Foreigners will dictate to you if you are irresponsible – Sarkodie blasts Government

Sarkodie, a Ghanaian hip-hop recording artist, has lambasted the Ghanaian government for a lack of discipline, devotion, and perseverance in their leadership.

According to him, Ghana has a lot of outstanding brains who have demonstrated in their own manner how they can produce something out of nothing with few resources and sustain it for a long period of time, and such people deserve to be empowered.

Sarkodie made these remarks in reaction to a video that examined why Ghana’s first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, was deposed.

The movie recorded ideas expressed in Nkrumah’s book, ‘Neo-Colonialism, the Last Stage of Imperialism,’ released in 1965, which advocated, among other things, that

the result of neo-colonialism is that foreign capital is used for the exploitation rather than for the development of the less developed parts of the world. Investment under neo-colonialism increases rather than decreases the gap between the rich and the poor countries of the world…”

“Neo-colonialism is based upon the principle of breaking up former large united colonial territories into a number of small non-viable States which are incapable of independent development and must rely upon the former imperial power for defence and even internal security. Their economic and financial systems are linked, as in colonial days, with those of the former colonial ruler.”

“Typical politicians are trained not to build anything but just to fulfill political ambitions (just win power) … About time we check the track records of the leaders we give power to. The discipline, commitment, and resilience needed in a leader cannot be overlooked.

“We have a lot of great minds in this country who have proven in their own way how they can make something out of nothing with little resources and maintain it for a long period of time. Such people deserve to be empowered.

“We can’t sit on all these resources and always sit humbly in front of other foreigners (with not that much resources) asking for help. At this point we should be talking collaborations only and still maintain ownership (100%).

“When you don’t want to be responsible, you should be fine with outsiders telling you what to do.”

Sarkodie voiced concern over Africa’s progress in a series of tweets.