One of the first 10 female Member of
Parliament(MPs) in the Convention People’s Party(CPP) era,Lucy Aning says the
country is strayed from the legacies of the forefathers because of lack of
patriotism in current Ghanaian leaders.“I have nightmares today because
almost all aspects of our national life are not working right. We tend to
destroy the foundation, architect and vision of our past leaders [Nkrumah’s
legacy], ”Lucy Aning, whose party won Ghana’s independence in 1957
said.
She berated post Nkrumah regimes of running down State entreprises
and killing industries in the country which she noted is the bane of Ghana’s
economic frustrations.
“Through the defunct State Farms we thought
Malaysia nursing of Oil Palms in our country, and they have used to to develop
their countries and Ghana is still struggling with hunger,” she
bemoaned.
According to her, instead of the managers of the economy to
concentrate on nurturing a vision to build a strong economy for the West African
nation-Ghana, “we prefer trading in dumping goods brought from the Western
world”.
“I read newspapers every day and I get sad with the state of our
nation. All we know best is building stores and trading in inferior goods. What
have we produced as a nation and we’re selling? Lucy queried in an interview
with host Fiifi Banson onAnopa Kasapa on Kasapa 102.5 FM Thursday.
The
comments by the veteran politician comes after Ghana marked the 107th birthday
of Dr Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana for his contribution towards
the liberation and growth of the country.
The day, christened Founder’s
Day and declared a public holiday is mostly earmarked with activities including
lectures and symposiums to commemorate the First Ghanaian leader
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