Letter To The President of GHANA

Be Not Deceived

Good morning, Mr President John Dramani Mahama, I would like to say kudos for giving Ghanaians your best in everything you do. I believe it is your utmost desire to meet every needs of Ghanaians but it is no secret that the economic wants and needs of every economic being are insatiable.

I would like to put a pressing need before your throne for a critical perusal. It is an open secret that we face energy crises as Ghanaians for some months now and this problem seems to be the most persistent of all in the history of the country, except when Ghana never had the opportunity to utilize this amenity.

The load shedding scheme, as proposed by the Electricity Company Of Ghana (E.C.G), which Ghanaians has no other option than to accept, even aside the fact that we pay, in full, to fully utilize this necessary utility, which by law the company has no excuse whatsoever to deny any Ghanaian this service, by reason of an implied contract with the company ECG and the people of Ghana, has now depleted into nothing to come home to. The load shedding now seems to be favoring some particular groups of people who are close enough to the government that those of us living in the less endowed secluded areas of the country are in total denial. 

This has only shown us one fact that those of us in denial do not form any part of Ghana to enjoy electricity, although we paid in full since the introduction of the prepaid meters. What then is the use of 'prepaid' when you have credit on your meter but cannot have access to electricity, the reason for which you bought the prepaid units, in the first place? Could it be that someone is not doing their job for which they were employed or this is just a total negligence of corporate management to foresee the crises and take corrective actions against this before it even manifested? I did not go school much but I know that the energy demands for a country like ours in any given fiscal year is double the the population growth rate, if the statistical department did their job well. 

Mr Kofi Wayo was saying something that I shared the same views with that if you should ask the Energy Minister how many energy bulbs would be required to produce a Megawatt of electricity you are only going to hear Kweku Ananse stories, which sadly is the truth. 

This makes one wonder, as a true Ghanaian, if ECG is the new president of Ghana, and a dictator at that, and you, Mr President, the vice. This because, ECG now has the autonomous power to decide when everyone stays inside their rooms or stays outside, goes to work or declare holiday for as long as the lights stay off. Whenever it is time to cut the power, for the so-called load shedding, exactly 6:00 PM (or 6:00 AM) the lights are out without even a split second of delay. 

Here is the downside; when it is time for the lights to come back on, be it after 24 hours or 12 hours schedule, whoever is supposed to turn the lights back on for us chooses his or her own time table other than the scheduled time table given Ghanaian. Sometimes, one forgets and sleeps only for the lights to come somewhere in the dead of the night. Sometimes it does not come at all and you would have to call the ECG help line and wait, praying, someone might answer. 

Those of us using the light for work, school and the likes, have less chances of making any head-way. How do we support our families should life continue, for the average Ghanaian, this way, and for how long? We have voted through this purported system of the right to exercise our franchise as Ghanaians to choose the right people to work for us and this is what we get, makes one to wonder if voting these people was the root cause of the problems we face now as Ghanaians. 

Whenever there is a need for something this crucial  to be done in a great demand in Ghana, the only people who suffer the most is the same people who voted these self-acclaimed superior politicians into the offices they find themselves in today. It has become more like one has to pour a libation and hope that he or she would be able to see his or her Member of Parliament. 

In worst case scenarios, most of these MPs never step foot in their communities until another electioneering campaign era. It is only then that they show up with another 'politri-cal motto' to deceive the masses. So I crave your indulgence, Mr President, to tell me this; should I be so influential that I urge every Ghanaian to not cast a single vote until they see a significant change of attitude of these ministers working hard to transform their respective communities come 2016 election, would I be prosecuted for damning the Constitution of Ghana? 

Whatever the answer may be, I just want the best for this country even though nobody knows I even exist in this country but it is more like a cheat when the person you voted to serve your interests in parliament only resorts to "yeee yeee" everyday in parliament because he or she knows that by the end of the month he would get paid 7,000.00 Ghana cedis and other allowances. Let us just assume for a second that all these people do not have to be paid, due to the fact of not doing their responsibilities, seven thousand times two hundred and seventy-five would be enough money to start a new water project or something beneficial to the people of Ghana, which I would like to call the "GREATER GOOD" for Ghanaians. 

I sincerely apologise, should any statement, contained herein, either implicitly or explicitly, expressed or unexpressed, contradicts the civil right of being a Ghanaian. 

Since there was no way I would present this to your office and have it looked at, I think it would be for the good of Ghana if we stay transparent with the running of Our Motherland Ghana.

Thank you.

Marc Oscar