Nationalism: Ghanaians don’t put Ghana first – Mahama

Former President John Mahama said the attitude of not prioritising Ghana raises questions on patriotism among Ghanaians.

Ghanaians think about other affiliations before considering the welfare of the country.

This is an observation former President John Mahama has made.

He was speaking at a ceremony to mark the enrollment of the first batch of students at the NDC’s ideological school in Accra.

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He said the attitude of not prioritising Ghana raises questions on patriotism among Ghanaians

“Nationalism and patriotism have become very deficient today. Absolutely nobody thinks about the country first.”

“We all think about ourselves first, our families second, our parties third maybe our communities fourth and Ghana comes a fifth or even tenth.”

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The National Democratic Congress (NDC) which is currently the largest opposition party in the country has struggled with ideological identity. Some leading members of the party have often aligned themselves with the principles of Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s Convention People’s Party (CPP).

Former president John Mahama, however, believes the party must blame itself for the state of affairs.

“It has taken the party 25 years to come around the idea of a party school. Within that time frame, NDC activists have very little understanding of their ideological roots which he has not augured well for party unity and grassroots mobilisation,” he said.

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