The lack of enforcement of the laws is the main hindrance to the development of Ghana

Any successful country in the world as much as they were built on the sweat and blood of their citizens, equally became so by the stringent enforcement of, and adherence to, the laws.

In the absence of the strictest enforcement of the laws but total disobedience to them, no country would have successfully developed.

In Ghana, there is total disobedience to the laws of the land hence the disgusting state of abundance of lawlessness, perpetration and perpetuation of crimes, open disrespectfulness to authority, and near institutional corruption she finds herself in. This lack of enforcement of the laws is impacting the socio-politico-economic advancement of the country and the people.

Some rogues in the country, be they government appointees, highly placed public servants, traditional chiefs, or justices of the law, feel empowered to commit crimes with impunity why because the laws have become a toothless bull, unable to bite them when they breach them.

Law enforcement agents, especially the police, are seen openly demanding and taking bribes, especially those in the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD), from drivers plying various roads throughout Ghana.

Some of the military personnel dispatched to galamsey sites to ensure the discontinuation of the ongoing devastating illegal small-scale and alluvial mining (galamsey) are alleged to rather offer protection to those on the sites heavily doing galamsey. If laws were enforced in the country, how dare the soldiers and the police act irresponsibly and unprofessionally without facing the full rigors of the law as in sacking or incarceration?

A video just sent to my WhatsApp page shows how some unidentified nation-wreckers have stripped almost all the street poles in a section of Achimota in Accra of their electrical wires. Therefore, at night, that section of the street is thrown into total darkness to offer golden opportunity to thieves to operate freely to possibly harm drivers and commuters.

If the laws of Ghana were enforced as are in the civilized white man’s countries, could the thieves have dared ravage the streetlights, knowing if caught they would be prosecuted, jailed, or fined?

Would the illegal small-scale and alluvial miners (galamseyers) continually flout the government’s orders to them to cease their ecologically destructive activities if laws were strictly enforced in Ghana? No, and no!

Ghana’s problem could be likened to a dangerously venomous snake. No matter how poisonous and scary a snake is, once you chop off its head, its remains become harmless like a piece of rope lying on the floor.

A snake is only dangerous when it is alive with its head on. Once the head which is the danger is removed, does it continue to pose any immediate threat to anyone’s life? No!

Similarly, if laws in Ghana were enforced to the spirit and letter as intended by the formulators for the collective benefit of the nation and the people, the nation will have greatly advanced than it is now, mired wobbling in socio-economic depravity and engulfed in international debt.

How I wish Kennedy Agyapong was the president of Ghana to oversee the fullest enforcement of the laws of the land to catapult Ghana into the core of development to rid the country of her chronic tormenting corruption, blatant disregard of the laws, etc.

Enforce the laws oooooo, so advises the proud, fearless, and no-nonsense son of Kumawu/Asiampa soil! Period.