I OWE MY ALLEGIANCE… TO WHOM? There are two things I love to do; to stay indoors to write, or to go out and take a stroll. In doing the latter one day my eyes set on a drinking bar with quite an amazing inscription, peace spot. I love to test situations, and characters, and minds. But on this occasion I did not exactly know what to do to get the result I wanted. I don’t drink, and there were no two drunken blokes around. I am therefore left to imagine situations and events. How can a drinking bar ever be a peaceful spot where young men with little or no ambitions meet to enjoy akpeteshie? With their equally disillusioned women in tow. I don’t expect anyone to owe an allegiance to such a place, but walking around, you’ll find out a good number of people do, just as others do to the places of worship. Don Moen sings “I owe my allegiance to the Lamb”. I repeat, others owe their allegiance to the blue kiosk. Aha, I have just remembered the drama I witnessed in one Nollywood production. A mobile preacher “ missed” his way to one such peace spot where he tried to reason with one drunk to change his way, for Jesus is coming again. The drunkard shot back, Jesus is not coming again. The preacher insisted Jesus is coming again. The drunkard blurted, Jesus is not coming again. They were both passionate. The preacher forgot what the bible says about such situations; shake off the dust on your feet, and leave them to perish in their sins. He rather engaged this unyielding drunkard in a fight. I am still talking of allegiance here. So how can Mr. Freddy Blay be saddened and disappointed? To whom does he owe his allegiance? To the people of Ellembele who sent him to parliament to represent them in the first place? To his kinsman, Kwame Nkrumah’s CPP? To president Kufuor’s NPP? Or to his Daily Guide newspaper? You see, I deliberately did not ask about Ghana because I know that comes with a lot of challenges to our leaders. We were not part of that closed door meeting, neither was your Daily Guide reporter, yet what you discussed behind closed door became a transpositional error in your paper the next morning. And you think nobody should question your loyalty or disloyalty to the NPP? You have come a long way, and you should know better than I do. I have not questioned your affection for the NPP. Afterall, why do we marry and divorce, and re-marry? They (the true owners of the NPP) asked, and I think it is in the best interest of all of us, about your allegiance. I am only relaying it to you as a servant of God, that Jesus is coming again, and where you are, there is trouble. Do not let us fight as those two young men did. On whose side are you? Alan or Nana? Your paper could have scooped and written about such inner circle secrets without wahala should you have stayed on the side lines and not gotten involved. For now, you have to live with this one, and the other more serious allegations to follow. Allay their fears by publicly telling them where your allegiance lies. Make a public declaration. Even the people of Ellembele may look at you with suspicion. It’s an uncomfortable situation you have put yourself in. Uncle Blay, you remember when Efo Rawlings seized power and overthrew our government on the very last day of 1981, he was asked the following year if he would hand over power. He in turn asked, “To whom?” For close to twenty years, Efo Rawlings lived with the sin of overthrowing Hilla Limann’s administration. Till he left office in January, 2001, and Kufuor hauled him before Amua-Sekyi, who surprised Rawlings with his less strenuous, and brief questioning, against popular expectations. The pleasantly surprised Rawlings asked him, “Oh, is that all?” You have had your first surprise, devoid of the pleasantness Mr. Rawlings experienced with Amua – Sekyi (May his soul rest in peace). If you find a home in the NPP, let us know. If you don’t find a home in the NPP, again let us know. Kwame Nkrumah, unlike Jesus is not coming again; you may be right to abandon him and his ideology, though you will not be forgiven. Your decision may be better than that of Paa Kwesi Nduom, Dr. Edward Nasigri Mahama, Domestication, and the like. If you don’t believe in something, you move on and abandon the cause. You don’t smuggle part of it with you. Well done, uncle Blay.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 12:00:00 +0000
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