Ghana is one of the West African countries we have visited and stayed on in Ghana for educational purposes. Ghana is bounded on the North by Burkina Faso, on the east by Togo, on the west by Cote d’Ivoire and on the south by the Atlantic Ocean.
Looking at Ghana, since its independence until now, there has been a great deal of developments; socially, economically, technologically, politically and in every other sphere. There have been great improvements in Ghana but there are some areas that in our estimation as international students, we would love to see developed beyond its current status.
Power supply (electricity) in Ghana compared to Nigeria where we come from is better. But we can remember vividly when we came to Ghana earlier close to four years ago, before the power goes out, announcements were made and the time or duration for the power outage would be stipulated but now the situation is worst and the power can be out for 24 hours without any announcements. We understand that the Electricity Company of Ghana is working with a schedule but we reckon they are not working according to the schedule they have rolled out. Ghana’s population size is meager compared to that of Nigeria, so we would advise the government of Ghana to take necessary measures to solve the power crisis. For every economy to be buoyant and thriving, power supply plays a major role.
Ghana has a very nice and wonderful infrastructure in place but most of them are situated in the Urban Centres like Accra, Kumasi, Tema and others to the neglect of the rural areas. Although Ghana has good roads, some roads and routes need more attention and maintenance to alleviate the risk of motor accidents and traffic jams.
An observation we have made is the way some of the drivers do drive and conduct themselves whiles driving. This makes it plying the routes a bit of a scare to passengers and pedestrians. More road signs must be mounted and drivers who fall culprit should be really dealt with by the law.
Idume Theresa, Ikakke Ibanga and Peretimitular Akhamie