EASTER CELEBRATIONS ALSO OVER NOW

Some few days before the SA3 brouhaha, the airwaves in Ghana became a bit relaxed, devoid of the usual; politics. What became more audibly common was Kwahu oooo kwahu. The usual political tension from NDC and NPP toned down slightly. The SA3 and its fallout brought back the political'noise' The short break taught me some few lessons worth sharing. These lessons are not new but mere confirmation of what you may already know. The first of the lessons is the bias of the Ghanaian, especially the educated. Why? It is true that, politics must be without insults. Politics must equally be responsorial especially where your opponent fondly makes sweeping statements targeted at your person, integrity, gains, or your group's progress. My Alumni Whatsapp platform which has been extremely political with accusations and plain insults on government, appointees and party, suddenly passed a rule, banning political posts on same. Why? Some silent sympathisers of government and NDC have found their voice and are giving them a run for their cash. That is cool. The above even leads me into the second lesson which simply taught me that, Ghanaians abhor insults, lies and hate speeches in politics. Trust me, the more insults you spew, the more enemies you make for your candidate. This lesson applies to floating voters. The very partisan Ghanaian will clap for his communicator for insulting the opponent and complain when the opponent responds. Interesting times we have ahead moving into election 2016 on November 7. It will be suicidal for any person or party to think that, the Ghanaian voter is so 'foolish' that, any lie you put out will be swallowed hook, line and sinker. The Ghanaian voter, educated or not, will verify, especially the floating voter or the swing ones. Some oldlady asked me if the adverts running on TV in recent times are true. I told her yes and showed her a copy of the green book; Accounting to the People. She simply asked, "so why are you people rather quiet for them to make all the noise?" Thinking she was okay with my explanation, I heard her somewhere else asking another person who told her yes but that will not give us food. I have work to do here. Show her the relation between the work done and access to food on her table. Before sharing this information with you, I went out to take a few shots and some dog meat. I stayed longer at the joint because of the nice highlife music I was enjoying. Apparently, it was from a radio station. Immediately the jingle was played, the guys sitting next to me started a conversation that caught my attention. It all had to do with the fact that, by close of day tomorrow, Monday, March 28, the Easter will be over and the airwaves will be filled again with NDC/NPP. They were wondering why we think the noise we make on radio and TV will make them vote in a certain direction. I agree to this point that, we have to explain a few things to them from time to time but the annoying bit is the accusation and counter accusation. Today is the last day of the Easter, let's all use it to adjust ourselves towards a more respectful, issue based peace seeking electioneering campaign towards November 7. Remember, just as Easter, 2016 came, we hyped it, attended it, enjoyed it and it is over, so shall all things pass in exception of the Kingdom of God. Let us do our best to make our world better.