Fellow countrymen,
As we inch toward the 2016 general elections, the crusaders of the two major political parties in Ghana have come out with their policy documents. Upon my careful perusal, I realized one was strongly hinting on JOB CREATION and the other on INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT. Clearly, the issue of traditional ideologies have indeed come to action. The capitalist have laid their cardinal qualities to bare in their policy document where as the socialist have also done same.
The emerging issues makes me feel as though they are issues we have been with. I am filled with a strong sense of dèja vu when it comes to job creation and infrastructure development. In the first, second and third republic, many politicians have had their share of those issues. But the question I am asking is, have we taking our time to think in deeply about the issues and also which one to prioritized over the other?
A Zambian economic scholar, Moyo Dambisa made this arguments, It is better to provide infrastructure development (schools, hospitals, roads, markets etc) before coming to tackle the most pressing issue of unemployment. I read it over and over again trying to get the connotative meaning. Arguably, the justification was that it indeed makes no economical sense to create jobs without basic social amenities. This will put undue pressure on the few amenities the country is having and create huge competition on it's accessibility.
Adams smith's school of thought also says, we should also allow the invisible hands to operate and at the long run, equilibrium will be established. The theory has been developed widely by neo capitalist and it has work perfectly in the western countries.
I am very sure Ghanaian have come to a point of perusing policy documents and basing their value judgements on the competency, action-orientedness, and nationalism.
I am sure fellow future leaders YOUTHS will tighten their belts and seize the opportunity of 2016 general elections to vote against the final assault on the bastions of want, disease, poverty, degradation and indignity.
Bance Salifu Yaro
Former PRO IAAS-KNUST
Director of communication YNP-GH
+233 24 604 0085
bsalifu@gmail.com
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