The Future Is NOW!!!

It is interesting sitting back and watching persons in desperate situations clutching at straws! In this case, Baba Jamal, Dep. Min. for Information, throwing the gauntlet to the NPP Flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo, to make a statement, like the president has done, on the financial aid threat made by the British Prime Minister David Cameron. Cameron threatened to with hold financial aid to countries that impinge on the Human Rights of Gays/Lesbians, specifically Uganda and Ghana.

It is a sad commentary recalling the shallowness of perception, view point and performance of the ‘Team B’ ministers under the Mills run NDC. For once, or more generously, on a most rear occasion, Pres. Mills has taken a stand, albeit populist! Going by the cultural makeup of Ghanaians, it was a dead on safe bet for him to seemingly stand up to David Cameron by repeating his mantra ‘ Yen dzi yen fi3 asem’ or rather ‘Cameron, dzi wu fi3 aeem’! Of course, this was a rare opportunity for Pres Mills to strike a common pose with the electorate, and he lapped it up with relish. His henchmen, with nothing else to brag about in terms of achievement, do not want this euphoric moment to pass by, and thus, the daily discussion this is generating on the airwaves. Read more…