{"id":4396,"date":"2014-03-06T19:29:53","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T19:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=4396"},"modified":"2014-03-06T19:29:53","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T19:29:53","slug":"ghanas-bane-is-illiteracy-and-poverty-k-b-asante","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=4396","title":{"rendered":"Ghana\u2019s bane is illiteracy and poverty \u2013 K.B Asante"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4397\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4397\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/KB-Asante-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4397\" alt=\"K.B Asante\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/KB-Asante--300x187.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/KB-Asante--300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/KB-Asante-.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">K.B Asante<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Retired diplomat and former Secretary to Ghana&#8217;s First President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, <em>K.B Asante<\/em>\u00a0says the biggest problems Ghana faces after 57 years of independence are \u2018\u2019illiteracy and impoverishment\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we have too many illiterate people in the population and we have too many impoverish citizens and this is unacceptable,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him Ghana needs an honest assessment and appraisal of our achievements 57 years after independence. He described Ghana as a nation endowed with lots of natural resources and capable human resource and brain power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGhana is a state endowed with good raw materials and a people are fairly good in many respect [brain power] and so we should have done better in education\u00a0 so that we don\u2019t have so much poverty,\u2019\u2019 Mr Asante noted.<\/p>\n<p>He said Ghana\u2019s population have increased but the people not very well educated. \u201cThe point is many of are not very well educated, they don\u2019t understand what is happening; education is not as deep as it should be and I think we should look into that.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Mr Asante further stated that free education is not the answer to Ghana\u2019s current challenges. \u201c I do not think that free education is the answer, I think our education, the practice, our supervision should improve, little things like that,\u2019\u2019 he opined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not think that at the moment free education is the answer, although state should endeavour to ensure that everybody is educated to the best of his\/her ability, but in our present circumstance its difficult in my opinion for the government to dish out more money for education&#8230;\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>However, he said Ghana has not failed entirely in achieving the vision and dreams of the founding fathers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are still a nation; we are together, other countries have passed through terrible situations. We over the past 57 years have had our ups and downs and those episodes should teach us what we should do in the future, the important thing is to find out why we have failed in certain respects and what we should do not to repeat the failures,\u2019\u2019 he cautioned.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Evans Effah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retired diplomat and former Secretary to Ghana&#8217;s First President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, K.B Asante\u00a0says the biggest problems Ghana faces after 57 years of independence are \u2018\u2019illiteracy and impoverishment\u2019\u2019. \u201cI think we have too many illiterate people in the population and we have too many impoverish citizens and this is unacceptable,\u2019\u2019 he said. 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