Frankly speaking enough is enough

 A LOT of things are going on in this country which is hampering the congenial environment necessary for national cohesion, peace and devel­opment of this country.

A careful observation of issues and happenings in this country, called Gha­na, paints a very disturbing picture of the future. Students are now attacking their teachers with impunity and there is no sign of remorse.

Again, students are bringing offensive weapons to school, and engaging in acts that defies logic. Teachers are impregnating students, lecturers are enticing students with grades to sleep with them, forgetting that they are sowing seeds of corruption in them.

I shudder to think of what will happen should these youth one day, occupy sensitive positions in government and financial institutions, like Minister of Finance, Bank Manager, and President etc.

I am advocating for a mandatory men­tal health screening every six months for every citizen of this country, be­ginning with the first gentleman of the land, since sickness is no respecter of persons, to the 2 year olds.

Those below two years can be exclud­ed for the simple fact that they cannot cause harm on their own without the help of someone older. The insane be­haviour is just becoming way too much and it is time to say enough is enough.

People go on demonstration to protest against vehicles knocking people down some dying others sustaining serious injury. They demand that a footbridge be constructed across the highway so pedestrians can safely cross over to the other side.

The government respond positively for once and the footbridge is constructed. Surprise, surprise, some people decides that they are not going to use the footbridge but to cross the highway at a risk to lives. Is thus madness or what?

Powerlines for high-voltage power transmission are supported by py­lons which are mounted on concrete foundations and firmly held in place by bolts and nuts. Some very ‘sane’ people decides that the pylons no lon­ger need the nuts to hold firm so they decided to remove them. The result was the toppling of the affected pylons and power outages for a large part of the country. If you tell me that people who do these things are not suffering from some mental problem, I would have a hard time believing this.

Guard rails along major highways in Accra are being removed and it is al­leged that they are then sold as scrap. Roof of bridges have been chiseled to enable overloaded trucks to pass under without hindrance. Are the people doing these are of sound mind?

If we are not careful, the level of these insane acts will spread like wildfire. People deliberately build at Ramseyer Sites which are supposed to serve as water reservoirs to prevent flooding and the same people then turn around to complain when it rains and their houses gets flooded.

The Odaw River banks are cleared of unauthorised structures and what do we see now, the settlements are back and where do you think they will dis­pose their waste, the Odaw River.

A few days ago, the pavements and the streets were cleared of traders and it was a very refreshing site to behold, as pedestrians were able to move freely as well as vehicular traffic.

Surprise, surprise, a few days later, they are back on the pavements again. When shall we as a people, prioritise morality so that we shall make prog­ress in making our city and environ­ment clean?

When shall we say, enough is enough to the wrong attitudes of lack of patrio­tism and general lack of moral values so our nation can develop to its fullest potential?

NB: ‘CHANGE KOTOKA INTERNATION­AL AIRPORT TO KOFI BAAKO INTER­NATIONAL AIRPORT’

By Laud Kissi-Mensah