Dr.Papa Kwesi Ndoum's takes on the 59th Independence day

Independence?

Ghana is now 59 years old and yes, we should celebrate it.

It is good to be an independent nation with the freedom to

make our own choices. This is another opportunity to thank

our founding men and women, all of them, for the sacrifices

they made to launch this nation, Ghana.

But we must know that we have a lot more work to do to

become truly independent. The promise made at

independence to prove that we are capable of managing our

own affairs has not been kept.

We the people live with a Constitution, designed by us that

denies the people independence - the right to elect our own

local chief executives. We still struggle with monoccocal

meningitis, needless death through road accidents from a

lack of good emergency medical care and the majority of

our children do not go on to high school. The quality of

Ghanaian life for the most of our people is not good and has

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not seen any marked improvement in decades.

Our government has chosen to solve its incompetent

handling of the nation's finances by piling on more taxes on

the shoulders of the few businesses and employees known

to the system. The high cost of doing business in Ghana is

making our goods and services uncompetitive, resulting in

increasing imports.

Luckily, the people have another opportunity this year to

choose leaders who will not oppress their own people. I

pray that Ghanaians elect leaders who will free the people

and unleash their enterprise.

Independence must lead to a better quality of life, a great

and strong nation and a prosperous people. We can do this.

And no more parade of school children. Community

celebrations to remember our history and the work ahead of

us to build a better future, yes. If I get the chance, the

parades will be thrown into the dustbin not to be repeated.