Renowned reggae musician and political activist, Blakk Rasta, has accused politicians in Ghana of being responsible for the problems the country currently faces.
He lamented the struggles faced by citizens, especially children and mothers.
The activist pointed out the dangers children face just to attend school and the inadequate healthcare for mothers, especially those in labor.
“I see the politicians as people who are part of our suffering in the nation. Children are dying while crossing the river to their school. I sit back and say, I don’t want to have my children in this society. What kind of a society is this that children are growing up in a corrupt atmosphere?
“They are not getting what is due to them. You’re simply going to school, and you have to die. You are going to give birth to a child, and you are dying. Mothers are laboring on the bed floors and dying.”
Blakk Rasta
Blakk Rasta quizzed the current state of Ghana, once known as the Gold Coast, adding that despite its rich resources like gold and diamonds, the country remains artificially poor due to poor leadership.
He also reflected on the vision of Ghana’s first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, who named the country after an ancient kingdom known for its prosperity, and questioned whether the nation is living up to that legacy.
“I’m like, ah, a nation that used to be called Gold Coast. Where is the gold? Where has it gone? Nkrumah named Ghana because there was an ancient Ghana kingdom in which there wasn’t even a single poor person.
“So he wanted to relive that kind of life. Are we reliving that life? Ghana is one of the poorest nations. In fact, artificially poor because we have the gold, we have the diamond. But leadership is very poor.”
Blakk Rasta
Musician Discloses His Disinterest in Being a President
Blakk Rasta disclosed that he has never had the thought of becoming a President because not everyone is born to be a leader.
He added that some people are supposed to be led.
“In fact, I’ll never be president. I am a kingmaker. Like Samuel in the Bible, mine is to be able to crown you. So [imagine] I know you are fit for this position, I sit back and whip you into line when you go off the track. That is my duty.”
Blakk Rasta
Speaking of everyone being a kingmaker through voting, the activist maintained that one can vote and still be an MP (Member of Parliament) or an Assemblyman but he in particular can vote and neither be an MP nor an Assemblyman.
Becoming a President and having to fix something in the first 100 days of his tenure of office, Blakk Rasta revealed that there was no way he would build hospitals, schools, and roads because they already existed.
“If I were a President, let me not even concentrate on the 100 days, let me concentrate on the 8 years that I’ll be president that I’ll never be. I’m going to have a minister of Incomplete Government Business or a minister of Uncompleted Government Projects.
“We have a lot of them rotten up all over the place. Look, the kind of projects that we have rotten up, they’re more than the new ones springing up. So why don’t we go back and fix some of these things?”
Blakk Rasta
According to Blakk Rasta, should he be the President of Ghana, given 100 days, he would talk about “Patriotism”, which is the biggest problem in Ghana.
“We don’t love our nation anymore. Everybody is in a hurry to fly out of the country,” he said.
He further noted that dual citizenship is not for Ghanaians, adding that Ghanaians should give their all to the nation and it will be a better place to stay.
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