A NEW GHANA, A NEW ORDER - For God, Country and Posterity

My Brothers, Sisters, Fellow Citizens,

A new order has emerged in Ghana, a new era has dawned. An era in which we must of a necessity create our own opportunities and change our own future. An era in which the progress of our nation is no more defined by our ethnic or political allegiances but by the common desire to see our nation do well.

It is indeed a new order that believes in every Ghanaian citizen's ability to positively affect their lot. We share that faith and hope for a better future.

There is one thing that is certain as the sky above our heads; it is this – Ghanaians are neither lazy nor foolish; and there is only one thing more evil than a dictator who kills his own people and it is this – it is an indictment against our collective destiny as equal citizens of Ghana, for any person or group of people in government to hold to ransom, the expectations, the basic rights, the freedoms and the prosperities of the very people who gave them power. We will defeat this evil. Together, we will defeat the abomination of corruption and its greedy demons that rob every Ghanaian of the good of the land. This is our land; it is no man’s private estate.

Today, we make a choice: to create opportunities, not to remain beggars; to unify, not to divide; to envision our own future, not to have it defined for us. We believe in the democracy that serves the people not rob them; we believe in our country not the den of thieves it has become, we believe in possibilities not hypocritical sympathy; we believe in the ability of our citizens not the slaves they have become abroad. Today we make a choice, once more, to establish a government that is focused on the needs of its people and not the fat bellies of greedy gluttons.

We, and our fathers before us, looked up to them for progress and they failed us all. Our children must never grow, knowing that we failed them also. If they do, it would have been better we never lived. For years, the old have cast spells of doubt over the innovative and imaginative abilities of the young. Today, it is this very ability that will change our fortunes.

We have been quite for too long because we failed as a nation to see that we are the change that we cry for; now, we speak with our voices unified, at every opportunity we have, through every medium that is available to us and using every virtue of imagination and innovation within us. It is true they have our money for their campaigns, but it is also true we have a stronger will to take back what is ours. We know they have the backing of powerful supporters all over the world, but we also know we have the backing of GOD who owns the world. We acknowledge they have the political infrastructure with which to override the will of the people, but we also acknowledge we are in our age – the age of technology. On this platform we’ll echo the cry of our people.

There is nothing violent about asking for a better choice. There is nothing evil about restoring to the people, what belongs to the people.

God has truly blessed our homeland Ghana – He did so by equipping us with everything we need to make it great and strong - we owe nobody but ourselves that obligation. If we fail, we can blame neither God nor man.

LET’S MAKE IT HAPPEN!!  - Building Today, Defining the Future!