I once chanced on a video on YouTube titled, “Things that shocked me in Ghana.” After watching the video, I found it very interesting and also realized that many people had done similar video with the same title. The videos are simply about the experiences of ‘non citizens of Ghana,’ especially Nigerians who visited Ghana and found Ghana to be an interesting place to be. These ‘non citizens’ couldn’t but to praise Ghana for the wonderful things and lifestyles here. So many interesting things were said about Ghana; both good and funny. Permit me to share with you some of the things our brethren from outside Ghana said about Ghana.
1. To some of the Nigerians, they found it strange for Ghanaians to have cats as pets. In fact they were really shocked. To many Nigerians, the mere chancing on a cat is like you’ve seen the devil.
2. Some of these Nigerians couldn’t believe Ghanaian dogs are so tame. In fact, they claim Nigerian dogs are very wild. One of them funnily said, “perhaps because Nigerian’s economy is hard, that’s why our dogs are also wild like lions.”
These were just by the way.
Now,
Most of the Nigerians praised Ghana for a constant electricity supply. In fact, to the Nigerians, it was something they couldn’t believe because in Nigeria, there isn’t constant and ‘frequent’ electricity supply; most of them use generators.
So many other things were said about Ghana, but two things really struck me;
1. Ghana is a very religious country.
2. Ghanaians are very content with what they have. In fact let me quote exactly what most of them said, “Ghanaians don’t have the hustling spirit. They are so contentious.” In fact, I didn’t understand this until they explained it. It really shocked me. Most Ghanaians are very contentious This is so true!💯 This never crossed my mind. Of course, not all Ghanaians are content with what they have, but averagely and comparatively, I think Ghanaians are very contentious. Could this be a contributing factor to Ghana being peaceful?
For Nigerians, they hardly close their stores or shops, unlike in Ghana where, many shop owners, or even hawkers have a particular time to start work and a time to close from work. These, the Nigerians didn’t understand. Most of them said they were surprised to go to (a) shop(s) around 6pm or even before 5pm, just to realize that the store(s) had closed. Some were even surprised to hear the store or shop owner say “I have closed, come tomorrow” while a customer is there. In fact, the Nigerians were so surprised. But this is the nature of many Ghanaians.
We all ought to be keep on being contentious.
This is my Easter message to us.
Happy Easter in advance