Mr Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, has differed on the outcome of a recent survey that ranked Ghana as the fourth (4th) happiest country in the whole of sub-Sahara Africa.
In reaction to the ranking by the World Happiness Report released by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations, he said the report appeared to be out of phase with the reality on the ground.
“State sponsored militancy, rising cost of living, rising fuel and electricity prices, kidnappings, graduate unemployment – these are some of the highlights of our national life so far, how this state of affair is a source of happiness in Ghana, really leaves a lot of room for questions,” Bagbin said in a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra.
According to him, constant demonstrations and protest marches against the government, rather indicated that Ghanaians were becoming angrier.
“This is a country in which, contract killings and Police brutalities have now become a regular feature. People have become very suspicious and people are living in fear all the time.
“The collapse of businesses has reached unprecedented levels leading to many losing their jobs, it couldn’t possibly be true that we are happier under these circumstances than a few years back,” Mr Bagbin said.
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