{"id":95262,"date":"2025-09-22T10:27:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T10:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=95262"},"modified":"2025-09-22T10:27:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T10:27:57","slug":"weve-lost-our-courage-to-dream-big-as-a-country-victoria-bright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=95262","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019ve lost our courage to dream big as a country \u2013 Victoria Bright"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lawyer and entrepreneur Victoria Bright has lamented Ghana\u2019s loss of boldness in pursuing transformational national goals, saying the country no longer dares to \u201cdream big\u201d.<\/p>\n

Speaking in an interview on JoyNews<\/strong>\u2019 AM Show on Founder\u2019s Day, she said Dr Nkrumah\u2019s enduring legacy should serve as a reminder of what Ghana could achieve if it rekindled the boldness to pursue big national dreams.<\/p>\n

She praised Nkrumah as a nationalist and pan-Africanist who inspired Ghana to \u201cpunch above its weight\u201d on the global stage during the independence struggle. In contrast, she said current leadership is heavy on rhetoric but light on delivery.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe [Kwame Nkrumah] had the courage to dream big, and it seems like we\u2019ve lost that courage as a nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe talk a lot. He [Kwame Nkrumah] was a talker and he was a doer. All we do these days is talk and talk and talk and talk, and then, if we are lucky as citizens, a little bit will be done. But other things that actually rolled continuously, our ability to be self-reliant as a nation, our ability to be truly independent as a nation, are now looming large in our society and causing us not to really reach our full potential as Ghana,\u201d she lamented.<\/p>\n

She also argued that the vision of Ghana\u2019s first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, remains unfinished, stressing that the nation has only taken \u201cbaby steps\u201d toward achieving true independence and self-reliance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Nkrumah\u2019s dream is not finished. It hasn\u2019t been realized, and every Founder\u2019s Day I\u2019m reminded of the urgent need for us to actually finish this uncompleted dream of achieving real independence and real self-reliance,\u201d Madam Bright said.<\/p>\n

Additionally, she likened Nkrumah\u2019s efforts to laying the foundation of an uncompleted house, adding that it is the responsibility of successive generations to complete and furnish it. <\/p>\n

\u201cDevelopment doesn\u2019t happen overnight, but the steps we are taking are just baby steps. We should be leaping now, and we are not,\u201d she stressed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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