And so the queen of AKAs, Ruby Naayele Ametefe, AKA
Ruby Angel , AKA Ruby Adu Gyamfi, AKA
Ruby Mahama ‘ AKA Cleopatra etc didn’t only succeed in diverting the attentions
of Ghanaians from the budget and the creation of a Power Ministry she also
successfully got our parliamentarians HIGH
on cocaine –because that’s the only
meaningful explanation to the disgraceful act by the parliamentarians on the
day of the budget debate.
The convention in Ghana for some time now has been
that every month we get an interesting issue for the good people of Ghana to
feed on, talk wholeheartedly about it, get journalists busy on, bloggers like
myself blogging, politicians scoring cheap political points and soon enough we
are done with it and we hop onto another.
I do not have enough space to take you through a history class on GYEEDA, SUBA, SADA
etc and the numerous cases that made the headlines for months in this country.
But a reflection on the past month would reveal a number of those stories. From
the National Service Secretariat rot, through to the CHRAJ boss Laureta
Lampteys’s infamous hotel expenses, to the Speaker of parliament’s refusal to
sign the oath of office etc, one would realize that in all these cases,
Ghanaians had the chance uninterrupted to do what we do best, make a whole lot
of noise about it and move on to another without necessarily proffering any serious solutions. Interesting!
Now but for Angel
of Cocaine the lenses of Ghanaians would be on the budget and the new Power
Ministry. But I guess it’s a huge relief for government communicators who would
have been burdened with the daunting task of defending this rather ridiculous
solution to our problem. As for the political communicators, government critics
and the opposition who waited patiently to draw more attention on this just so
they can take time to devour and ridicule government on this matter, too bad
for them.
Nonetheless genuine questions should be asked , Is
the creation of a new ministry the way to go? Per what we have heard from
government over the period, creating a new ministry as an end to power outages
was the last thing I was expecting. Were we not here in this country when names
like Atuabo and how many megawatts
they were bringing on board among others were mentioned any time power issues
were raised. So what happened? Government communicators are quick to mention
that Nigeria has a Power Ministry; question once again is, Is Nigeria any
better at providing electricity? Clearly not, so the situation doesn’t lie in
further burdening the state wallet with such duplication of duties? The only
thing we are going to do is find some more V8s
for people to drive around with and we are done.
And our Minority in parliament too, my word! They are just
ready to hop on to any issue that seeks to enhance their political fortunes.
They employ various tactics, some very petty at times. And so I wasn’t surprised when honorable
Minority Leader Dominic Nitiwul got so HIGH
on Ruby’s Cocaine and came to the
parliament to display such cheap political tactics with bags of rice to
demonstrate the cocaine saga in a debate on the budget. Disgraceful! What was the correlation? Worse of it all it
wasn’t even a locally manufactured rice, as usual it was a Chinese rice. Holy
Mary!
Now when such shameful acts happen and you expect
the Majority to do the right thing, that’s when they sing their favorite “sorry
to disappoint you” song once again. They also employed their BUGA BUGA tactics and turned the nation’s
parliament upside down with the Speaker of Parliament shouting ORDER ORDER like ‘a tired-underpaid-goiter-stricken-nursery-school-madam’
trying so hard to control a loose day nursery class in a crowded slum. I have
even heard others liken the act to the popular “akyem police birds” gracefully
feeding in a rice plantation and if that’s not under the influence of Ruby’s cocaine, then I doubt what it is.
But Cleopatra though, I mean Ruby Angel Cocaine, she can really disappoint you know. If the
words of the Foreign Minister Hannah Tetteh is anything to go by concerning the
lady’s statement that she thought it was gold. Really?? Despite their rather
illegal acts, I have always held a strong admiration for the smartness and
intelligence of drug peddlers and barons. But given the rather naïve account
from Ruby Naayele, I am tempted to
think they are not smart after all. Unless of course Hanna Tetteh was, to put
bluntly, lying, I do not know how Ruby expected that to fly. Totally ridiculous
and annoyingly naïve. If she worked for my cartel, she would have found her
dismissal letter at the door of her prison cell the next day.
But all in all whether she had strong political
support or not, whether she used VIP or VVIP serious questions have been raised
about our security and Ghana’s image has been dented to a degree with regard to
our commitment to the global fight against drugs.
I must conclude however sarcastic that, I have tried
carrying something in the league of the cocaine’s weight and I have realized it’s
not an easy job. Till date I struggle to carry two bags of “pure water” without
halting to catch a breath every ten steps along the way and so for Naayele to succeed in carrying a 12 kg
worth of the world’s most illegal drug through no mean airport than Heathrow
without blinking an eye ( of course until
when her luck ran out), it is my humble plea that after her prison term,
which I know will be a long one, the Weight Lifting Association of Ghana should
give her a call, who knows maybe, she might secure us a gold in the Olympic
games.
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