Let me start by saying putting politics aside, I find Mr Yidana’s note insulting to the large majority of people born and raised in Savannah North! He also shows very clearly that he is ignorant about student life in the UK. Mr. Yidana’s take was a poorly written piece designed to trend, riding on the back of DMB’s popularity, and possibly to position himself in the good books of John Mahama. At best, this was a subpar piece from a political minnow craving to tell his party he has also taken on the man of the moment. Unfortunately, Mr. Yidana displays gross ignorance on a scale usually associated with people pigeonholed in the village square, with little or no interaction with happenings outside their immediate surroundings. Mr. Yidana, judging from the reasoning in his write-up, is likely to be a serial patron of gossip, fabrication and hearsay. For instance, he seems to think that if you are the son of a highly placed politician, a chief or indeed a financially endowed individual, you will never lack pocket money to school; you will not need to find ways of earning income; and your life path would have been fully chartered for you. This is so far from the truth. I know of MPs, Paramount Chiefs, and Ministers of State whose children had to struggle as much as any ordinary child. You will find that it was often through the hard work of their mothers, older sibling, and others, including maternal relatives who often stepped in to help. Yes, their fathers would help but not to the point that the children did not need to raise a finger! The level of support received depended on the number of stepmothers and ‘half’ siblings in the compound.
I give credit and well done to each and every child raised in the Guinea Savannah Ecological Zone who managed to end up in University or college and acquired a profession. Dr Bawumia got to this station in his professional life by dint of hard work! He burnt the candle at both ends on uncountable nights, studying until his brain boiled with pain whose barrier one breaks when you think of the alternatives. Like other ambitious youth of his generation, DMB listened to advice of dedicated teachers, mentors and role models in the community, whom we always had up north until lately. There was the understanding that even though your school was relatively under resourced, in most cases lacking teacher’s, educational material and no electricity 24-7, you had to read and be motivated to work hard so that one day you could look after your parents, especially your mother!
Life in the Uk. Mr Yidana, ask anybody who has had their education in the UK and for that matter the industrial North. Yes, I know Ghanaians who drove MINI Cabs, as distinct from BLACK Cabs. For the latter, yes you need a professional license and to pass exams that could span years, making the graduant Black Cab driver a human digital Navigator. For mini cab driving, so long as you had a valid driving license, knew your way around the city (using digital navigators) you could engage in this work especially in the evenings or at weekends. Some used their own cars whilst others worked with companies. During the summer harvest season, some go apple, strawberry, plum or other fruit picking, being paid by how many pallets you brought in.
I also know others who completed some of the finest universities but had to initially engage in working in the health sector as security or auxiliary nurses (where one has no need for nursing training). Some worked in nursing homes, mental institutions, etc. in various capacities. Yet others worked in transport networks (e.g London Underground and the various bus networks). They did this while studying very hard for their bachelor, doctoral or professional qualifications.
I will end by quoting a proverb that one detects the possibility of hernia in the early days of testicular formation. DMB’s passion and commitment, his style of leadership, his whole attitude to governance, has been shaped by these early experiences. This explains his loyalty and dedication to duty, implementing the human and people-centered policies of his Party and of his leader, His Excellency Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo Addo. When some leadership aspirants spent hours on our airwaves attacking and undermining, he continued to do the utmost he could to ensure the crucial social and economic interventions were maintained, including the Free SHS, school feeding; NABCO and other youth employment schemes; the idea of dams for the northern areas that experience severe human and animal suffering during the 6-7 months of dry season; strengthening the health insurance; digitalization to make transactions easy for our largely rural and financially poor communities; improving road networks, etc.
Dr Bawumia told no lies there. look elsewhere for undeserved acknowledgment. Change your dissertation topic
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