The capitation system of the National Health Insurance Scheme being piloted in the Ashanti Region may have its drawbacks. Times may be very hard. But we do not need an Arab Spring to solve these or any other problems. With completely different social and political conditions leading to it, the Arab Spring is arguably an inexact parallel to the Capitation system being piloted in the Ashanti Region. Talk is cheap. Political talk is even cheaper. But the Ashanti Regional NPP Chairmans threat to instigate an Arab Spring-style overthrow of the government is still shockingly mortifying. At 36, the Chairman is relatively young. But this political faux pas cannot definitely be ascribed to political immaturity because older politicians have passed worse comments. But one cannot completely discount some bit of youthful exuberance on his part. I neither seek to question his political credentials nor hold brief for the government. All I am simply trying to do is to remind us all that we have moved beyond coups, revolutions and all other forms of political upheaval. Chairman Wontumi ought to be reminded about the results of the Arab Springs in Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt. If they are anything to go by then his chain of businesses, like everything else, will suffer from an Arab Spring. What we need as Ghanaians is to continue using the spring water we found during the Ghanaian Spring of 1992. The spring water is definitely losing some of its freshness. But even if it is being muddied, we are better off waiting for two more years to purify it than to wade into the water with nothing but equally dirty boots, balled up fists and stained garments.
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 08:16:11 +0000
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