GHANA AND MENSA OTABIL: I recently read a news article in a small Ghanaian newspaper that, I think, was trying to paint Pastor Mensa Otabil in a negative light. Please they shouldnt. I live here in the US, and I really wish and pray everyday that that kind of ownership shall be average for every African. Africans also deserve better, and ownerships like this must ultimately become normal with us and inspire us. A home like this may unfortunately look overwhelming to many Ghanaians and Africans. But by world standards (where many Africans aspire to) it is still too average and humble for a University President, if we truly want to contribute to our collective world. One of the greatest Chinese Leaders, Mao Tse-Tung, had a Theory which was summed up in his slogan: We should let some people get rich first, both in the countryside and in the urban areas. To get rich by hard work is glorious Mao also proclaimed: Let a hundred flowers bloom; let a hundred schools of thought contend. ( Mao had used this to signal what he had wanted from the intellectuals of the country, for different and competing ideologies to voice their opinions about the issues of the day in China. Im not sure, but probably that newspaper was trying to create a negative public perception of Otabil, for voicing his opinion about the current state of the Ghanaian economy. But please, dont let us destroy our own. Let us protect people like that as national assets. Let us rather allow A hundred flowers to bloom; let a hundred schools of thought contend. For such philosophies like Maos shall rather accelerate our much-needed development. O Ghana and Africa, when good comes to us, it is also good.
Posted on: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 08:16:57 +0000
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