By Lord Fiifi Quayle

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My Fellow Ghanaians,

I want to share something personal with you today. The other evening, tired after a long day, I was watching a cartoon on Netflix. There was a scene showing a mother rat teaching her young pups what to do when faced with a predator. Her lesson? To flip over, go limp, and play dead.

I am convinced to them, it is a sophisticated survival technique. But I sat there, and something about it just didn’t sit right with my spirit. It struck me that this is exactly the kind of lesson we have been teaching ourselves for too long. When faced with a challenge, be it economic hardship, a lack of opportunity, or simply the fear of failure, our first instinct has been to play dead. To wait for the threat to pass. To hope someone else will come along and explain why we couldn’t succeed.

That is where the phrase hit me: Dead people don’t explain things.

A nation that plays dead cannot explain to its children why it didn’t build the schools, the roads, or the industries. A generation that plays dead cannot explain to the next why they let their dreams fade. We cannot, from a place of inaction, ever justify inaction. The explanation dies with the opportunity.

This is why my every waking moment is focused on one thing: changing that instinct from playing dead to standing up and building. Believing in Ghana again is about giving every entrepreneur, every young graduate, every farmer the confidence that if they stand up and face the challenge, the system will stand with them, not against them. It’s about creating the right soil for your seeds to grow.

This isn’t just theory. You see it happening. The road expansions aren’t just tarmac; they are veins carrying the lifeblood of commerce. The new high-rises aren’t just steel and glass; they are monuments to our new ambition. The technology in our fields and clinics isn’t just gadgetry; it’s a promise of a smarter, healthier, more prosperous life for all.

This is the Ghana we are building together. Not by pretending our challenges don’t exist, but by facing them head-on with creativity, resilience, and a stubborn belief that we can win.

So to our incredible youth, I say this: Your greatest opportunity is this very moment. Each day is your chance to build something that will make your brother proud, your neighbour secure, and your country strong. Don’t play dead. Don’t wait for an explanation. Be the explanation.

Let’s dare for the impossible. Let’s challenge our own status quo. Let’s put on that resilient spirit that is our true heritage and build a Ghana that future generations will not only deserve but will also look back on and say, “That was the generation that chose to build.”

The Black Star is rising because we are choosing to rise with it.

With hope and determination,

GHANA MUST WORK AGAIN