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The Ashanti region and the greater Accra regions have the highest influx of youth trooping in from the surrounding towns and villages. Some come in with high hopes of making it real big in the cities. Some of them have been deceived in believing that acre and these other major cities hold the keys to economic freedom. Thus they come with false hopes and enthusiasm to make them rich which eventually is not true. The best time to see these people is at dawn when they are fast asleep on pavements, in the market squares and others who are lucky inn debilitated kiosks standing along the street. These groups of people fall prey to gangsters, armed-robbers and other drug addicts.
Akwesi about a month ago was proudly living with his poor family on the farm in the outskirt of the village. As he recollects he was back then he always had three square meals a day and a place to lay his head. One Sunday afternoon a friend he had not seen for quite a long time came for a visit. His friend was smartly dressed with all those fine ornaments one yearned for. Akwesi saw his friend Tieku as one of the most magnificent guys who came back to the village to dish out money like they did not work for it. Tieku really boasted and lied to Akwesi that he was working with a reputable company in the city and that the salary he received could cater for all his needs. After being persuaded by his friend Akwesi left with Tieku to the city. On reaching the city, Akwesi realized his friend slept in a debilitated kiosk. Akwesi poured torrents of insults on his friend which yielded no results. His friend retorted by saying that he was free to journey back to the village. He had no choice than to side with his friend since he would be disgraced when he returns to the village. Two years after Akwesi left the village he owed not a single property to boast of. The worse part is that he has joined a group who deal in hard drugs and is now a drug addict. His state of health is gradually deteriorating as he has become addicted to one of the most popularly known drug: Indian hemp. All over the developing countries there are familiar and worse situations than what we are telling you now. The question we will ask is that where are we going as human beings? Until attitudes and our mentality change there is no way forward for us and we will continue to have problems in the future. We will end by saying that ignorance and negligence our major maniac should be eschewed at all levels to make a better change in our society.
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RASHID ZUBERU
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Great! Islom I.Mansurov | Apr 3rd, 2004
Very nice Writing. No any comments.
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