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John Mahama’s claim to fame
Certain things or happenings and events we come across in life may be taken for granted but when carefully examined,they reveal useful lessons that may be needed to guide us in critical political decision making to make or unmake our beloved country.
There is a friend of mine who told me about eight candidates who were contesting presidential election in Nigeria. During an interview, one of them was asked that Nigeria was a big country with a large population and many problems,so should indicate how he would address the challenges in that country.
In his answer, he had this to say: “In Nigeria, anybody with two or more wives can understand the problems of that country. I have five wives and I cater for them well. They are all very happy and they do not fight among themselves. Each of them is well catered for so in the same way if I become president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I will be able to diagnose and solve its problems without any difficulty.”
INTERESTING ANSWER
The answer given above is interesting and can be compared with other presidential candidates on the continent of Africa. People should, therefore, be able to decide which of the candidates in Ghana should be taken serious in the next elections in 2024.
A startling revelation has come from former President John Dramani Mahama to the effect that he did not go to the Supreme Court to challenge the Election Petition of 2020, but rather to calm down his supporters and prevent them from disturbing the peace of the country.
This is shocking, coming from a former President who had earlier stated that they had won the election and had majority in parliament. What a shock this is!
NO CONSISTENCY
There is no consistency in this claim when compared with other statements he and his NDC cohorts had made about the 2020 general election. It was like saying something different when they meant the other. Can such contradictions come from a presidential candidate in the person of Mr John Mahama?
It is becoming clear that frustration is setting in their effort to recapture political power in this country. Politics of today is quite different from politics of yesterday. Politics in Ghana in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s is quite different from what is happening now. There is still a problem with lack of enlightenment and deceit on the part of certain people who can easily be deceived by the NDC through propaganda. However, there has been more improvement and when people see what is good, they are able to stand for it.
This explains why the NPP, despite all the lies spread about its presidential candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, that he would never be president in this country, was able to win massively and become president of the Republic. There was a similar dose in 2020 when Nana Akufo-Addo, despite all the lies, again won by over 51 per cent compared with John Mahama.
DISTURBANCES
When the results of the 2020 elections were announced by the Electoral Commission, the supporters of the NDC took to the streets and disturbed the peace in various parts of the country the they had won the election not only at the presidential level but had won also 140 seats in parliament. As we all know, this has proved to be a big lie and the NDC today is not believable or credible when it comes to declaration of truthful matters.
Tyres were burnt across the streets in Ghana and most of the people engaged in them were the youth. Also, in certain parts of the country people, including women, collected rubbish and threw them on the streets to create an eyesore. One such incident took place in front of the Electoral Commission but the security officers prevented such miscreants from getting access to the Commission.
PATIENT SECURITY OFFICERS
The security officers, patient as they were on that occasion, skilfully asked the supporters with this unruly behaviour to go back to the streets and collect the rubbish they had spread to create the eyesore. This was a useful lesson to those irresponsible men and women who had been commanded by their leadership, including John Mahama, Asiedu Nketia, Peter Boamah Otokunor and the others to create disobedient and ugly behaviour in this country.
For John Mahama, therefore, to come out today and say that he did that to calm down his supporters shows that he is not consistent when it comes to decision making on his part. If the NPP and the security agency had resisted in the same way, many lives would have been lost on those occasions and the number of injuries of people and the destruction of properties would have been countless.
While all this was going on, the NPP and its supporters, made it clear that the Party and its presidential candidate had genuinely won the election. Well, after eight or nine months, Mr. John Dramani Mahama, has finally confirmed the assertion of the NPP that it is Nana Addo and his Party that won the election in 2020.
WHAT DOES THIS TELL YOU?
It points out that the NDC candidate was not sincere with himself and had only wanted to influence needless fighting in this country, especially at a time when our efforts should be directed towards rebuilding and reconstructing this noble country of ours. Mr. John Mahama made this declaration after the Supreme Court had delivered its judgement in line with the facts concerning what happened during the election outcome. This is shameful and it reveals that my friend, John Mahama, will have to reconsider his political tactics if he wants to be considered serious in this country.
Knowing that he had lost the election, he could have called the leadership around him to immediately calm down the supporters some of whom were not mature enough to understand what was going on as far as the election results were concerned. Indeed, the NDC did not effectively collate results at the constituency and regional levels to prove to its supporters that they had won or lost the election. He should have been decent enough to also congratulate Nana Addo on his victory. This is something he has not been able to do till now.
BEING WIDE AWAKE
Ghanaians must, therefore, be wide awake and stop following people of that kind whose only agenda is to create mayhem in this country. When it comes to peace in West Africa, Ghana comes first. The same Ghana occupies the second spot in Africa. It occupies an enviable position of peace in the whole of the world that is why countries like Germany, Britain, France, Canada, Switzerland, Sweden, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Peru and many others – all see Ghana as a dependable nation that must be embraced by all countries.
The embezzlement of funds amounting to US$200 million under the Saglemi Housing Project in Accra and other projects under which the money quoted has been embezzled shows that Ghanaians must be prepared to follow Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his hardworking government rather than allowing themselves to be deceived by the deceitful NDC whose only agenda is perhaps the destruction of this country!
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Preventing the brain’s melting point with BOS
The human brain is a complex and delicate organ, susceptible to damage from various factors, including extreme temperatures.
The brain’s melting point, also known as the temperature threshold beyond which brain tissue begins to degrade, is a critical concern for individuals seeking to maintain optimal cognitive function.
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Understanding the brain’s melting point
The brain’s melting point refers to the temperature threshold beyond which brain tissue begins to degrade, leading to irreversible damage.
This temperature threshold varies depending on individual factors, such as age, health, and environmental conditions. However, research suggests that the brain’s melting point is approximately 104°F (40°C) to 107°F (42°C).
The role of BOS in preventing the brain’s melting point
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Conclusion
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By Robert Ekow Grimmond-Thompson
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Lotto wahala and Tuobodom palaver
In Sikaman lotto is not a game. It is a profession, a noble career which people aspire to. It is the highest paying profession after armed robbery and the most widespread job on this side of the Atlantic.
In places like China, lotto is a disease that has no cure. Once you are infected, no doctor on earth can cure you. May be Kofi Larteh, Ghana’s most celebrated magician, can help ease the symptoms, but no definitive cure will be forthcoming.
Coming back to Sikaman, lotto has been the financial messiah of many. That is how people look after their large families, pay school fees, marry two wives and do their own ‘monkey things.’
If you are very poor and you win a lottery, chances are that you will die before you even collect the money. You’ll die out of excitement or you’ll start day-dreaming in the streets and an articulated truck will hit you.
As such, very heavy wins are not recommended for poor people, lest they get listed too soon in the obituary columns.
The sad story is told of a heavy-duty caterpillar driver who had a very heavy lotto windfall of several millions, his first big win after several years.
CATERPILLAR
He was driving the caterpillar home when he saw his son running towards him, shouting. “All your numbers have dropped! All your numbers have dropped! He could not believe his ears.
All the four numbers he had staked had dropped and his son, who had gone to stake them for him, was himself over-excited. The poor caterpillar man just could not handle the good news. He suddenly stepped on the brakes and the caterpillar jolted him a trifle too violently, throwing him off. He landed right in front of the still moving heavy-duty machine and it crushed him flat.
I don’t think the bloke would have died if he had won a smaller amount. Sometimes too much cash is not good for the health.
Seldom, people get too confident and that can also result in a wake-keeping, like that of a man who used his lifetime savings and borrowed extra money to crack the machine with a two-sure that the compiler must compulsory drop or the world will end.
Even the shadows of the numbers or their counterparts were nowhere near the winning numbers. His shock-absorbers crumbled under the weight of the heavy disappointment. He crashed to the floor and started foaming at the mouth. He was declared dead on arrival at the nearest clinic.
WINDFALL
Recently, there was a countrywide lotto windfall, and in Kumasi it was more than a festival. Most stakers had between ¢30m and ¢40 million on two-sure that the lotto magicians had predicted at least three weeks earlier,
Kejetia chop bars were besieged with overnight millionaires, carrying huge appetites induced by Opeimu Bitters popularly called Opeimu Peters. All the meat and mudfish got sold out within an hour and procurement agents had to double up to restock.
While some were celebrating, others were weeping and gnashing teeth. The problem was that, three weeks beforehand, the two sure numbers were declared by all the lotto sorcerers, dreamers, magicians, tellers and all the self-appointed and self-promoted forecasters.
Everybody including 10-year-olds, who staked and lost. The following week, they were advised to continue staking. The faithful did continue but the faithless stopped. All of them lost. In the third week or so, a good number of confident stakers had lost faith in the two numbers. That was when the number landed.
So the windfall was for only those who had the unshakeable faith in the numbers. See what faith can do? It can move dollars. Don’t waver, so saith the holy scriptures.
The faithless indeed gnashed teeth. The winners on the other hand celebrated with a song that is as controversial as the business of lotto. It is a song played by the group called Nkasei and has something to do with a town in the Brong Ahafo Region called Tuobodom whose capital we hear is Jinijini.
I hear it is a derogatory song and the queen mother of Tuobodom got charged and breathed out electric current during her protest on air. She allegedly ended up demanding a mobile phone from Nkasei so that she could communicate with them to settle the matter peacefully, lest wahala.
Well, the song is rising up the charts and Nkasei are making the dough, but should it be at the expense of a whole townsfolk, their forebears and generations to come?
WATERPROOF
Waterproof, the famous comedian, was allegedly given hefty slaps at the Kumasi rail station by some Frafra jingoists who felt he was deriding their tribe. And Bob Okala had to run with his tail between his legs when he was confronted and realised that slaps were going to be visited on his lean face.
Let’s not use words and lyrics to cause discomfort to others.
This article was first published on Saturday July 9, 2005
