"until Ghanaians begin to lose
themselves to the rhythm of the African integration march, they will consign their
progeny to an inexcusable fate they could have avoided. African integration
will not work without a concerted effort by all—citizens and especially media
alike—holding the policy-makers of these groupings accountable.
Much of the time, citizens are
keen to work for them because of the good money that is offered, forgetting
that the benefits and good salary are the bonus of hard work in helping make a
contribution towards the betterment of generations unborn.
As I write this in the aftermath
of another successful GJA Media Awards, I cannot help but also bow my head down
in shame on how despite the centrality of Ghana in African integration—thanks
to Dr. Kwame Nkrumah—Ghanaian media practitioners seem to be waiting for some
external actor to sponsor an AU reporting award before they start writing about
the AU or ECOWAS! Where is civil society on this issue? Where, indeed, are the
media practitioners who need to be asking why such an award is not part of the
categories?
Ghana is much more than the
politicking of the NPP and NDC, and I daresay we do not have to wait for the
CPP to emerge as a fully-fledged third force before we start talking, and
taking seriously what the AU and ECOWAS do. The triple responsibility that
Ghanaians bear of being citizens of Ghana, ECOWAS community citizens and AUfrican
citizens ought to awaken them to the imperative and necessity of capitalizing
on both the months of May and September
to give vent to the AUfrican personality the continent so desperately needs."
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