What are we doing ourselves?

Ampofo Ofori comments on the lack of self-reliance amongst Ghanaians (read Sub-Saharan African's here) he asks the question "...What are we doing on our own to improve the conditions in our country and eradicate poverty, disease, hunger and hopelessness from this great country?..."Questioning the leadership he states "...The question is, do our leaders have to sit down doing no brain search to find ways to get us out of spoon feeding by others, and feed ourselves? Can’t our leaders sit down and plan the success of our future from our own back yard?..."