Human beings are intrinsically self centered. Don’t get me wrong, they have the propensity to do immense good, however, they have an even greater desire to seek out for their own good. That’s a human fact, simple.

Now to the debate about whether we ought to fix ourselves

or the country.

I can relate with the calls to fix ourselves, in any situation change must start from the inside. Michael Jackson famously puts it in his song, “if you want to make the world a better place, then take a look at yourself and make a change (Man in the Mirror). That being said, we can’t fix ourselves and expect the effects to be ripple. We can do our best, and I’ am an ardent advocate of personal change. But the will to do good in most circumstances is curtailed by the desire to seek out my own survival. That’s why we are weak. Both naturally and spiritually. That’s why the christians talk about submitting to a higher authority and living by grace. This situation permeates to the law. The law is as much a moral agent as the conscience of a human being. It holds the responsibility of keeping citizens in line because, the will or conscience of a man can fail or may not be strong enough to overcome the desire to do evil. That’s why it’s important the state fixes its moral conscience and be resolute on doing what’s right.

Change in deed must start from us, and like I said earlier, I’m an advocate of it. But I get upset by the rhetoric that seeks to downplay the importance of a working state. The insinuation that our problems are only ourselves and not the systems we run. The bold and misguided comments targeted at crushing an uprising that could potentially benefit generations’ unborn beats my mind.

Like my good friend would say, you can’t decouple fixing yourself from fixing the country. I agree, the latter entails the second. Let’s focus on that and not these needles counter accusations.

God save us.

God bless our homeland Ghana.