Ghanaian dancehall king, Shatta Wale, has told his countrymen to stop blaming the country’s politicians for their woes and rather look within themselves and do away with what he calls a “lazy mindset.”
Shatta Wale said politicians always took the bullet for the suffering of the masses when the youth should equally be blamed for having a lazy mindset and not taking nor exploring opportunities open to them.
In an interview with 3 Music, the singer said there were many opportunities in the country that the youths could easily latch on to and make lots of money but for their lazy mindset.
“Sometimes, when we blame the politicians, I laugh. Politicians are doing everything they can to work as politicians. It’s just that when you’re lazy in your mind and you don’t know how to take advantage of opportunities yourself, you will always be talking about politicians,” the star said.
“Politicians are like cartels with how they run things. It’s not that they’re disrespecting the people; they promise, and you vote for them.
“But when they go to the white man and take money from them, the white man thinks that they will use it to provide jobs for the youth. They don’t know that the politician will take that money and give it to cheap labour, those from the rural areas.
“They know that those who went to tertiary institutions will not apply. Our politicians have realised that the youth want flashy things and to wear suits. They don’t want to go into construction. But there’s a lot of money in construction,” he explained.
Shatta Wale went on to advice the youths to be more proactive and creative and stop waiting for the government to provide solutions to their problems.