WHERE
LIES OUR THINKING CAP?
#ACCRA FLOODS
She used to
be Ghana our Motherland.
Now, she has
become Ghana our Sorryland.
We’ve
descended from a nation of plenty
To a people
of pity.
The rainy
season should have been a season of joy to us
Yet, it turns
out to be that of grief and sorrow.
Each season,
Year in,year
out,
Our city gets
flooded by the most minimal of rains.
Just 30
minutes of drizzle is enough to submerge this city of ours.
Floods kill
our loved ones each rainy season.
It destroys
our properties every single year
Yet, we never
seem to learn from our pains.
We tend to
forget our sorrows
The very
moment the sun starts to shine.
If a
government official who should be fighting
For the
people’s welfare rather turns around to tell them that
‘Even Houston,
Texas in America gets flooded’
Then it’s
obvious our leadership can’t help us.
The bearded
mayor of the city seems clueless to the city’s plights.
The other
authorities in power appear not to bother at all.
The best they
usually do is to visit the areas
Destroyed by
floods & offer empty assurances to victims.
They’ll
return the following year to offer another set of assurances.
They only
need us for elections & nothing more!
We ought to reason
up!
Why do we
build on waterways
When we’re
aware that’ll surely enhance flooding?
Why do we continue
to dump plastic waste into open drains
When we’re
aware the drains will get choked in the end?
In 21st
century Accra,
Why do we
even proceed to construct open drains in the first place?
Why do we persist
in erecting structures at unauthorized locations
When we’re
aware of its dire impact to the entire city?
It’s in our
power as a people to avert needless disasters.
It rests in
our bosom to ward off needless destruction of our properties.
We have the
ability to control the annual floods that afflict us.
Why are we
rather allowing the floods to control us?
Why should we
allow the rain which ought to be a blessing
To rather
bring us grief & sorrow every single year?
Where lies
our thinking cap???
lovely piece
ReplyDeleteGhana,Ghana,Ghana! what a mess
ReplyDeletehmmm, our loose mouths have overshadowed our thinking caps.
ReplyDeleteGod help us!
I think God has done more than enough.We're those failing to act as humans....
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