{"id":2168,"date":"2019-01-22T09:26:19","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T09:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/?p=2168"},"modified":"2019-01-22T09:33:58","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T09:33:58","slug":"read-the-5-typical-ghanaian-characteristics-the-menzgold-saga-has-exposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/22\/read-the-5-typical-ghanaian-characteristics-the-menzgold-saga-has-exposed\/","title":{"rendered":"Read the ‘5 typical Ghanaian characteristics the Menzgold saga has exposed’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For some weeks now, customers of Ghana\u2019s self-acclaimed gold hub, Menzgold, have been wailing. It doesn\u2019t look like their locked up investments with the gold-trading company will be paid any soon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite\n all their tears, what it seems now is that their said investments were \nwhat the company\u2019s CEO, Nana Appiah Mensah popularly called NAM1, used \nto maintain his flashy lifestyle.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are in Ghana today and haven\u2019t heard or read about the Menzgold\n drama, you may be the only stranger in Bethlehem. In all this brouhaha,\n however, the typical Ghanaian character has been exposed. The saga has \nunveiled how a chunk of us think and why we do what we do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Observe a typical Ghanaian and you\u2019d find some, if not all, of these characteristics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately,\n that\u2019s what has brought this nation to its current sorry state. Our \ncharacter drives this nation\u2014 consciously or consciously. This is what \nwe have always been. Until we change, no change in government will ever \nbring enough change to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are gullible!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s\n amazing how we can fall for anything\u2014 both the educated and uneducated.\n How customers, especially elites, fell for a 10% monthly dividend \ndespite fluctuating world prices of gold beats my imagination. Maybe, \nMenzgold\u2019s gold was being traded somewhere in Jupiter but if it wasn\u2019t, \nit was obvious the business wasn\u2019t sustainable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s\n a reflection of who we are. We easily believe anything with all our \nheart and soul. We easily fall for everything on the news. We easily \nbelieve everything our politicians promise us during the campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately,\n a gullible man always pays dearly for his gullibility. A gullible man \nis a vulnerable man and he pays dearly for every deception he falls for \nbecause of his vulnerability. We fail to research. We fail to find the \ntruth for ourselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scammers\n thrive on the African soil, especially in politics and religion, \nbecause we barely analyze what we are told. We want to type \u201cAmen\u201d and \nreceive a million dollars instantly. We vote for people because they \npromise us some juicy policies during elections. Listen, if something is\n too good to be true, it\u2019s too false to be true! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen you question \u2018sudden wealth\u2019, you\u2019re an enemy!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every\n system that can stand the test of time is one that has a foundation \nthat has stood the test of time. Every sustainable business is one that \nhas grown over a period of time, not suddenly. Sustainable wealth is one\n that has been built over a period of time, not suddenly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sudden\n success is questionable. Overnight harvest is suspicious. However, when\n a few questioned NAM1\u2019s source of wealth, a large section of his \nbeneficiaries descended on such, calling them haters of his success. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\n church, we are only interested in people\u2019s fat offertories without \nasking about their source. In politics, we don\u2019t give a damn about how \ncampaigns are funded. All we want is our share of the booty. Little \nwonder we are where we are today as a people!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t give a hoot about details!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anytime the exact details<\/a> of Menzgold\u2019s business model were enquired, people brushed it away. All the customers, especially, were interested in was the returns on their investment. To hell with details!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\n are a people who give little attention to details and it affects us in \nall aspects of our lives. We grow up hating details with passion. \nThere\u2019s so much mediocrity in this nation because no one cares about \ndetails. We sign contracts with no attention to details. We listen to \nour leaders with little care for details. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our\n character of lack of details has cost us so much. We elect leaders we \nare not supposed to. Marriages which were supposed to be put asunder are\n put together. Little things, like details, make the biggest influences \nin life. Details can give away red flags. If someone had paid some \nattention to Menzgold\u2019s details, their lifetime savings would have been safe today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe love only winners!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When NAM1 was all over the place flaunting his wealth, he was the most loved. People were naming their children after him. Others were praying God made them as he was. We literally loved him and his money. When life suddenly took a U-turn,<\/a> everyone denied ever knowing him\u2014 even his beneficiaries. A hero yesterday, a villain today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\n points to one character of Ghanaians\u2014 our love has an expiry date. \nAsamoah Gyan was loved by all when his goals took us to the quarter-finals of the World Cup\u2026 until he lost that unforgettable penalty\u2026 and he became the most hated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If\n you are a young man\/woman today doing good for yourself, don\u2019t be \ndeceived by the praises of men. The day you stumble will be the day all \nyour greatness will be forgotten\u2026 and you\u2019ll be crucified like all the \nothers were! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe bow to money, not values!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within\n just two years, NAM1 was literally walking through the corridors of \npower. He had had the opportunity to enter all the high places in Ghana.\n Courtesy his wealth, he had managed to get the attention of the movers \nand shakers of this beautiful country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was being chased with countless awards and titles<\/a>. People twice his age were calling him daddy. It\u2019s only in a country like ours that a lifetime award will be bestowed on someone who has been in the limelight for barely two years. Money can indeed buy and sell anything. For us, it buys our conscience and sells our values.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are a people who bow to money. We are blinded by money. At the sight of it, a man\u2019s name changes. At the sight of money, our conscience takes a vacation. We keep shut about the truth. The love of money is the root of all evil and the love we have for those who have money is the root of all hypocrisy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By: Kobina Ansah | kobinaamoaansah@gmail.com <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The writer is a playwright and Chief Scribe of Scribe Communications, an Accra-based writing company (www.scribecommltd.com).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


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