18th June 2007.The Venue is instructive ,the ominous whitewashed former British Slave Fort called Giuggisberg Castle.Amid the obscene opulence and flooding champaigne, a tall wiley whietman in worktop,jeans and boots raises a small pot contaning a dark liquoid and beckons the president to step forward and inspect it. The president obliges as if this drill has been rehearsed a million time times while the ministers gatherd around eagerly look on. The president's face lights up in an ecstatic glow and the man in boots exclaims in an excited tone GHANA HAS STRUCK OIL!!! Well all this was in celebration of Ghanas luck at finding oil in commercial quatities in the the west of the country,offshore. And what has this got to do with such a desperate and alarmist title? The excitement of the president and his hangers on must at least seep through to me. I am myself weary of being uneccessarily negative of our country and events in most other parts of Africa. I am an eternal optimist on the future of Ghana and Africa an a whole.I should be the most happiest person on the planet but knowing what i know about the current leadership of my county , i really shudder to think about what the future with oil money to fund thier obscene extravagance. I will Write on the resource curse later.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
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