Ghana has been ranked the sixth best governed country in Africa. This is an improvement on its position as far as the governance index is concerned. When it was first released in 2007, Ghana occupied the eighth position.
According to the annual Index of African Governance report released by Harvard University�s Kennedy School of Governance, Mauritius, The Seychelles and Cape Verde, all small islands, are the continent�s three best governed countries. At the bottom of the list are Chad, The Sudan and Somalia. Reacting to the latest rankings, a senior lecturer of the Political Science Department of the University Ghana, Legon, Mr Kwesi Jonah, told the Daily Graphic that it was a good reflection of the progress Ghana had made in its democratic path, saying that �the ranking is very real� He said although the citizenry often doubted the progress made so far, the ranking showed that Ghana was better off than a lot of African countries.
He noted that Ghanaians had had the opportunity to hold elections and also change governments on two occasions since 2000. Mr Jonah said in many African countries, the people had not been able to hold any elections, with some elections degenerating into conflicts, citing Cote d�Ivoire, Liberia and Kenya as examples.
He said although Ghanaians often had reservations about the democracy in the country, �let us all resolve to move forward to be number one on the continent�.That, he said, would require civil society organizations, political parties, the Ghana Armed Forces and the media in particular to continue to champion the cause of democratic values for Ghanaians to appreciate the importance of democracy.
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