I’m a reggae addict and one of my all-time greats is Andrew Peter Tosh. My favourite among his many great hits is “Glass House”. The first four lines read, “If you live in glasshouse, don’t throw stone. And if you can’t take blow brother, don’t throw blows.”
I remember vividly the first time I heard the song. I was then in primary six. I fell in love with the song so much that I literally begged my friend to lend me his father’s cassette. I had the “Mama Africa” cassette album for only a day. But I could sing every word of the “Glass House” song by the time I returned the cassette. I’ve since made the song my guiding principle. From the results I’ve had so far, I think Wofa PK should emulate my example.
Did I hear you ask who Wofa PK is? He is our Vice-President, and the economic guru who gets confused anytime Dr Bawumia delivers an economic lecture. Maybe he hasn’t heard the song before. Maybe he has, but failed to listen carefully to the lyrics. If I were him, I would listen to the song carefully and stop throwing stones at others.
It is an open secret that Wofa PK’s favourite pastime since his secondary school days is having amorous and erotic relationship with guys of the same-sex. Yes, it is alleged. But as the popular Akan proverb says, “When the frog narrates events from the river-bank to the effect that the crocodile is dead, one has no reason to doubt it.”
Indeed, it was his alleged gay partner who willingly let the obese cat out of the bag. The bloke didn’t even mind his picture being splashed on the front page of the ubiquitous Daily Guide. His narration was so vivid that it was difficult not to believe his story. (Read the January 9, 2012 online or print edition of the Daily Guide if you doubt me.)
We knew this weakness of his but held our tongues out of respect for the position he occupies. But if Mr Creptua has forgotten that he is in a glasshouse and has resorted to throwing stones, then some of us feel obligated to remind him of the type of house he is living in. For your information, “Creptua” was how he and his gay partner were alleged to be called when they were in a top boys’ senior secondary school in Cape Coast in the Central Region.
Many have attacked Mr Creptua for descending so low and referring to the height of Nana Addo during a campaign tour. Much as I dislike seeing older folks being disrespected, I believe it behooves the elderly to show maturity in their words and actions. If a sane adult opens his mouth wide and vomits very stinking words, he is likely to receive like words in return.
Yes, Nana Addo is short, but he is not gay. Neither is he corrupt. Much mud has been thrown at him without success. Such a man is my choice for the presidency.
In the meantime, my compatriots eagerly await Wofa PK to redeem his promise and respond to Dr Bawumia’s hefty economic blows that have dazed him and his ilk. He has been to Kwahu and a few other places but had failed to speak on the Bawumia lecture. Frankly, we eagerly await his so-called illuminating economic response!
Abusuapanin, the Chief Propagandist is at it again! After eating humble pie and apologizing for all the lies and propaganda he spewed out during the 2008 polls, many of us thought Fiifi Kwettey had repented. How wrong we were! Among other lies, the man is reported to have said the $750 million Eurobond was virtually wasted by the erstwhile Kufuor government.
He was, however, exposed last Saturday on Newsfile, when Wofa Kwaku Baako produced a World Bank document which detailed how the Eurobond facility was used. About $286 million was used for investment by the Volta River Authority; $134 million for investment by Electricity Company of Ghana; $90 million on road infrastructure; $54 million on Bui Dam; $31 million on the West Africa Gas Pipe-line and a host of others. Only liars and propagandists could refer to such wise investments as waste!
Am I surprised? No, I’m not. I’m not because Fiifi and his ilk are unrepentant liars. But for lies and propaganda, would they have become ministers and deputy ministers? I wouldn’t repent if I were them. Or would you?
By the way, have you seen the Mahama cash-for-vote video? I’ve seen it but couldn’t tell whether it was cash being dished out or something else. Interestingly, Chief of Staff says it was not cash but leaflets. He was, however, contradicted by his boss who says it was cash. Well, whether cash or leaflet, the value is the same. After all, it is “Mahama paper”.
I would end today’s piece with an unsolicited advice to incompetent politicians and those living in glasshouses. It is better to close your mouth and let all assume you are a fool than open your mouth and remove all doubt.
See you next week for another interesting konkonsa, Deo volente!
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