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Former
President Kufuor's Legacy Ain't Pretty.
On an international stage, after much application for
interview, President Kufuor bows to the powers that be, in total dishonor of Africans
all over the world.
Not two weeks had passed since Ghana celebrated her 50th
anniversary of independence, when President Kufuor declares his irrevocable
submission to England and the United States.
After much pressure from Africans living in the Diaspora,
Tony Blair apologized for slavery and its consequences. In response, our Oxford
trained President responded by saying that there should not be any agitation for
an apology, since the era was different from today and more importantly, many
Africans played a positive roll in getting their brothers into slavery.
Fortunately, this is not the opinion of most Africans born
and raised on the continent. Though most are ignorant about the degree of
persecution suffered by their brothers and sisters across the waters, it is
proportionate to our own ignorance of the effects of colonization. However,
rapid responses were issued by several writers of the local news papers, calling
President Kufuor a “house slave”, “sellout” and the like, revealing much
restlessness amongst the field hands. Kwaku Sefa Manu of The Insight
stated: “If President Kufuor were alive in the days of the slave trade, he would
have been a proud slave raider himself. Just look at what he is doing in this
day and age as President. He cares not a fig for the people he rules. He is
more interested in selling his own country for the interests of US and Europe.”
Ghanaians, unlike their President, hold dear, the virtues of freedom and
justice, and stand arm in arms with their siblings in the Diaspora, even though
our leadership insists on impending our progress.
For the record, under Kufuor:
1)
Ghana was classified as a Highly Indebted Poor Country, disregarding it
vast mineral wealth, by which the world defines its own wealth.
2)
New roads were built for the comfort of this generation, at the expense
of the next, since he contracted all roads to various foreign companies at terms
that will require our children’s children to bear the interest.
3)
America was allotted the most pricey property in Ghana’s capital to erect
their largest embassy in Africa (an addition to their existing embassy and
consulate) and permission to build military bases for ground and air.
4)
The Right of Abode/Dual citizenship for Africans from the Diaspora has
been indefinitely swept under the table.
5)
The Ministry of Tourism was designated to handle all matters of Africans
from the Diaspora, relegating us to nothing more than a tourist buck.
6)
Teachers have not been paid for months at a time.
7)
And he had the audacity to purchase 50 BMWs, 20+ Jaguars and several
other luxury vehicles so he could chauffer a few dignitaries for their 3 day
stay in our country to celebrate the 50th anniversary.
Over the years, the annihilation of our stalwart leaders
has caused Africans to grow accustomed to the various puppets put in place by
foreigners to maintain the constant flow of exploitation. However, there comes
a time when such flagrant display of one’s treason to his people warrants the
outcry of the masses being misrepresented. Contrary to Kufuor’s clear stance
against the plight of his kindred in the greater world and his country man at
home, Africans, and Ghanaians in particular, know that Repatriation is a must
and reparations will be extracted by any means necessary, with or without the
help of our leaders. For the voice of the people is the voice of God and
these so called leaders without a backbone to support them nor integrity to
guide them only amass great wealth to the detriment of their soul and their
legacy.
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