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I HOPE IT’S NOT TRUE
In my last article I promised I was going to be ‘unchristopheristically’ very brief. I thought I was. But the feedback I got from you my loyal readers suggested the contrary. I wish I could make the same promise today. Well, in times like these, when I write about issues that hurt my insides, break my heart and draw hugely on my passion, I’m unable to put the last full-stop where exactly it should be. Permit me then to take you on yet another marathon; hoping that we will be able to purge ourselves at the end of it when all is told.
If anyone of you is still wondering where politics in Ghana is headed, the answer is this very simple, perhaps so simple as to sound so stupid. It is headed backwards to the bad old days. You still don’t get it? Ok, let me refer you George Orwell’s Animal Farm. If you’ve not read this book in JSS or SSS, I pity you. I encourage you to go back to your headteacher and take your change. You have been cheated. Or maybe your English teacher died quite early. I was very fortunate and I’m sure the same goes for all who were tutored by Mr. Mathew Kwasi Bani of blessed memory, formerly of Aflao Border Complex JSS (my alma mater) and Kabore School Complex, Ho. Mr. Bani introduced me to Animal Farm when he taught us Literature in JSS2. The impact of that book has been with me since. It was from the study of that book that I first learnt the expression ‘political satire’. Yes, I’m very much convinced that Ghana is just on the fast lane to the bad old ‘Napoleon’ days. Our ‘Snowball’, our messiah is yet to come, that is if he will come at all.
As usual, I was doing a snap check on www.myjoyonline.com just to inform myself about the goings-on in Ghana my happy home when I chanced upon this ‘breaking news’. I sincerely hope this news turns out to be a media hoax. But deep down within me, I trust Joy Fm too much to doubt completely what they put up as breaking news. I will reproduce that piece of news shortly to put my argument in perspective. But before, kindly help me find answers, if we can, to some questions that have been doing a ‘march past’ in my head since this news broke.
Why do people enter politics?
Are there good politicians?
Should any politician ever be trusted?
Is the game of politics dirty or the players are?
Do people serving in political offices genuinely do so for the sake of the poor masses?
Can a saintly soul do politics and never get tainted?
If you are as confused as I am about the trajectory of this piece, just take a look at the ‘breaking news’, the pure madness, the ridiculous mockery of politics that I chanced upon. It is reproduced un-edited below.
Sports Minister in looting saga
The news of a massive scandal is gradually unfolding at the Ministry of Youth and Sports as a document that chronicles the alleged superfluous spending of the sector minister Muntaka Mubarak has been leaked to the media.
The minister is said to have demanded monies amounting to several thousands of Ghana cedis in lieu of expenses made by the Black Stars. He is also alleged to have been paid monies for unofficial expenses. For example Mr. Mubarak is alleged to have demanded GH¢12,000 for the diapers and mouth gargle for his baby. The minister is also said to have travelled with his girlfriend to a plush resort in Ivory Coast venue for the CHAN tournament played early February, and charged the cost to his ministry.
He is also reported to have demanded GH¢1000 to consult a spiritualist to boost the fortunes of the Black Stars in their encounters.
While you debate this and try to find answers to the questions above, should any of you chance upon that Law School teacher-turned president somewhere (as I did this story), please tell him that most Ghanaian students who are supposed to be on Ghana Government scholarships abroad, have been living on credit cards, even those in nearby Benin and Togo. I heard he had hit the ground as he promised in his electioneering campaign, but unfortunately, the impact had been so severe that he could not get up and start running as he made us believe he would.
Anyway, here in the cold, I don’t have a luxury of choices but to hit the ground flying. So much pressure in summer school.
Yours truly still watching from the cold.

August 13, 2009 | 3:59 PM Comments  0 comments

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