I have read this book written by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson many times, although it is a fat book of about 481 pages.
This book tries to give empirical evidence about why some countries are prosperous and others wallow in poverty.
It also tries to critique all the theories why some countries are rich and others poor.
The book gives examples of two towns with a river dividing them with one half in Mexico and the other half in the United States of America.
We are told people living on the half that is in the United States enjoy very good lives.
The people who live on the Mexican side are very poor and live very miserable lives.
Many research studies have shown that people in the United States side have strong institutions, and you can not bend the law to favour anyone, and the people are law-abiding.
Unfortunately, the reverse is true on the Mexican side with weak institutions and governmental controls.
Justice is always sold to the highest bidders. Corruption at high places, Nepotism etc.
Barrack Obama was right when he visited Africa, and he told us that we didn’t need strong leaders but strong institutions
Today in Ghana, every institution is politicised and they excised their mandates to serve their paymasters.
It is sad today seeing our very existence at threat with Galamsay everywhere but those who are supposed to enforce the law are looking erstwhile because their necks are deep in it.
They are behaving like they are fighting ghosts. Our highest court is now predictable, and the government is always right.
This is because these courts are packed by NPP apparatchiks. The electoral commission is now an extension of the NPP headquarters. Professional Police and Military Officers are denied promotions.
How can these institutions assess their mandate? This country is sick and dying, we need to wake up and act now.
The future of our beloved country is in our thumps.
Let’s vote to reset Ghana. Some of us have nowhere to go, and we will continue to live here and die here.
Long live reset agenda
Long live Ghana