A LOT of things are going on in this country which is hampering the congenial environment necessary for national cohesion, peace and devel­opment of this country.

A careful observation of issues and happenings in this country, called Gha­na, paints a very disturbing picture of the future. Students are now attacking their teachers with impunity and there is no sign of remorse.

Again, students are bringing offensive weapons to school, and engaging in acts that defies logic. Teachers are impregnating students, lecturers are enticing students with grades to sleep with them, forgetting that they are sowing seeds of corruption in them.

I shudder to think of what will happen should these youth one day, occupy sensitive positions in government and financial institutions, like Minister of Finance, Bank Manager, and President etc.

I am advocating for a mandatory men­tal health screening every six months for every citizen of this country, be­ginning with the first gentleman of the land, since sickness is no respecter of persons, to the 2 year olds.

Those below two years can be exclud­ed for the simple fact that they cannot cause harm on their own without the help of someone older. The insane be­haviour is just becoming way too much and it is time to say enough is enough.

People go on demonstration to protest against vehicles knocking people down some dying others sustaining serious injury. They demand that a footbridge be constructed across the highway so pedestrians can safely cross over to the other side.

The government respond positively for once and the footbridge is constructed. Surprise, surprise, some people decides that they are not going to use the footbridge but to cross the highway at a risk to lives. Is thus madness or what?

Powerlines for high-voltage power transmission are supported by py­lons which are mounted on concrete foundations and firmly held in place by bolts and nuts. Some very ‘sane’ people decides that the pylons no lon­ger need the nuts to hold firm so they decided to remove them. The result was the toppling of the affected pylons and power outages for a large part of the country. If you tell me that people who do these things are not suffering from some mental problem, I would have a hard time believing this.

Guard rails along major highways in Accra are being removed and it is al­leged that they are then sold as scrap. Roof of bridges have been chiseled to enable overloaded trucks to pass under without hindrance. Are the people doing these are of sound mind?

If we are not careful, the level of these insane acts will spread like wildfire. People deliberately build at Ramseyer Sites which are supposed to serve as water reservoirs to prevent flooding and the same people then turn around to complain when it rains and their houses gets flooded.

The Odaw River banks are cleared of unauthorised structures and what do we see now, the settlements are back and where do you think they will dis­pose their waste, the Odaw River.

A few days ago, the pavements and the streets were cleared of traders and it was a very refreshing site to behold, as pedestrians were able to move freely as well as vehicular traffic.

Surprise, surprise, a few days later, they are back on the pavements again. When shall we as a people, prioritise morality so that we shall make prog­ress in making our city and environ­ment clean?

When shall we say, enough is enough to the wrong attitudes of lack of patrio­tism and general lack of moral values so our nation can develop to its fullest potential?

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By Laud Kissi-Mensah

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The impact of emotional trauma

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Traditional treatments often fail to address the underlying emotional trauma, instead focusing on managing symptoms.

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 When Ukraine is mentioned these days, what readily comes to mind is war? Wars are not something that people relish, that is, rational people. It leaves a destruc­tion so devastating in its wake and there is nothing nice to ever cherish about it.

In the First World War, about 16 million people were killed and in the Second World War at least 50 million people were killed. The destruction of the world economy cannot be underesti­mated. The social cost was also quite astronomical.

A lot of soldiers returned home with various degree of injury. Some sol­diers were maimed for life, others had post-traumatic psychological issues and were never their former selves.

A little background to this Rus­sia-Ukraine war will be helpful for this article. Ukraine used to be part of the Soviet Union, which was a union of several states including what is cur­rently called Russia.

After the breakup of the then Soviet Union, Ukraine became an indepen­dent country. However, when Vladimir Putin became President of Russia, he as well as a section of the population, felt a certain loss of esteem and if you like, the glory associated with the former Soviet Union.

In 1994, the Western powers led by the US forced Ukraine to agree to hand over its nuclear weapons to Russia and they were to guarantee Ukraine’s protection in what is known as the Budapest Memorandum.

Things begun to get ugly when coun­tries that used to be part of the Soviet Union, started to rid themselves of the influence of Russia. Putin was par­ticularly upset when the pro-Russian president of Ukraine was overthrown through a popular uprising of the people.

He then engineered a separatist move­ment in the Eastern part of Ukraine and brought in Russian soldiers to sup­port them to fight the Ukrainian Army. Russia later annexed Crimea, which is the Southern part of Ukraine, in 2014.

Finally, when the US and its allies did nothing, it emboldened Putin to attack Ukraine in February 2022, in what has become known as the Russia-Ukraine War.

Here comes the thrust of the issue at the core of this article, namely lessons from Ukraine. A lot of people were shocked to hear or read that, Russia had attacked Ukraine and their soldiers have crossed the border into Ukrainian territory and were heading towards Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital.

I recall reading a story about former President Biden of USA sending a message to the Ukrainian President Zelensky that he is sending a plane to take him and his family out of Ukraine and his response has stuck with me.

He said “The fight is here; I need am­munition not a ride”. This bold state­ment invoked or rekindled the spirit of patriotism and galvanised the entire population into action, to defend their country with their lives.

Later reports that surfaced, indicated that Putin thought he could conquer Ukraine within a few days, but the war has entered its fourth year now, due to Ukrainians resolve to defend their country, at all cost.

The war between Ukraine and Russia is like the Biblical battle between David and Goliath and so Ukraine should not have survived the might of Russia at all but they had something that the Rus­sians did not realise, which is determi­nation, arising from a winning mindset.

The will to successfully defend their country gave them overcomer’s mind­set and that is the lesson for us in this country. We need to have a mindset of overcoming challenges and the sky will be our limit. God bless

NB: ‘CHANGE KOTOKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO KOFI BAAKO INTERNATION­AL AIRPORT’

By Laud Kissi-Mensah