Building the Economy: Middle Class of Ghana Unconcerned

Are we really sleeping? Then it is time to wake up.

The Middle Class in Ghana, simply don't care. They find means to solve public problems in personal ways and just remain unconcerned, very quiet!! It's a culture problem, people say. Others say Ghanaians just think about their families and not the Public. Scholars blame it on education, stating that, "you can't teach an old dog new tricks". But is this helping the nation? Would it ever? How can we develop with this? Why won't us remain poor? Failed government or State, Failed Top Class, Now failing Middle class & educated elites, and the Voiceless/uneducated poor (which are the most populated).

We have the platforms, we don't use them. We have the knowledge, we don't apply it to help our nation, the worst of all, we sell them cheap to other nations. We have the energy, we misuse it. Oh Mother Ghana!!! How long would the Middle Class decide to be silent. It's pathetic they understand the problems better than anyone but decide to stay away.

Typical Middle Class (educated elites) Behaviors:

Power outage:- Put on the generator (For the family alone) and shut up.

Water Problem:- Get enough Poly-tanks to store water for the family. Don't care about the community or person next door (who's probably voiceless).

Education:- Send children to schools abroad. (No Teachers' strike).

Health:- Go to private hospitals. Don't care if doctors are on strike.

Ehhhhh!!!! My people. Are we safe? When the Voiceless or low class decide to talk or fight back, can we stand them? Ghana, we can't afford to fail God and the next Generation. Let's act NOW in all sectors of the economy. Let's be responsible and not think about our families alone. Let's build the economy of Ghana.

Oh Ghana!!!!. God Help us. Long Live Ghana

Looking at the GH 2012 Budget, the Bond way.

The 2012 Budget with the theme “Infrastructural Development for Accelerated Growth and Job Creation” was described by the Majority in Parliament as the best ever but the Minority said it was a repetition of the past budget. The Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor outlined in his speech, the plans for the Bond Market and that was what caught my attention.

Over the years, the capital market has been growing slowly and highly dominated by activities in the stock market. The bond market on the other hand is dominated by the Government bonds with very few corporate bonds. In order to ensure accelerated growth as predicted by the budget, the government plans to deepen the bond market. To ensure long term debt instruments, the government of Ghana would be issuing a 7-year and 10-year fixed rate bond next year. In addition, the government will set up a National Bond Market Committee in 2012 to undertake the tasks. Dr. Kwabena Duffour mentioned that, this Committee would be tasked to first of all, identify the constraints in the development of corporate bond market. Moreover, it would study and recommend legal, institutional and process changes needed to accelerate the development of a corporate bond market.

 The Minister further outlined that; this committee would monitor the performance of the government bond market and to improve its effectiveness as an anchor for the corporate bond market. In regards of deepening the bond market, this committee would finally assist the private sector to access the bond market by proposing appropriate financial/technical assistance mechanisms.

This move by the Government for the 2012 fiscal year is good for the bond market and the capital market as a whole.

We hope to see it manifest. Else......................