‘Challey dis slogan isn’t catchy enough but I dnt wona be the
one deciding that so pls consult ur guys n let’s see if we can get
something better’ , I told him. Two days after he returned to tell me,
‘boss I think I’llstill go with that ooh. The team seems to like it’. I
shook my head n said, Aaaah well. Then so it is. After all what is in a
slogan? I heard church leaders tell us the year before that a certain
Edmond Kombat whom they knew as a devoted Christian might incur the wrath
of God and Christians on campus forgoing with ‘Ur Mind 4 Dey’. In the
end we broke all electoral records in dat year’s elections. Hehehehehe,
funny isn’t it? Did the Christians the men of God referred to vote on
Election Day? Even their God they spoke for, was He on leave on Election
Day? I leave those preachers to Dr Tony Aidoo. hehehe lol. Fast forward,
we worked with the slogan my brother chose. I knew Edem’s dedication and
humility was ‘whatz gona’ do the trick, NOT some slogan. I have never
believed in slogans in electioneering as a matter of principle. I always
plan, execute n take the consequences in good faith. That dedication and
humility, he has more than proved over this short period of official
recklessness and insensitivity.
Eric Edem Agbana, made sure I
didn’t enjoy the later part of my vac. The night we prepared the petition
to parliament was when I saw how dedicated we can be as a people. Whiles
‘sleeptyping’, I sternly watched how tired Sandra was (she was
discharged from the hospital a day earlier), I wonder how Prosper got his
brains sharp at that time of the day,how Horlali punched holes in our
points before we took them out was amazing, and oh my God how can I
forget Duke? Mr. President, I respected u more that night.U see why I
told u JCR prez is too small for u? The Grasag team led by Ernest was
also on point with their contribution. P Kay’s pure water that
night reminded me that Socialism lives on. lol Kwame raised the most
important point of the night. Edjabeng did more than what a Chief of
staff should do. Sir Alex Biney was fantastic with his contribution, Great Nanigbe
will be proud of you. Hehehe. Juliet, Joshua, Dorothy n the rest whose
names I don’t even know, kudos for your good work! After the coalition of
all views and the submission of all sheets of papers to me, I nearly
wept when Edem told me. ‘Nii I beg can we continue dis morrow? I can’t
even think straight, I no bed since yesterday ooh.’ I told him my brother
dnt worry, I’l go home (it was approximately 2:13 am by my Indian watch, thx to Mary Nkrumah). Why
not sleep on campus Nii, Mustafa asked? I told him don’t worry, I’ll
return by 8am so we finish this paper and submit it to parliament before
11am. The above simply depicts what happened in just a night out of the
over four weeks of to and fro jostling and meetings. Above all I thank
God we achieved ALL the reliefs we sought. If for nothing at all our we
succeeded in reminding our ‘honourable MPs’ that we queued in the
scorching sun to offer them employment not only to go play politics with
every issue in the house, but to be responsible when it comes to our
socio economic welfare. Funny enough the idea of petitioning parliament
was first mooted by Micheal, and we all brushed it off because we had
absolutely no hope in our own parliament, can U imagine? Anyway, me I
know where Mike had his inspiration from; I’ll send my appreciation
personally to her later.
In the minds of perpetual critics and
insatiable cowards nothing is enough. Forgetting that, we could
probably have achieved a little more if they had come on board to chip in
one contribution or the other. Anyway some say facebook activism is also
activism,lol. Even though comments I read from some of this latter day
all knowing saints make me cry within. A lot of ignorance is released
under the guise of articles and status updates. To those people go ask
Biano why he once said ‘I pray everyone lead one day’. The least we can
support our leaders with is appreciation, and that doesn’t include
praising them. It’s a matter of conviction and responsibility.
Whiles this was all ongoing, I paused to attempt to understand what
spurred Mustafa on. The haste with which he agreed to sign up to the
lawsuit was surprising. He agreed at a time we had not even decided on
which portion of our ‘truck load’ of problems we should send to court.
Mustafa you have proven that u feel for the ordinary man even though you
are not as ordinary as my wretched self. I run out of steam n broke down
along the line but K rich, Mustafa n the rest of the team still
worked on. Honestly, I thought this level of dedication ended when Edmond
handed over. I was wrong, but hey guys, if we continue with this
attitude we can make this country a paradise. I will release my views
on the case, and Hon Agyarko’s reception in parliament later for obvious
reasons. I will in that piece give an account of what I know about the
loan and how untruthful those who are supposed to train us to be
responsible citizens one day have been. I will end that by providing
basic guidelines I think future student leaders who want to make a mark
MUST live by. I mean student leaders NOT student politicians oh. Because
funny enough, the University Management thrives on one simple si ne
quanon for the perpetration of such policies, and that is a confused
student front (Das All – in the voice of Samini in Adult Music).For now the two students in court deserve our support. It was NOT an
easy decision. Aaaba! I just realized I was talking aboutslogans, hmm
asem oh! Anyway my views on slogans in elections have beentwitched a
little bit. The ‘GET VIM GET INVOLVED’ slogan has become clearer tome
now. It has bred a host of selfless Advocates who would not sit down
unconcernedfor injustice to thrive no matter the circumstance.
Individuals who researchand provide VIABLE alternatives. Not noise
makers and reckless rubble rousers.After all noisemaking ALWAYS yield
nothing. I will start my article soon, allyou’ve been reading is my
heading, and don’t dare say Tweaaa cus u no be my coequal! Anyway, I
shall return
Nii Boi
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