Lagos, the mega-city of slums

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Makoko, a slum of houses on stilts in central Lagos, Nigeria
Lagos, 5 September 2006 (IRIN) - Canoes glide through the black, stinking water as children run along an overhead maze of precarious walkways through Makoko, a growing slum on stilts in Nigeria’s sprawling commercial capital, Lagos.

Many of the original residents of Makoko are fishermen attracted from across the region to hopes of a better life in Nigeria, West Africa’s oil-rich economic powerhouse. But life is tougher than they had imagined.

“I moved here to fish, to set up a business,” said Martins Oke, in his 70s, who left his village on the Benin border when he was a small boy. “But some days I don’t even catch a single fish.”

Many Makoko residents have been here for generations, losing touch with family back home. Pride stops others from returning to their communities empty handed.

Despite the hardship, every year more and more people come to Lagos.

It is already one of the world’s mega-cities – a crime-ridden, seething mass of some 15 million people crammed into the steamy lagoons of southwest Nigeria. Two out of three Lagos residents live in a slum with no reliable access to clean drinking water, electricity, waste disposal - even roads.


Martins Oke, here making tools to mend his fishing nets

As the city population swells by up to eight percent every year, the slums and their associated problems are growing. The government estimates that Lagos will have expanded to 25 million residents by 2015.

“By 2015 Lagos will be the third largest city in the world but it has less infrastructure than any of the world’s other largest cities,” said Francisco Bolaji Abosede, Lagos Commissioner for Town Planning and Urbanisation.

Abosede is keen to emphasise that his is not a political appointment – a euphemism for corruption. His desk is piled high with maps and proposals for new developments and regeneration projects for Lagos Island – the city’s central business district.

A WORLD AWAY

Sunday Merunu rarely ventures from his stilt-home in Makoko into downtown Lagos, although he can see it from where he sits amongst his fishing nets.

Merunu shares a two-room shack with three other adults and eight children. The family buys water by the bucket for drinking, cooking and bathing. Like the estimated 15,000 other residents of Makoko, all the family’s waste and raw sewage go directly into the inky water beneath their homes.

Merunu’s house has a couple of light bulbs and even a television, but electricity supply by the state power company, NEPA, is at best erratic and most nights the family has only kerosene lamps for light.

“We spend 20 naira [15 cents] to buy water every couple of days and divide the electricity bill between a few families,” said Merunu. “There isn’t enough money left over to send the kids to school.”

The World Bank has identified nine of Lagos’ largest slums, Agege, Ajegunle, Amukoko, Badia, Bariga, Ijeshatedo/Itire, Ilaje, Iwaya and Makoko, for upgrading with a US $200 million loan to improve drainage and solid waste management.

An estimated one million people will benefit from the loan, which is the largest single project backed by the World Bank in Nigeria.

Since President Olusegun Obasanjo’s elected government came to power in 1999, ending 15 years of military rule, millions of dollars have been spent on urban regeneration and projects aimed at reducing crime, but results have been poor.

Security forces rarely venture into Makoko, except perhaps for the occasional demolition of shanty houses. Instead, security is provided by “Area Boys”, self-styled vigilante groups made up of unemployed young men that defend their territory with threats and often violence.

SantaMafia: Ghanaians will always rule over these modafakas they don't have it takes to stand up to Ghanaians. bunch of magg0ts

Being Ghanaians is an honour. Shitnigerians know Ghanaians are superior, they’ll just never admit it

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nigerian restaurant where human flesh is served

‘Severed heads’ found at restaurant ‘serving human flesh’
http://metro.co.uk/2014/02/12/nigeria-human-flesh-served-at-restaurant-in-anambra-4300735/

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Are you sure that’s a beef burger? Human flesh was apparently served at a restaurant in Nigeria
If you thought eating horse meat was bad, spare a thought for these diners.
Two freshly severed human heads wrapped in cellophane were reportedly discovered at a hotel restaurant which served human flesh, according to a Nigerian newspaper.
Police officers apparently made the grim discovery after receiving a tip-off about the eatery in the state of Anambra, Nigeria.
Authorities, who also seized two AK-47 guns and other weapons, said roasted human head was even on the menu, it has been reported.
A pastor, who is thought to have visited the restaurant, is quoted as saying: ‘I went to the hotel early this year, after eating, I was told that a lump of meat was being sold at N700, I was surprised.
‘So I did not know it was human meat that I ate at such expensive price.
‘What is this country turning into? Can you imagine people selling human flesh as meat.
‘Seriously I’m beginning to fear people in this part of the world. ‘
Another resident told the newspaper: ‘I always noticed funny movements in and out of the hotel. I was not surprised when the police made this discovery.’
The restaurant was shut down and 11 people were arrested following a police tip-off about the unusual menu items, according to tabloid the Osun Defender.

Nigerian vomits heroin in Accra

Barely a week after the arrest of a Nigerian by sniffer dogs at the Kotoka International Airport (kia), another Nigerian is in the grip of officials of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) for ingesting pellets of heroin.

Chika Macillinus Umeugokwe, a 31-year-old trader, was arrested last Saturday, January 11, 2014, shortly after boarding a taxi at the KIA on his arrival from Pakistan.

His two accomplices, however, managed to escape.

When he was taken to the NACOB headquarters, he allegedly expelled 69 pellets of heroin weighing one kilogramme with a street value of $80,000.

Briefing the Daily Graphic in Accra yesterday, the Deputy Executive Secretary of NACOB, Nii Lantey Blankson, said the suspect claimed he had swallowed 77 pellets of heroin but vomited some in Pakistan before setting off.

He said the arrest of Umeugokwe brought to six, the number of Nigerians who had so far been arrested at the airport for drug trafficking within a month.

According to him, Umeugokwe left Nigeria for Ghana somewhere in November last year, by road and left the following day on board Kenya Airways to Nairobi and continued with Etihad Airlines to Pakistan.

The Deputy Executive Secretary indicated that Umeugokwe stayed at the Metro Park Hotel in Islamabad in Pakistan for six weeks.

While there, Mr Blankson said the suspect claimed another Nigerian, whose name he gave only as Cosmos, assisted him to purchase the drugs.

According to him, the suspect claimed he paid $3,500 for 50 pellets of the heroin but Cosmos added 27 to what he had swallowed to be given to his brother on the suspect’s arrival in Nigeria, but the suspect vomited some in Pakistan.

He said on arrival, the suspect was allowed to go through the formalities but unknown to him, he was being monitored by the NACOB officials who followed him outside where he met two men, a Nigerian and a Ghanaian. The three later stopped a taxi but as the driver was parking, the other two suspects fled.

The suspect will be arraigned after investigations.

OMG

Nigerian food vendor hides coke in v-agina , arrested at Airport
Date Posted: April 9, 2014: 08:56
Source:
saharareporters.com

The Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 36-year-old food vendor for concealing wraps of cocaine in her v-agina. some oversized shitnigerian v-agina
Chinelo Okorom Lynnette was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos during the inward screening of passengers who arrived via an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The NDLEA said Chinelo has already “excreted” 685g of cocaine and remains under observation.
“The suspect tested positive for drug ingestion and vaginal insertion”, Commander of NDLEA at the airport, Hamza Umar said.
“She, however, expelled a total of 685 grammes of substance that tested positive for cocaine while under observation at the airport”.
The suspect confessed to the crime, but claimed that she was lured into drug trafficking on the pretext that she would be importing female bags.
“I am a food vendor at Ajangbadi, Lagos and have never been involved in crime. I am a victim of man’s cruelty to man”, she lamented in her statement.
“My husband abandoned me with four children two years ago. I work hard to pay their fees and ensure their proper upkeep. The last straw that devastated me was when the landlord forcefully ejected me. I had nowhere to turn to for solace”.
Chinelo said she was “crying like a baby” when a man appeared out of the blue to offer a shoulder to cry on, asking her to wipe away her tears and promising to introduce her to importation business.
“I felt he was God-sent until he sponsored my trip to Addis Ababa”, she said. “When I got to Ethiopia, he told me to take cocaine to Nigeria. Initially I disagreed, but he threatened to recover his investment at all cost”.
Also speaking, Chairman of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade observed that drug traffickers are fond of always changing their routes and tactics, but they could not possibly outsmart the NDLEA.
“Going to Addis Ababa to smuggle cocaine into Nigeria is one of the tricks employed by drug trafficking syndicates” Giade said.
“Cocaine is not known to come from Addis but, we were able to detect it because of our vigilance. We are prepared to counter the activities of drug kingpins and bring them to justice. We look forward to fruitful progress in our investigation”.
While confirming that the suspect will soon be charged to court, he implored the public to be wary of the manipulative tendencies of drug traffickers.

Suffering In The Land Of Ghana

http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=325847

It’s plain to see, looking in the face of Ghanaians that they are suffering from abject poverty and neglect in the land of Ghana. Even though their land abounds in rich mineral endowment, Ghanaians in the midst of plenty are tormented by indescribable poverty. The origin of their sufferance lies with their obnoxious attitudinal “leave it to Providence to deal with it” (“Fa ma Nyame. Nyame bekyere”), when crooks are ransacking, pilfering or plundering the national coffers.

They have resigned themselves to fate taking its natural course, instead of bending it to suit them. When the few fortunate ones in government, although ethically and professionally wrong, have resolved without shame to duping the people, all what the poor masses keep saying is, “God will take care of the situation Himself”. The poor very rarely demonstrate their anger. When they do, it is mostly on the radio. The perpetrators of the atrocious crimes pursue their intentions with audacity, in the hope that the whirlwind will settle in the end (“ehuru a ebedwo”), and the belief that the poor in society are just mere toothless barking bulldogs.

With both despicable attitudes often expressed by the Ghanaian, a few those in the political arena, the mint house and the scene of amassing illegal wealth; the Sugar candy mountain overflowing of honey, will forever be encouraged to milk the country dry. This is exactly what the “we shall not listen to anyone” (“yen ntie obiara”) John Mahama/Arthur-Amissah NDC-led government is doing. They are killing Ghanaians softly through their blatantly unpropitious acts of stealing.

Ghanaians are unfortunately satisfied with given promises and reassurances by their oftentimes clueless, incompetent and corrupt administrators. How many times has President Mahama not given Ghanaians promises that are never honoured? How many times have his appointees not been accused of corrupt practices, leading to the near depletion of the contents of the public coffers, but the President watches nonchalantly?

The few those in government and in charge of the political parties, especially the National Democratic Party (NDC), are scandalously availing themselves of the national coffers to the detriment of the poor masses. The government collusively involves herself in what has infamously become a “create, loot and share” judgment debt payment scheme or scam. Yet, in the face of all these rampant acts of misdemeanour, Ghanaians remain docile, keeping to themselves saying, “I do not want any trouble” (“me mmpe me ho asem”), unlike Rockson, the defender of the poor and the needy in society.

Unless Ghanaians become conscious of the repercussions of their lukewarm and nonchalant attitudes, to begin to hold their leaders accountable, the few crooks in positions of responsibility and their agents will forever hold them at bay.

A lone voice is crying in the wilderness, seeking to rally Ghanaians to teach them about their rights and how to defend them. Who will respond to his call that will eventually culminate in the liberation of Ghanaians from the abject poverty they are always confronted with? Once they become aware of their rights, they will never again sit down with their “Nyame bekyere” attitudes while they are killed softly by the intentional infliction of corruption on the economy by their presumably “untouchable” leaders.

Rockson Adofo

OMG military tanks, fighter jets deployed for a mere state elections in the mudder fugger zoo

Military Armored Tanks, Fighter Jets For Anambra Governorship Elections, Says IGP
http://www.informationng.com/2013/11/military-armored-tanks-fighter-jets-for-anambra-governorship-elections-says-igp.html

Posted by: daniel
on November 14, 2013

For those who might want to foment trouble on Saturday, November 16, 2013 when voters in Anambra State would be electing a new governor, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has warned them to have a rethink as he disclosed that about ten military armoured tanks, jet fighters and fully armed naval boats, as well as top Military, Police, Air force and Naval officers would be deployed to ensure that there is no breakdown of law and order in the state.


The IG, who stated this in Awka, the state capital, also restated the Nigeria Police’s resolve to provide adequate security cover to people of the state during and after the election.

Speaking during the Governorship Election 2013 Stakeholders’ Forum organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Anambra State, Mr. Abubakar said that in each of the three senatorial zones, a commissioner of police and contingent of fully armed mobile police officers would be deployed to provide security for the election.

He also warned all the candidates for the elections against moving around with police escorts or orderly on Election Day.

Shedding more light on the security arrangement in place for the elections, Abubakar said, “In each of the Senatorial district, we have gotten troops from the Army, Air force and the Navy for immediate deployment if necessary, 10 armoured tanks and other ammunitions have been brought for this election, those who are out to break the law, we will break them, if you have no business in this election, please stay in your home and do what is right”.

SLAVE COAST.....MY NEW NAME FOR GAYNA

Ghana - Are we a country of beggars?

Taking a walk through the streets of Accra, what you will see is mostly very hard working citizens grafting hard to make ends meet. From the street vendors vocally advertising their wares and running to and fro to complete a sale, to the taxis, tro-tro drivers and their mates conveying passengers around the city, everyone’s working hard in order to make their daily bread.

Mingling amongst the public is also another class of citizen, the beggar. Through no fault of theirs, these are the disabled and disadvantaged in society, who due to the non-existence of solid and reliable assistance from the state, have to resort to begging on the streets. At times they have able-bodied assistants who help them in their resolve to collect alms, which begs the question (no pun intended here), ‘don’t these able-bodied assistants have anything else worthwhile to do?’ I answered my own question with a further ponder, ‘Partnering to help these disabled people may be the best prospect that they may have, in the high unemployment climate of the country. It could be that they are a relative and there were no other means of putting food on the table.’ Rather than just sweeping it under the carpet as is becoming the norm in Ghana, can something be done about this? How long shall this concept exist without any action being taken to permanently support people in such unfortunate circumstances? I suppose this is not an immediate concern of the Government but it’s gone on for so long and I think that by now something should have been done.

Those who are also gainfully employed still persist in the same sort of habits. Any government institution that you may visit has an issue of this sort, with workers unashamedly asking customers for tips and bribes. Increasingly, you will find people asking you to give them some money for a service they have provided, which is the job they are being paid to do in the first place! Whether they’re being paid or not is a matter to be resolved through the right channels. People need to know their rights and where they stand with employment issues. Here’s a hint to the lawyers out there. Offer your services where such help is needed, please. At Kotoka International Airport, there is no longer the problem of self-appointed baggage handlers. These guys used to heckle travellers at the airport arrivals, begging to help them carry their baggage for a tip, sometimes fighting each other to gain the upper hand. They are no longer at the country’s only International Airport but some staff who work here also make suggestive comments to passengers to give them tips. I was recently the last passenger to board a flight to London and was told quite casually by the check-in assistant of the airline (name with-held), ‘oh sir, what about the late fee?’ Hinting that she had helped me attain my boarding pass despite me being late (which I hardly was) and so deserved a reward. It didn’t end there. At the immigration window, the officer checking my passport was trying to engage in conversation, suggesting that he was the one who had stamped my passport upon my arrival into the country 16 days earlier. This was just a ploy to get me to show some gratitude by handing him some money but I merely thanked him with a smile and moved on to the security check. Once again the man here asked for change, to which I responded that I had none left on me. As you see, this is just at the airport where the workers interface with many foreign visitors to the country. This should not be allowed to carry on. It’s irrelevant whether this occurs when they’re arriving or departing. Could this be the first impression visitors are getting about Ghanaians? That we are a country of beggars?

The same applies to other institutions on various levels. I will not list any others here as I’m sure readers are aware and may have had such experiences, or at least know someone who has. Even the police would either beg or extort depending on their mood and the nature of the alleged offence. At night some set up check-points and use these as their personal money collection-points. Although some may argue that setting up check-points deters armed robbers, what I am saying is this, where money-making is the objective, how long will it take before the two opposite parties join forces and turn on the innocent unsuspecting citizen? These things do harm to our reputation as a country and neither is it showing that the rule of law exists, if the enforcers are willing to stoop so low and go unchallenged. Government officers also get in on the begging action when they seek aid and investment from other richer countries when there are other methods available to raise money as a country. Loans and investment funding are some of the quickest ways to enrich themselves and the ordinary Ghanaian is suffering as a result of the government officers being side-tracked by such monstrous greed. Whatever happened to the proceeds from the oil reserves off Ghana’s Western coast? Why is the Ghanaian economy in such a sad state presently?[i][/i] There are many questions that need to be answered but I doubt a truthful answer will be forth-coming anytime soon. I certainly will not be holding my breath for that.

Let us stop being a country of beggars. Let’s exhibit some pride and self-respect in our jobs. I also challenge the government officers in charge to get their priorities straight and to be more resourceful in jobs creation and professional development of their staff. This should initiate better standards in customer care and service which will go a long way to help us all as a country. God has blessed our homeland Ghana. It’s our attitude that’s making us less great and weak. Remember, the whole world is watching. The Black Star in the Ghanaian flag is a shining beacon to others so let us set a better example to Africa and the world, fulfilling our destiny. God Bless Ghana.

By; Nana Kojo Hagan

mrham03: great job SANTAMAFIA. Ghana is proud of u. Stuppid bokogerians like iconize living in the dirty water of makoko.

Hahahahaha. I need to post a picture of Nima, Sodom and Gommorah and James Town for you. Bloody Akple eating, Donation loving, Nollywood worshiping, Agya Appiah sipping Gaynaians from Slave Coast

SantaMafia: OMG

Nigerian food vendor hides coke in v-agina , arrested at Airport
Date Posted: April 9, 2014: 08:56
Source:
saharareporters.com

The Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 36-year-old food vendor for concealing wraps of cocaine in her v-agina. some oversized shitnigerian v-agina
Chinelo Okorom Lynnette was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos during the inward screening of passengers who arrived via an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The NDLEA said Chinelo has already “excreted” 685g of cocaine and remains under observation.
“The suspect tested positive for drug ingestion and vaginal insertion”, Commander of NDLEA at the airport, Hamza Umar said.
“She, however, expelled a total of 685 grammes of substance that tested positive for cocaine while under observation at the airport”.
The suspect confessed to the crime, but claimed that she was lured into drug trafficking on the pretext that she would be importing female bags.
“I am a food vendor at Ajangbadi, Lagos and have never been involved in crime. I am a victim of man’s cruelty to man”, she lamented in her statement.
“My husband abandoned me with four children two years ago. I work hard to pay their fees and ensure their proper upkeep. The last straw that devastated me was when the landlord forcefully ejected me. I had nowhere to turn to for solace”.
Chinelo said she was “crying like a baby” when a man appeared out of the blue to offer a shoulder to cry on, asking her to wipe away her tears and promising to introduce her to importation business.
“I felt he was God-sent until he sponsored my trip to Addis Ababa”, she said. “When I got to Ethiopia, he told me to take cocaine to Nigeria. Initially I disagreed, but he threatened to recover his investment at all cost”.
Also speaking, Chairman of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade observed that drug traffickers are fond of always changing their routes and tactics, but they could not possibly outsmart the NDLEA.
“Going to Addis Ababa to smuggle cocaine into Nigeria is one of the tricks employed by drug trafficking syndicates” Giade said.
“Cocaine is not known to come from Addis but, we were able to detect it because of our vigilance. We are prepared to counter the activities of drug kingpins and bring them to justice. We look forward to fruitful progress in our investigation”.
While confirming that the suspect will soon be charged to court, he implored the public to be wary of the manipulative tendencies of drug traffickers.

At least we do drugs fraud and more money spinning runs which we then proceed to use to eff ur gals. See the Gaynaian criminal from the Slave Coast.... Shoe robbers!!!!!

Shoe robbers grabbed

http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/crime/artikel.php?ID=326075

Three suspected robbers have been nabbed by the police for allegedly stealing 291 boxes of assorted footwear valued at Ghc145,500 from a warehouse located at Old Fadama in Accra.

Bright Asante, 38, resident of Breman in Kumasi, was arrested by the Ashanti Regional Police Command while Aminu Bukari and Mallam Fari, aka Red, were busted by the James Town police in Accra, acting upon vital information from their colleagues in Kumasi.

The trio allegedly broke into the warehouse of Lenenki Company Ltd, a Chinese company at Old Fadama, which deals in different kinds of footwear.

The police have since been able to retrieve 120 boxes of the stolen items from Asante.

He (Asante) and the retrieved boxes of footwear have been sent to Accra where the police are conducting further investigations into the case.

Briefing Daily Guide, ASP Edward Bright Asante, Formed Police Unit (FPU) Second-in-Command, said in the night of September 8, this year, some people broke into a warehouse which contained assorted footwear belonging to Lenenki Company Ltd.

He said the hoodlums ransacked the warehouse and ran away with 291 boxes of the item.

According to ASP Edward Bright Asante, the robbers contacted Bright Asante in Kumasi, and he (Asante) traveled to Accra to convey the stolen items to Kumasi.

The police, ASP Obeng Boateng said, acting upon intelligence, arrested Asante, who was in possession of the stolen items at the Kumasi Central Market on September 12.

He said upon interrogation, he (Asante) mentioned Aminu Bukari and Mallam Fari – all in Accra - as his accomplices.

coachwilcox: [b]we nigerians are brainless

thats right coach.

Thats Sodom and Gomorah Up there fools. Where Gaynaians are burnt to their blackness.....wait...they naturally charcoal black.....

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Are Ghanaians Stupid, Ignorant and Lazy?

I read your recent article titled “Ghana is FOR SALE, Who Wants to Buy? | The Chinese, the Koreans or the Americans?” with extreme joy and to be frank, I love the way you were straight with things. Indeed, Ghana is being and has always been ran by people with little or no clue about governance, with no sense of direction and no strong plans for the country despite their many high education titles.

However, even if we sell Ghana to the Chinese, the Americans or the South Koreans as you suggested and bring their leaders here to take charge of affairs; nothing will change because the problems of Ghana are mainly due to the over 22 million citizens and not the few people in power.

Sorry to say, Ghanaians by default are lazy and stupid and as the years go by, they’ve become even more stupid, ignorant and lazy. Ghanaians do not think and they operate as if they have no ability to think. They will rather let some supreme being in heaven do the thinking for them while they pray that things around them be fixed by divine intervention.

Ghana is one hell of a big JOKE and the comedians are the citizens who have no working ethics, resulting in poor productivity which strengthens the chain of poverty.

Look, let me tell you and those who may read this the truth, Ghana will not get any better unless the people begin to behave and think like human beings by starting to use their thinking faculties and borrow the hard working ethics of others. And while at it, they should let go their low self-esteem which controls their desire to be others, admire the food and lifestyle of others without any respect for who they themselves are and what they have.

Once again, let me say that Ghana is a joke and if there is indeed HELL, Ghanaians are already living in hell and are being punished for being so stupid, greedy and lazy.

A Ghanaian does not want to sweat and work hard, but he wants to live like a Queen or a King and they believe their God will do this for them. Instead of working two jobs to improve their condition, they will rather attend church services twice a day to increase the prospects of their prayers being heard. What a bunch of idiots put
together in a country called Ghana.

Where in this world will you have so many people as foolish as Ghana, believing in superstition and all manner of nonsense—literally, refusing to critically think and make good use of their brains? It is as if the Ghanaian brain has been injected with ‘stupidity’.

The Educational system in Ghana in itself is pretty useless, all students do is chew and pour, studying stupid subjects like Swahili with no job prospects and when they come out, they blame the economy. What the heck is really wrong with us as people?

Did you not see how sane Ghanaians were fighting over second hand clothes of white men in that BBC documentary with some even saying; they prefer such clothes to the Ghanaian one even if they can afford the latter? We are just useless in thinking, in walking, in running and in making anything better for ourselves.

The leaders of Ghana are Ghanaians so what do you expect? Just like the people, the leaders have the same mind, attitude, work ethics and low thinking speed.

Tell the Ghanaian the truth and he will turn around to insult you. Present a Ghanaian the evidence or the fact and he will opt for superstition and disconnected beliefs.

Offer the Ghanaian a reliable route to change and he will opt for miracles by waiting on God to answer his or her prayers. For Christ sake, there are billions of people in this world praying to God, so why will any sensible person think he or she is so special that his or her prayer will be answered first or immediately?

God has given us brains but we have refused to use that brain, still waiting on God to do the thinking and fix everything for us. So God has come to a realization that we are stupid and he will not even bother with us.

Sometimes, I settle for the assumption that, Ghanaians are doomed. What else will explain our gross stupidity and ethics?

Go and see the Ghanaian gutters and the environment, who makes all those rubbish and puts them in the gutters? We all know it is not the government, rather the people. And when mosquitoes breed and begin to
kill them through Malaria, they start blaming the Government, forgetting that they are caused of their own deaths.

While others are thinking forward with a rocket speed, Ghanaians are thinking backwards with a snail speed. We do not think logically and examine things logically to find solutions to our problems; we wait for help from heaven or from foreigners. Why must we always be rescued by others and not by ourselves?

Ghanaians are just losers who love to blame others for their own-caused problems. They will blame everybody but not themselves.

Source: Owusu Agyeman | New York-USA