THE
GHANAIAN APPROACH TO CHALLENGES
Ama
Ghana: Good dark night Kofi.
Kofi
Ghana: Same to you Ama since the darkness is everywhere.
Ama
Ghana: Kofi, despite the dark curfew I have still not lost my sense of
reasoning.
Kofi
Ghana: We thank God for that. Certainly, the ubiquitous gross darkness has not
succeeded in darkening our
minds. Just that bathing is increasingly becoming
a scarce commodity but thanks
to the strikes we’re not going to work.
Ama
Ghana: I have made up my mind to always put on my thinking cap on national
issues.
Kofi
Ghana: That is great! Have you read about the bridge over River Dwahyem on the
outskirts of Techiman, near Kumasi,
in the media.
Ama
Ghana: Yes, isn’t the death trap bridge on the Kumasi-Trabuom trunk?
Kofi
Ghana: That is so Ama. You see as deadly as the bridge is, we are waiting for
disaster to strike before we do
what is needful, if not cacophonous talks.
Ama
Ghana: Kofi, don’t you think we’re more
reactive to situations instead of being proactive?
Kofi
Ghana: There is nothing further from this truth Ama. We are experts in curing
our swollen
wounds but we usually
don’t take measures to prevent the wounds, not mentioning their subsequent swelling
and stinks. Is prevention not always better than cure?
Ama
Ghana: Cure is always costly and it never heals a wound without some adverse
effects.
Kofi
Ghana: This poor approach of dealing with our challenges has creeped into our
leadership. There is nothing wrong
with being reactive in itself but it should be an exception rather than a rule. Real
leaders are always proactive but are only reactive in some exceptional situations. Even so,
they are always proactive in their reactive steps.
Ama
Ghana: There is indeed no smoke without fire and vice versa. Anytime a person
plays with fire, smoke rules the
atmosphere and every living thing suffers as a result. Proactive establishments
and institutions always have fire extinguishers in their structures. They
obviously know that playing with fire is playing with their hard earned assets.
Kofi
Ghana: Our leaders at all levels definitely need leadership fire extinguishers.
Ama
Ghana: I will recommend that those at the energy, labour and water fronts
should be given priority for now. The
smokes from these sectors are suffocating Ghanaians, abba!
Kofi
Ghana: We must proactively deal with this issue now, no more delay; no more
talks!
Richard Obeng Mensah, author
of Wisdom Thoughts.
Email: richardobengmensah@gmail.com. Blog: www.richard-obeng-mensah.blogspot.com
