Ghanaian star actress Yvonne Nelson conducted 11 random polls on her twitter timeline; it was fun for the most part and revealing overall.
Is Africa Cursed?
The poll started with a question that has been on the minds of many Africans for along time—is the African continent cursed? Well the answer is not no; at least that’s what Yvonne Nelson’s respondents think and they may have a point. 50% of the respondents said no but the other either said yes or maybe.
Think about it, what blessed continent will have 30% of the earth’s mineral resources and still be poor and beggarly?
The people who think Africa is cursed may seem superstitious in their thinking but in the absence of reasonable explanations for some of Africa’s woes, the only explanation will be the mysterious and unexplainable—a curse.
Is the African continent cursed??
— Yvonne Nelson (@yvonnenelsongh) September 21, 2018
Are you proud to be African?
The second question she asked is “are you proud to be African” and to buttress my point about the first question, 77% of her respondents were clear in their minds that they were proud of their heritage as Africans—cursed or not 😂
Are you proud to be African ?
— Yvonne Nelson (@yvonnenelsongh) September 21, 2018
Has your country helped you?
65% of the people who voted on Yvonne’s wall think their countries have not done anything to help them. Now, that’s alarming. African leadership must be doing something pretty wrong. To have an overwhelming majority of your people proud of their heritage and still feel helpless is a sad sad state of affairs.
Has your country helped you in any way?
— Yvonne Nelson (@yvonnenelsongh) September 21, 2018
On corruption
In spite of the fact that police men take bribes in the glare view of the public, only 9% of Yvonne’s respondents think they are corrupt.
65% of her respondents think politicians are the most corrupt, followed by pastors.
This makes the case for social scientist who believes that corruption may be largely a perception problem instead of a systemic one. In a 2017 GII survey, the Judiciary came out as the most corrupt institution. In this case Yvonne did not add judges so we may never know if the public still thinks the judiciary is the most corrupt or that within one year, people’s perception is switching back to politicians and probably pastors because of the Capital Bank/Pastor Otabil scandal.
Who is more corrupt?
— Yvonne Nelson (@yvonnenelsongh) September 21, 2018
Akufo-Addo may be peforming
44% of the respondents to the question of whether the president of Ghana was performing believe he is doing a great job. 38% said “No” and 18%, most likely neutrals and floating voters said they don’t care (they will decide in 2020 obviously).
For Ghanaians : is our president performing ?
— Yvonne Nelson (@yvonnenelsongh) September 21, 2018
Buhari is in trouble
Now if you thought Akufo-Addo has no reason to celebrate yet, Buhari is endangered in 2019 when Nigerians go to the polls. 50% of the 2 000 Nigerians who responded to the question of whether Buhari was performing said “No”. Only 16% of respondents said Buhari was doing a great job.
This is very instructive in so many ways however because 34% of Nigerians says they don’t care. If Buhari is able to do some last minute magic maybe he can convince them and some that he should be given a second term.
For Nigerians : is your president performing ?
— Yvonne Nelson (@yvonnenelsongh) September 21, 2018
Nkrumah never die
Asked whether Osagyefo will be happy with the current state of affairs, an overwhelming majority said no. That brings us to the question—why then is the CPP performing so poorly in polls?
Do you think NKRUMAH will be happy with our GHANA today?
— Yvonne Nelson (@yvonnenelsongh) September 21, 2018
Charity and volunteerism
78% of respondents say they give back to society through charity and volunteerism. 16% said no and 6% cannot be bothered.
Do you give back? (Charity) (volunteer )?
— Yvonne Nelson (@yvonnenelsongh) September 21, 2018
Make no mistake
Despite saying they are proud Africans, 64% of the respondents said they will relocate in a heartbeat to a developed country. As for 21% of the 1200 respondents, they will not even come back when given the opportunity (do you remember hellhole?). Only 15% said they will not take the opportunity (thumbs up, Africa is proud of you).
Would you relocate if given the opportunity ? (To the US,UK etc)
— Yvonne Nelson (@yvonnenelsongh) September 21, 2018
Our biggest problem
Without a doubt, corruption reigns as the number one problem of the African continent and 67% of Yvonne’s respondents affirmed this.
The sad thing about corruption is nobody has figured out a way to fix it. It still permeates every facet of African society and culture and we seem to be helpless. It is not just a problem of politicians taking bribes and kickbacks; the average citizen will still as a first instinct when given any opportunity in public service.
What is our biggest problem?
— Yvonne Nelson (@yvonnenelsongh) September 21, 2018
Free SHS in a comfortable lead
Asked whether they will choose free food over education, 62% of respondents will choose free education over free food. This makes Akufo-Addo sort of clairvoyant but the fact is politicians have known that this will be the ideal choice any day for the population. What was left was the political will to do it.
But there’s still 38% who want free food. 2020 campaign strategists should consider that.
Choose one : FREE
— Yvonne Nelson (@yvonnenelsongh) September 21, 2018
