1st January, 2016
Having dedicated a chunk of my time in
championing the 'student project' over the past years, I have now resolved to
make a GRADUATING TRANSITION from student activism and focus more on youth
activism and general governance issues and other matters of national concern;
political or otherwise. For the record, I am not by this, abandoning my love
and passion for the ordinary student; expect that, I am now looking at a much
more bigger picture. My education and other exploits in life so far, have
thought me a lot especially as a political animal and one, who takes unwavering
interest in matters of governance in my country. Unfortunately, my observation
reveals that a lot of things are just not adding up as expected and we have
very little to pride ourselves with. We all seem to be contend with this
mediocre state of affairs whilst we watch our beautiful country sink into abyss
yet we sit aloof and in reticence purporting to lack the wherewithal to
challenge the status quo and demand for a better service for the general good
of our people.
It is in this light and the urgent need for the
reversal of this worrying trend that I have resolved now to, more than ever,
get into the daily 'bread and butter issues' and occupy same with my PEN with
the view to exposing the societal wrongs and RIGHTING same for the love of God
and country. This, I shall do with significant recourse to the national
interest and clarity of CONSCIENCE. My strong connections and association with
the famous OccupyGh have thought me a lot which cannot be exaggerated. I am
more than convinced that the OccupyGh model, where positive change is sought by
occupying hearts and minds for love of God and country, remains the best
approach to redressing the 'Ghanaian problem' without hurting souls. Accordingly,
I have resolved to use the prowess of my PEN (manifest mind) to effect positive
CHANGE through frequent press statements that would "shake our very
foundation" and redirect our orientation towards national growth for God
and country. Like my Kete-Krachi brother, Manasseh Azure, you are from today,
also going to be thrilled by Iddi Muhayu-deen's folder.
You should know that Nana Akuffo Addo or
President Mahama CANNOT build Ghana and make it a better place to live without
your active involvements. So, I'm challenging you to step out of your
proverbial shelves just like the Dr. Mahamud Bawumia's, the George Andah's, the
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah's and the Eric Don Authur's who left their fine disciplines
and joined the bandwagon, otherwise known as the political enterprise. When
they saw things going wrong, they didn't sit on the fence like some of you to
complain, they got involved to challenge the status quo and help to better
same. Remember that evil triumphs in society not because of the wrong deeds of
the bad ones but because of the loud silence of the good ones in the face of
such wrongs and manifest injustices. Whether you are a nurse, teacher, doctor,
businessman, engineer, farmer, industrialist, student, journalist etc, at the
end of the day, it is the politician that determines how you live your life and
takes all the critical decisions that affect your family and business life. So
tell me why you shouldn't be concerned.
Obviously things are falling apart in Ghana. The
centre can no longer hold. Businesses are collapsing, dumsor is killing us, our
future is being mortgaged for loans, youth unemployment is at all-time high
with legendary levels of corruption, our lot. Everybody is suffocating by the
day yet government seems "clueless and unconcerned". The youth of
this country must take their destiny into their own hands and rise up to the
occasion. We, the youth of Ghana and Africa must be the DRIVERS of CHANGE and
of national growth and development as our compatriots in other jurisdictions
do. YES WE CAN and I challenge you to come on-board. Let's do this for our
Motherland. Let's do this for posterity and let's do this for the love of God
and country.
Perhaps I should conclude by letting you know
that I'm writing this on a sickbed but that should not and cannot prevent me
from paying my due to my country even as I humbly request for your prayers.
Let's do it together for God and country.
Thank you.
...SIGNED...
Iddi Muhayu-deen
Immediate Past
NUGS Secretary
Youth
Activist/Social Commentator
(0245335197)
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