Ghanaians have always acted differently from us. Yes, like Nigeria, they also have many tribes but the population of the entire country can’t be anything more than what we have in Lagos. One thing that we must remember is that their first leader, Dr.
Kwame Nkrumah was dedicated to the development and the progress of that country. He was very selfless. He stood firm in his belief that education must be for all the people without any form of exception or discrimination.
The people of Ghana have had the same kind of experiences similar to ours now. Don’t forget at some time, they rushed down to Nigeria to look for pittance by doing menial jobs. It was the government of General (Muhammadu) Buhari who asked them to leave the country.
This experience woke them up to the realisation of making their country work for them. It (the deportations) challenged them to sort their country out. Check out the caliber of people in their electoral body.
They have consistently managed their electoral process very well because that is the centre piece of any democratic success. As long as the people who are expected to be midwives, the process that throws up the people that will manage the country are not the right quality of people, what do you expect? Look at how election results are being manipulated now in Nigeria. The experience of Ghana should be a wake-up call on all Nigerians.
One of the observers, former Vice President (Namadi) Sambo, told me that the electioneering was issue based, u.
