If we can save the cedi from the economic doldrums when it was free- falling like a yo-yo, then we should focus on our youth’s plight and deliver them from the grips of drug abuse epidemic which is engulfing the entire nation.
Now the good news: The government has plans for a “24hr -economy “,which is aimed to make employees work around the clock. The bad news is that the Ghanaian workforce will not be capable to deliver because it is hooked on ‘ wo nim red’ , wee and other high- octane illicit drugs.
Regrettably, the fabric of Ghana is gradually and seriously becoming drug – stained;with the potential to descend into a nation full of “ junkies “.
Until the government comes up with a serious, comprehensive and sustainable program to rescue the youth from this unhealthy and deadly situation; the nation will be in dire straits.
Mindful of the fact that a nation full of drug junkies is not only attractive to investors ,but capable to face this century and beyond. It is also going to put a pressure on our fragile and over-stretched health care delivery system.
Can we realistically sustain our infant economic gains whilst our youths are drugging themselves to death and destruction?
Stay Tuned. Be blessed, informed and educated.
From Kwaku Adu-Gyamfi( Voice of Reason)
*The author is a social commentator and a diehard citizen ( not a spectator)of this great land of ours.
