"GHANA AT THE LABOUR WARD"

After being touted as the beacon of hope for Africa, Ghana has to prove her worth come 7th December,2012.
The stakes are high but the outcome must be peaceful. This is my own way of presenting Ghana to the world. Here, Ghana is being likened to a woman having pregnancy issues in this piece.

From the status of being single(Gold Coast) to married(Ghana) after independence(1957), her beauty and physical features were enough for other countries( both men and women) to describe her as the most fertile woman(beacon of hope) in her family(Africa) where barrenness(political struggle)was nothing new.

After delivering a bouncy baby (Kwame Nkrumah’s period),pregnancy became an issue(Political instability) where she experienced countless miscarriages (military coups and civilian governments) between 1966 and the 1980s which affected the image and vision(development) she had in mind as soon as she got married(gained independence) .

This became an issue of concern and people(doctors and herbalists) who had interest in her marriage(other countries, both in Africa and abroad) did their best to get this pretty woman back to her status as being the most fertile one in her family.

Their countless efforts yielded fruit in 1992 with the last of the miscarriages (military rule led by Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings) where she was advice to adopt a new lifestyle ( democracy and constitutional rule). This new lifestyle led to having specialists(Electoral Commission, Parliament, Election observers and other stakeholders)

These specialists and others ensured pregnancy no longer became an issue with a special recommendation which was to take in some medicinal plants(holding elections every four years). This got on well with her and delivered five babies to the admiration of other members in her family( Africa and the world at large) between 1992 and 2008 and reclaimed the lost name(beacon of hope for Africa).

Having mustered the prediction of when Ghana will deliver by one of the specialists(Electoral Commission led by Dr. Kwadwo Afari Gyan),she is expected to deliver by Friday, 7th December but this one seems to be associated with a lot of rumours(grabbing headlines around the world).Despite her previous experience, there seems to be so much fear being expressed(tension).

Ghana has been sent to the labour ward (December 7) with only three options available. Either she gives birth naturally or be taken to theatre (vote peacefully for development) or die with “cruel” midwives on duty (choose violence which lead to destruction spearheaded by some insane politicians and electorates).

With the kind heart of the specialist (Electoral Commissioner), he will do everything possible to ensure that Ghana does not die but live to see the “fruit of her womb”(peaceful outcome) on Dec.7.