It all boils down to leadership

Every problem under the sun has a cause. It is suggestive then that all problems have causative agents. If the above statements are anything to go by, then we can conclude safely that every problem has a solution which must come from a problem solver.

Every country at one point or the other would fall into a dark tunnel with myriads of complicated issues sprinting from beyond the firmament.

Let's make another distinction here, between the leader and the follower, since every country has both. A problem may be caused by both the leader and the follower, it is however extremely difficult, if not impossible to solve it when it emanates directly from the leader.

Thus, a good leader would step in to wither the storm when the people are in the wrong. But if the leader is deeply involved in the cause of the problem, and even blindly accuses the people as being ungrateful for his efforts it becomes vividly clear that there's no way the problem would be solved.

Ghana finds itself in a dire and precarious situation now. We may all take the blame, we the followers have unpleasant attitudes that repel good tidings, it is true. But should that not be a positive thing for the leader to portray and display a genuine and exemplary leadership for us to follow?

I was discussing Ghana's problems with my boss, and she told me that Ghanaians should strive to make the future a better one than the present, and if that requires sacrifices that will pinch us to the bone, because of posterity we must endeavour to do it.

I honestly think Ghanaians are ever ready to make those sacrifices. It is however not going to happen because the very people who will tell us to tighten our belts would fatten themselves to the point of exploding. When you see the president and his hangers-on living ostentatious lives and engrossing themselves in vulgar display of profligacy, can we turn around to tell the man on the street to sacrifice?

In these trying times, when we all are knocking the doors of solutions to our problems, what the country requires is a decisive and exemplary leader who would harness all the human and natural resources to lift us from this deep dungeon. Is the electricity problem bigger than all of us? Why are we behaving as if there are no intelligent people in Ghana?

I believe strongly that if the president could assemble people with the technical knowledge, devoid of political expediency we would see a 24/7 daylight in this country. But would that ever happen? Since all our attention is on winning the next election, we shall embark on projects that will enhance our chances. And that spelt Ghana's doom!

Leadership is the ultimate decider in times like these. Not the hollow hopes they try to inspire. There is no sense of urgency, neither is there any practical steps designed to take us from this darkness that had besieged our camp.

I know the president cannot throw his hands in despair, that would be worse. However, seeking to inspire hope without concrete moves to end our suffering is tantamount to a breach of the social contract we signed.

If the contract was, give me power to rule you, and I'd give you electric power to spend your measured days on earth, I believe we know who has failed the other. It all boils down to leadership!

Source: Graphiconline.com

By: Bright Owusu

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