LAUGHING TO PREPARE GROUNDS FOR GHANA’S 2012 ELECTIONS

In an event where teeth will be gnashing, tongues will be wagging, temperature will be high, anxiety among other discomforts will be experienced, don’t you think approaching Ghana’s 2012 elections on a lighter note would do the trick? I embrace this idea with both arms. These are a few “facts” about some politicians in Ghana and these “facts” often give you something to laugh about.

1. Deaths: It is only in Ghana that one would find politicians who won’t support their opponent’s business to grow or visit him on his sick bed but is ever ready to empty his account to have a befitting burial for his opponent when he dies.

2. Defeat: Defeat is said to be part of life but this is not found in the books of some politicians in Ghana as it is most often considered as the “end” of one’s life. They express this due to investment made ahead of the elections. Hence anything inconsistent with victory is the last thing to expect.

3. Prayer: One cannot tell how often politicians communicate with God but their behaviour during elections tend to spring surprises as they move from one church or mosque to the other. The interesting aspect is actually on the election day as they are not able to sleep but pray throughout the night before.

Once it seems their prayers are being “heard”, they continue to engage God in prayer in their rooms without bothering about food or water until final results are released by the Electoral Commission of Ghana. Funny enough, how many partake in monthly fasting and prayers in the various churches?

4. Secret admiration: Some politicians in Ghana find it so difficult telling how they like their opponent in public but do more than this when they are alone making others believe they have hatred for themselves.

5. Encouraging followers to accept defeat: They are more than ready to accept defeat secretly but find it extremely difficult to make their supporters do same in public. They are also good at taking blame for any abysmal performance in office secretly but openly refuse to and defend every error made.

6. Death of President Mills in 2012: No one takes pride in the death of his fellow but this part of the piece cannot be written without making reference to him and the impact he made. The entrance of the late leader of Ghana, John Evans Atta Mills into politics in the 1990s certainly had some impact.

One of such was his sense of humour and witty comments about issues which one would expect to generate into a brawl.Ascending the throne in 2009, no single moment passed without some Ghanaians making fun of comments by our late leader.

After his departure in July 2012, some Ghanaians thought there will be none of his calibre in Ghana’s history but this has already been redefined as the God who took our leader away has replenished us with one Hassan Ayariga( new Mills), the Presidential candidate for People’s National Convention(PNC).

This man’s name has made waves in the Ghanaian media for more than two weeks due to his “sense of humour” . As a result of an infamous “cough” he complained of before a Presidential Debate organized by the Institute of Economic Affairs(IEA) in Ghana and the impact it made,some Ghanaians have manufactured “Ayaricough” to help this candidate before Dec.7.

The above is not to make fun of anyone but to set the ball rolling for Dec.7 on a lighter note and must be borne in mind that: “A minute of Laughter renders your opponents powerless”

GHANA IS SAFE!