Ghana has become too toxic to govern and too dangerous to ignore.
We have put less qualified people in the most sensitive positions in the Republic, and the executive is not paying attention. The President is not in charge of the status quo. The status quo is in charge of him.
And while the country drifts, there is a quiet, subtle grab of wealth going on.
Most of the appointees know they will not survive the next NDC government. They do not see themselves as indispensable. They see themselves as temporary. And temporary people do not build. They take.
That is why everything is going haywire.
The Chief of Staff, who should be losing sleep over the collapse of discipline in government, is busy positioning himself to become flagbearer. The Foreign Minister is auditioning. The Finance Minister is auditioning. Everyone in the inner circle is campaigning for 2028 while 2026 is burning.
The country is not being led. It is being looted.
The anger from the last election is the reason we are here. For eight years we were told to be angry. We were told to bad-mouth the past government until the electorate became exhausted, cynical, and detached. Now that the new government is in power, that same anger has turned into apathy. People are too tired to ask questions. Too tired to check the policies. Too tired to notice that they are being robbed in broad daylight.
And the looters know it.
Look at the major government policies and ask one simple question: Who is being enriched? You will find that every big decision is designed to ensure that those around government are fed. Contracts, appointments, boards, allowances, deals — all flowing in one direction. To the friends, to the family, to the inner circle.
The judiciary has been maimed and tamed. A run to the courts no longer guarantees justice, because justice has been made to fear power. When the courts are captured, the citizen has nowhere to run.
The religious leaders who campaigned for this government, who prayed loudly, who prophesied victory, have suddenly gone silent. They are not speaking for the nation anymore. They are chasing their pound of flesh. Appointments for their sons. Contracts for their churches. Access for their friends.
This is the moment leaders must emerge. Not the comfortable ones. Not the ones waiting for their turn to chop. Bold leaders who will confront this rot head-on.
Because if we do not wake the youth up now, we will lose the country.
The youth are the only ones who can effect change in the next election cycle. They are the majority. They are the ones suffering unemployment, high prices, and a broken system. But they are being kept distracted, divided, and detached.
We must make them aware of the direction this country is going. We must tell them the truth: That Ghana is not moving forward. It is being auctioned, piece by piece, by people who know they will not be here tomorrow.
If we fail to do that, we will not have a country to save in 2028. We will only have a carcass that has already been picked clean.
By Ato Bonful
