The House of Royal Ministry international, Apostle D.D Boateng, Say’s leader of nation should be blamed for the dwindling spirit of patriotism in Ghanaians.
According to him, politicians over the years have failed to live exemplary lives to motivate Ghanaians to cling to the tenets of patriotism.
The lack of contribution is not because we are stupid, it is just because we have the wrong attitude. Today, we are reaping the results of that attitude of selfishness and greed. We are the poorest and most deprived people on earth even in the midst of riches.
“In the fight for independence, Kwame Nkrumah succeeded in whipping up patriotic feeling among the nationalist fighters. How did he do it? He associated himself with ordinary people and demonstrated to them that he was championing their course.
” I think the political leaders that have in Ghana demonstrate more to us that they are selfish, self-seeking, self-perpetuating and they are self-aggrandizing cabals. If you have leaders with these features then obviously it become difficult for the people to be inculcated in them the spirit of patriotism,” he said.
Apostle D.D Boateng, lamented that patriotism, which in the past was a dominant trait among Ghanaians has become deficient in recent times.
Nationalism and patriotism have become very deficient in Ghana today. Absolutely nobody thinks about the country first; we all think about ourselves first, our families second, our parties third, maybe, our communities fourth and Ghana comes a distant fifth or sixth or even tenth,” he said
