STILL WANT TO BE GHANAIAN? THEN SORRY, YOU CAN'T BE POOR!

STILL WANT TO BE GHANAIAN?

THEN SORRY, YOU CAN’T BE POOR!

Dear occupiers of this great country.

You’ve been in this country for so long a time.

Some of you even had their placenta buried here

Yet you don’t really want to behave as citizens.

You’ve been voting for ages.

You’ve paid your taxes regularly.

You possess National Identification cards

And even passports of the land.

Yet, you still aren’t Ghanaians enough.

If you really want to be Ghanaian

Then you must ‘pay before complain’.

Forget about my campaign promises to make your lives comfortable.

Ignore the fact that your taxes are being misapplied.

Just take your mind off the financial wastages of my appointees.

Just pay before complain.

Third-party insurance premium will be hiked ridiculously.

Don’t complain

Because your complaints will surely fall on rocky ears.

Just pay.

Water & electricity supplies will never be regular.

Yet tariffs will be reviewed upwards at the least opportunity.

Don’t bother to complain

Just pay

Fuel prices will never be stable.

They’ll be galloping every fortnight

Like horses on heat.

I will remove all subsidies but maintain the excessive taxes.

Do not waste your saliva complaining

Just pay.

The cedi will rapidly depreciate against the dollar

Like shea butter under the Navrongo sun.

No need to complain.

Just pay

Port charges will be increased uncharitably.

Just pay

You can complain later.

Public hospital charges will be increased illogically

Without parliamentary approval.

Don’t bother yourself complaining.

Just pay else you’ll die alone.

I don’t even seek medical attention in this country anyway.

VAT & other taxes will be increased irrationally.

New taxes will also be slapped on feeding bottles,

Baby foods, chewing sticks, skipping ropes & condoms.

Don’t even waste your breath complaining.

Just pay

Salaries will however increase annually at a limping tortoise’s pace.

This country owes billions

But we’re still contracting more loans for abstract projects.

Those debts need to be repaid.

They’re not mine to pay

They’re yours to service.

Whether you complain or not

You must & you will pay.

This is a blessed nation

Not a United Nations’ camp for refugees & the homeless.

This isn’t Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s Ghana

Where the interest of the populace came first.

This is prepaid Ghana

Where individual & political party interests reign supreme.

If you insist on being Ghanaian

Then I’m very sorry to let you know

That you have no right to be poor.

You must pay!