Ghana’s resolution for 2026
We often hear and say it: ‘’We do not die, we kill ourselves’’.
And how true it is! By our cultural and farming practices, by our lifestyles, by ignorance, by greed or sheer love of money at the cost of our lives, we have invited calamity unto ourselves.
Our farmers apply weedicides, pesticides, insecticides and other chemicals to crops with reckless abandon as part of their farming practices.
As if this is not enough, we have added Galamsey to kill the environment.
As for GMOs, we are still debating their health implications on humans, even though some countries have taken decisive decisions to ban them.
Even so, one danger of GMOs is not debatable, and that is its economic dependency syndrome.
Farmers cannot reproduce from seeds and seedlings from GMOs and are forced to depend on seed suppliers.
The consequences of these are very damning.
Of late, we have reports of failing Kidneys, liver damage and other ailments.
But why do we do this to ourselves?
It would look like ignorance and greed on the part of society, and inaction, indifference and permissiveness on the part of government and state organisations and agencies have all conspired to bring us to this growing, heartbreaking tragedy.
We cannot continue like this and throw our hands in despair.
All we need is a multi-dynamic high-profile action to confront the problem frontally. And this is our Resolution for the New Year 2026.
Charge
Cognisant of our current predicament, and driven by the desire to reverse existing trends to save lives, acknowledging the abundant resources graciously bestowed upon our small but beautiful country by our Maker, and motivated by a strong resolve to protect these endowments, we hereby resolve as follows:
The President should take charge and lead the crusade in fighting all forms of environmental degradation, especially in the areas of agricultural practices and mining, so as to protect lives and promote healthy living.
He may want to bring back the ‘’Fellow Ghanaian” series, as it was during the COVID-19 period, to pull the people along in dealing with this life-threatening exposure.
Through his weekly or periodic broadcast programmes, he will tell the people about specific interventions he will line up in fighting the calamity.
There should be interdepartmental or interministerial collaborations to deal with the problem.
For example, the ministries of Health, Agriculture and Information, together with other state agencies and organisations, such as the Food and Drugs Authority, should embark on specific actions to address the problem.
They should create awareness, educate the people and take penal actions to stop unacceptable farming and mining practices.
There should be massive public education in the various dialects and languages to that effect.
The Food and Drugs Authority should intensify its checks on the safety of foods, fruit and vegetables at the various markets and bring offenders to book.
At the end of the year, we should be able to assess the success of these interventions, and I believe our creator would be happy that we were able to protect lives and make better use of the resources he gave us.
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2026 TO ALL.
The writer is a financial analyst.
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