting for flood
to occur and we start blaming sitting presidents.
To the media, though your
responsibility is
to keep governments on it toes, you equally have a mandate in educating the public of what we are expected
to do as citizens in other
to ensure that our dear nation is a better ecosystem for all of us
to live.The attention of the media should be shifted from making politicians popular
to making us aware as citizens of our responsibilities.I sometimes get confused
to hear journalists calling opponents
to comment on issues concerning the sitting governments and the only thing that comes
to my mind is what do the journalist want
to hear from the political opponents?Nothing.They will end
up criticizing without giving an alternative.The media should rather resort in questioning people directly
to where the problems are coming from.Let us build our institutions.When it comes
to energy issues.Citifm will call Hon.KT Hammond who was a deputy minister
living who he worked
under (His boss at that time) and I always become confused because what can we expect from him?nothing.
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