Money Galore

All African leaders when they assume power promise not to enrich themselves, but what do we see. They later create foreign bank accounts and loot their country's coffers and stash these monies over there. Countries where these monies are stashed are Switzerland, the Cayman Islands, Hon Kong and many more. Former presidents such as Gbagbo, Mobutu, Mubarak, Ben Ali, in fact the list is endless. These monies on ly come to the public domain only if these leaders are violently overthrown or when they lose elections and nothing can be done to rig those elections. I keep on asking myself, dont we have banks in Africa, why save all your stolen cash in the foreign countries? This still baffles me and what intrigues me is that, the governments of these foreign countries closely monitor the accounts of these African leaders. The moment they are kicked out of power, and it si found out that these leaders illigally aquired these monies, the accounts are immediately frozen. Mubarak's accounts have been frozen by the Swiss authorities likewise Ben Ali and Gaddafi. The moment Gbagbo refused to leave power, the American government tld him that he could move to any of his 'multiple homes ' in Europe and America. This meant that Gbagbo had properties all over in Europe and America. He also had his private jet grounded by the Swiss authorities. What sort of greediness is this. Whilst most Africans on the continent wallow in poverty, these African leaders dont care a hoot about the suffering masses and they keep on looting state coffers, awarding juicy contracts to their cronies and taking kickbacks. Our educational sysytem on the African continent is nothing good to talk about, poor access to good drinking water, erratic supply of electricity, bad roads yet the natural resources are always arted away to Europe and America. We in Ghana cant even to buy our own chocolate made from our own cocoa. What a pity? We need to change this system, because Africa is the richest continent in terms of natural resources, yet it is the poorest when it comes to infrastructural development and manpower. Everybody graduates from the university and wants to travel to Europe or America for greener pastures. Our African leaders have not hel;ped the continent at all. Lets keep our fingers crossed and believe in God for the best for Africa and its people, because the forces hampering the continent's development are both internal and external, we need a drastic change.