An Investment Consultant, Stephen Amoah, has painted a blight picture of the country’s socio-economic development following the marathon strike by professionals in the varied disciplines in the country.
According to Sticker, as the consulted, who is also a lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah Universitry of Science and Technology is affectionately called, if at present the GMA and UTAG are on strike then the entire nation must rise to tackle this plight adding that “The mistake is that just as development of a nation is a process and not an event so does the destruction of the socioeconomic structures of a nation take the same process”.
Read below Mr Stephen Amoah’s press release yesterday.
GHANA'S FUTURE IS BLEAK, STAKEHOLDERS MUST COME ON BOARD
Ghana is at her most critical stage of her socioeconomic development at present and for the future. The sad thing is that its potential socioeconomic deterioration is not being given the attention it deserves by the key stakeholders.
The ultimate goal of our entire endeavour is to attain long term economic growth and stability. The two most important factors are labour force and productivity. For effective labour force, two factors are key: skill component, and the size of the labour force. It is crystal clear that labour force and productivity are positively correlated.
The performance of the Health Sector and Education Sector are the most fundamental factors that can affect our labour force and productively adversely or otherwise.
If at present the GMA and UTAG are on strike then the entire nation must rise to tackle this plight. The mistake is that just as the development of a nation is a process and not event so does the destruction of the socioeconomic structures of a nation take the same process.
The health sector, education, energy, unemployment, huge infrastructure gap, huge debt, private sector is at the margin of collapsing and redistribution or social intervention policies are woefully underperforming their benchmarks. Are we not scared as a people? If our present situation is not collectively well addressed our 40 years blue print will definitely find it too difficult to attain its goals. We had Vision 2020, Ghana's Poverty Reduction 1 and 2. Where are we now?
It is time we as a people deal with the situation we find ourselves and the doom awaiting us. If anybody tells you that the present situation and the effort being made the government today will yield the needed results for our country it is a big deception.
I am calling on the opposition, financial institutions, policy think tanks and other stakeholder groups and individuals to give immediate remedial attention to our unprecedented situation.
Any truly God fearing and honest Ghanaian who is not suffering from unconscious incompetence will accept the undisputable fact that the NDC government has failed woefully and is the worst leadership in our political history.
No government, now or future, will be perfect but at least the performance should be within a few standard deviations of the people's expectation based on your own promises, manifesto, continental, and global benchmarks. Let us all do our utmost best to work out the solution without depending on this government.
If the health sector and the education get to level of our development then we need not to treat it as tangential. Yes, we pray. Yes, we have faith, but without prudent action we will not have any desired results and it is biblical. God save GHANA!! believe it or not am really sad.
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