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The ruin of a nation

Word of the Day: “The ruin of a nation begins in the homes of its people.” – see explanation https://youtube.com/shorts/R9piPao-YnA?feature=share. Ghanaian Proverb

Today in history in 1966, “Ghana’s Independence hero and first president, Kwame Nkrumah, is ousted in a coup d’état by the Ghana army joined by police. The National Liberation Council will lead the military government with backing from the West, which disliked Nkrumah’s administration because of its pro-Communist foreign policy. The Council will transition to civilian rule in 1969.”- Reference: Africa Today Yesterday

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JUNE 12 by Gloria Agboola

June 12 This day, indeed, appears calm but alas!, appearances deceive. 276 months after Democracy was grossly undermined by those familiar forces who are yet to reasonably justify the actions that forever mar this day, for good and bad, and perhaps never would, we are where we are.

As at now, our Nation keeps plunging into Economic sorrows, the depth of which cannot be correctly gauged until we are at the very bottom, yet, there is much beauty to be seen. We did it.

We finally have a firm grasp of a reality that evolved many centuries ago…Democracy “by the People, of the People and for the People”. Continue reading JUNE 12 by Gloria Agboola