Ghana will be a lost cause in 20 years if nothing changes – Dr Wereko-Brobbey

If nothing changes, Ghana will be a lost cause in 20 years' time, says Dr Wereko-Brobbey.

Dr Charles Wereko Brobbey, a pioneer of Ghana's private media, says the future of his country is quite bleak if nothing is done immediately to improve the situation.

Speaking on Joy FM's Super Morning Show, the lawmaker warned that the nation has less than 20 years to adopt new policies.

Dr Wereko-Brobbey claimed that his projection was the result of a careful study of the political structure of the Fourth Republic.

We have to ask ourselves, with our 66 years of independence and 32 years of the Fourth Republic, how far have we come since independence in terms of running our own affairs?

I don't think we have made much progress and it seems we are going backwards. If we're not careful, we'll end up like the so-called neocolonies of the rich countries.

And I believe that after 30 years of the Fourth Republic and two changes of the two major political parties, what I see is that our country is not progressing; in fact, we're going backwards," he said on Thursday.

Akufo-Addo is blamed by Wereko Brobbey for the appalling state of press freedom.
The political analyst therefore urged the government to pause and reflect on Ghana's ambitions and goals, while involving the people.

He believed that by articulating these goals in clear terms, Ghana could now take the necessary steps to achieve them.

We have a free press but not an independent press, Dr Wereko-Brobbey said.
So we should think about what democracy and independence really mean to us going forward, because I think if we continue in the same direction, in 20 years' time we won't have anything to talk about.

The majority of people will be apathetic and all the best skills in our nation will have left, he claimed.

Former UN adviser Prof Baafuor Agyemang-Duah argued that it was still possible to improve Ghana's status in the same programme.

He agreed with earlier views that Ghana needed unity government to end factionalism and create a unified development strategy.