Ghana’s development our collective responsibility — Henry Lartey
The Chairman and flag bearer of the Great Consolidated People’s Party (GCPP) in the 2016 Election, Dr Henry Lartey, has called on Ghanaians to move away from the position of always looking up to the government for solutions and contribute their quota to the development of Ghana.
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Sharing his views on Ghana’s 60th Independence Anniversary in an interview, Dr Lartey was of the view that looking back at the past 60 years, there were more positives than negatives for us to focus on as a people and develop.
Shared responsibility
He intimated that until we focused on our gains and built this nation together, we would always be blaming a group of people without focusing on what we could achieve if we came together and contributed our quota to developing Ghana.
“Governance is a shared responsibility and the earlier we as citizens and politicians look at Ghana as the bigger picture against our parochial interest as political parties, the better it will be for all of us.’’
He said the culture of solely looking up to the government of the day to solve problems should be addressed so that we approach the development of the nation from the position of patriots.
“What is hurting us as a people is that we do politics without taking a break to focus on developing our nation,’’ he added.
Time to build nation
“Until we realise that there is time for politics and a time for coming together to build our nation, we will keep on with the blame game and forget that we didn’t play our own role the way we should for our collective gain,” Dr Lartey added.
The GCPP has since its formation by the late Dr Dan Lartey been preaching domestication and the need to focus on farming to feed ourselves and exporting excesses.
In view of this, Dr Lartey lauded President Nana Akufo-Addo for his decision to make Ghana an agricultural hub because aside from the fact that it fell perfectly in line with the policy and ideological position of the GCPP, he said; “It is the only way the country can develop.”
According to him, if Ghanaians had bought into the GCPP Domestication message, we wouldn’t be making the never-ending comparisons we make with countries such as Malaysia, China and others.
He was, however, quick to add that, “Ghana has the potential to catch up with those countries and even surpass them if we focus on cutting down on import by producing for ourselves and building an export-driven economy.”
Dr Henry Herbert Lartey is the son of the late Dr Dan Lartey. He is a champion for the economic improvement of Ghana, a successful businessman and an inspired Pan-Africanist with a vision and hope for a united Africa.
