It’s about time we get serious as citizens-Dr. Osei Bonsu

A political science lecturer at the Central University Dr. Osei Bonsu has concurred with the concerns by President of the Republic Nana Akufo-Addo that the country is lagging behind in development after 60 years of attaining Independence.

Addressing the nation during the 60th Independence Anniversary parade on Monday, President Nana Akufo –Addo said "After sixty years, we have run out of excuses and it is time to set Ghana to right and get our country to where it should be. The challenge before us is to build our economy and generate a prosperous, progressive and dignified life for the mass of our people. Hard work, enterprise, creativity and a consistent fight against corruption in public life would bring the transformation we seek.”

“We will achieve these goals when we move and act as a united people. We must take pride in our diversity by all means, but the Ghanaian must always rise above the ethnic or sectional interest. We have a bright future and we must mobilize all our resources and all our strengths, here and in the Ghanaian Diaspora, to get to that Promised Land faster.”

He continued that “at independence, the popular slogan was to seek first the political kingdom and all other things would be added. We assumed and, indeed, we expected that rapid economic development would follow the political freedom that we achieved”.

“Sadly, the economic dividend that was meant to accompany our freedom has still not materialized. Sixty years after those heady days, too many of our people continue to wallow in unacceptable poverty,” he noted.

Speaking on Oman News, Tuesday, Dr Osei Bonsu shared the concerns of the President saying "I agree with President Nana Akufo -Addo that we have no excuses as a nation after 60 years of independence."

He bemoaned the slow pace of Ghana’s development saying a country that should be preparing for retirement if she was a human being should be boasting of monumental developments at 60 years.

He blamed the citizens for the mismanagement of the country’s vast natural resources.

“There is no doubt about the fact that we have mismanaged the resources we have as a nation. Just look at even how we have destroyed our environment and the forest belt. We need to think again,” he said.

He indicated that it was about time the citizens of the country gets serious and joined their shoulders together to push the development agenda of the country forward.

Story By: Michael Creg

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