Lawyer and entrepreneur Victoria Bright has lamented Ghana’s loss of boldness in pursuing transformational national goals, saying the country no longer dares to “dream big”.
Speaking in an interview on JoyNews’ AM Show on Founder’s Day, she said Dr Nkrumah’s enduring legacy should serve as a reminder of what Ghana could achieve if it rekindled the boldness to pursue big national dreams.
She praised Nkrumah as a nationalist and pan-Africanist who inspired Ghana to “punch above its weight” on the global stage during the independence struggle. In contrast, she said current leadership is heavy on rhetoric but light on delivery.
“He [Kwame Nkrumah] had the courage to dream big, and it seems like we’ve lost that courage as a nation.
“We talk a lot. He [Kwame Nkrumah] was a talker and he was a doer. All we do these days is talk and talk and talk and talk, and then, if we are lucky as citizens, a little bit will be done. But other things that actually rolled continuously, our ability to be self-reliant as a nation, our ability to be truly independent as a nation, are now looming large in our society and causing us not to really reach our full potential as Ghana,” she lamented.
She also argued that the vision of Ghana’s first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, remains unfinished, stressing that the nation has only taken “baby steps” toward achieving true independence and self-reliance.
“I think Nkrumah’s dream is not finished. It hasn’t been realized, and every Founder’s Day I’m reminded of the urgent need for us to actually finish this uncompleted dream of achieving real independence and real self-reliance,” Madam Bright said.
Additionally, she likened Nkrumah’s efforts to laying the foundation of an uncompleted house, adding that it is the responsibility of successive generations to complete and furnish it.
“Development doesn’t happen overnight, but the steps we are taking are just baby steps. We should be leaping now, and we are not,” she stressed.
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