The Alliance of Libraries Archives and Records Monitoring (ALARM) has observed with very keen interest the recent spate of sadism and disorder exhibited by some politicians and radio commentators purported to be the reserved for all unrestricted knowledge and its consequent implications for the peace and development of our dear country. We in the Alliance of Libraries Archives and Records Monitoring (ALARM) would want to state that, we are not enthused in anyway as to the severity of aggression mounting amongst politicians and commentators over the judgment debt phraseology. We are therefore calling on the politicians and radio commentators regardless of political, tribal and religious inclinations to exercise jingoism and demonstrate civility in their quest to register their bliss and displeasure on the Judgment debts. Although our thinking forbids children to speak when adults are speaking, scientifically and scripturally we know that intelligence, knowledge and wisdom are not the sole “province” of an adult, the only thing an adult could have over a young person is experience based on age or length of time. However we think that our so called leaders are missing the points on the judgment debt a phenomenon that has come to dwarf all the programs of the state. Our worry is the parallel and entrench positions taken by people believed to be parties in one way or the other in these whole judgment debt tale and their cohorts. We are graciously gifted with everything needed to be the greatest country in the humanity and also with everything we need to fix our problems. We have both human and natural resources, we have smart people who know what to do, what we are lacking is the WILLPOWER to do what we know is right. Our leaders lack courage, the courage of leading the country into the promised land, the courage of Yaa Asantewa fighting to liberate her people, then leading it against their will, the courage of Abraham Lincoln emancipating the slaves in-spite of death threat, went to war for the same cause and was eventually killed (shot to death). It is important for us to fully understand what the problems our nation are, or else we will be providing solutions for symptoms rather than providing solutions for the disease itself. Redundancy, Judgment debts, bad roads, broken health facilities, armed robbery, schools under trees, NHIS and communal conflicts, etc are not the problems Ghana faces, they are simply symptoms of larger issues that need to be dealt with, but have defied solutions or ignored. Our summary of Ghana’s problems: A. Corruption (Institution and Individual) B. Lack of courageous leaders with vision and strategy of development based on accurate data C. Our “Thinking” as Ghanaians (religion, wealth, etc) As we seek the solutions to transform our country, we want to appeal to everyone based on our religious faith. The Bible says “except the Lord builds, they that labour do so in vain”. At the base of our problems and the oil that would grease the wheel of change is PRAYER. We are not talking about overnight vigils or enemy attacking prayer, but true believers coming out of their buildings and deliberately and specifically praying for our Ghana. Having articulated our problems and the tons of issues on its cocktail, we then need to have a sincere dialogue on how to eliminate corruption and fill the void of why leaders are corrupt, we need to have the same dialogue on how or why our system of government attract low lives and not men/women of integrity, we need to have another dialogue on how our thinking which we often call culture, is holding us back from individual growth and societal development. ALARM is of the view that once we identify what the issues are (not concentrating on symptoms), the next question then is how and why did we get here, how and why do we have leaders who are timid and visionless, how and why do we think the way we think. Why is it that after fifty five years of independence we’ve never had a leader and Government who could rally the country behind a vision that everyone would buy into, someone who would clearly articulate the vision like the Apostles (Peter and Paul) to the extent that people would freely give of themselves and their substance for that leader and his/her vision. We hold on to our view that any attempt by any political party or its activist to defend the payment and non-payment of the judgement debt as against the state is a circumvention of the political party’s act which discourage tribalism and ethnicity in the search and establishment of political parties. It is therefore our duty as voters to uphold and adhere and support to the guiding principles of leadership and integrity by voting for people base on who is Capable, God fearing, trust worthy and incorruptible. Hence the task of deciding on good leaders should be our biggest challenge as voters in the next general elections. We should underline the fact that such a leader can be found in any of the several tribes and political parties of Ghana, whether small or large. This is only possible if we are going to cast our votes as nationalists and not as tribalists or believers in party colours. To be able to get the right persons to be the next President/ and Parliamentarians of the republic of Ghana to manage the state purse. By this way we can curb the menace of corruption and incessant defense approach by cohorts of people believed to have acted against the state. Charles Kwasi Bawuah Mc (Convener)

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