Prominent Ghanaian political figure and Member of Parliament, Sam Nartey George, has voiced his apprehensions regarding the current state of the nation.

With unwavering honesty, he has drawn attention to a precarious situation, asserting that Ghana seemingly fulfills the distressing characteristics of a failed state.

He recalled that during a programme he undertook at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center, Ghana checked all the boxes of a failed state.

“When I did my programme in Kofi Annan. In one of our classes, we looked at the indicators for failed states and Ghana ticked all the boxes. All. A huge youth population, growing unemployment, desperation, we tick all the boxes.

“So the class ended with the conclusion that it was the grace of God that has kept Ghana away from failing because all the things that are classic indicators of a failed state exist in Ghana,” he added.

During his appearance on Good Evening Ghana, Sam George addressed several implications of the indicators, highlighting unemployment as a major concern among them.

“You just need to drive around Accra and look at the desperation in the faces of young people,” he stated, adding that the upcoming elections will be a battle of competencies, where candidates will be assessed and selected based on their skills and their competencies, and not just promises.

“The next election is not necessarily going to be about who's got the best promises and slogans, it's about who can appear to the youth of this country and give them practical solutions to unemployment,” he said.