“Between dreams and fruition, yawning gaps close; not by pacing carpets but by mating quill to parchment.” The quote is an extract from the poem “Scribbler’s Dream” authored by Lawrence Darmani.
It encourages Mr. Scribbler to write books to fill the shelf, instead of being idle and engaging in procrastination.
The theme of the extract is to encourage hard work and discourage laziness. In other words, it is through hard work, not idleness, that one can achieve one’s dream.
Though his political opponents in the Umbrella camp may want others to believe the contrary, the man under my microscopic lenses today is a political giant in the true sense of the word.
Immersed in academia and corporate governance, he gleefully heeded to the Great Elephant’s call to partner then Candidate Nana Dee to put the Elephant on the presidential throne. After two failed attempts, they succeeded the third time in putting the Elephant on the throne.
I’ve always admired him for his brilliance. But my admiration heightened when he sat in the witness box and impressed the whole nation with his brilliant analysis of the pink sheet. It was therefore not surprising that he was nicknamed Mr. Pink Sheet.
I’m sure you have finally deciphered the political puzzle. Yes, you are right. He is no other than Alhaji, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, current Vice-President of Asomdwekrom Republic.
Many were those who doubted he could survive the tortuous political terrain. But he survived it and even dared to tread where many could not even dream of. Of course, he isn’t called “Mr Digitalization” for nothing.
Once again, you guessed right! He is my choice among the lot in the Great Elephant’s flagbearership contest. His work speaks for itself as no one can doubt the claim that he is the most hardworking vice-president this country has ever seen.
I leapt for joy when Mr. Fred Oware led Team Bawumia to the party headquarters to pick his nomination forms for the Osono flagbearership contest. I was excited because not only does he have the ability to help develop this country, but also the only candidate Zu-za shudders to meet at the 2024 polls.
Abusuapanin, have you heard any true Zu-za person speak on the Osono internal contest? All of them seem to throw their support for Alan Kyeremanten, and are quick to condemn the candidature of Dr Bawumia. Is that not baffling?
Why would Team A tell Team B to feature Goalkeeper 1 ahead of Goalkeeper 2 for a contest between the two teams? Obviously, Team A prefers Goalkeeper 1 because they are afraid to meet Goalkeeper 2, who has always been their nemesis.
Time and again, you hear people saying Dr. Bawumia is the establishment candidate, so the fate of John Boadu in the race for the Osono General Secretary position will befall Dr. Bawumia in the Osono internal flagbearership contest. The fallacy in that argument is that Dr. Bawumia has the support of the big wigs who supported John Boadu as well as that of the strategists from General Kodua’s camp.
It is more than obvious that the man is a unifier, unlike the other faction that is hell bent on campaigning on religious and tribal lines. Tribal and religious bigots like Hopeson Adorye, Yaw Buabeng Asamoah and Collins Owusu Amankwah can be found in the said camp.
My advice to the tribal and religious bigots is to tread cautiously because this is only an internal contest. Their utterances and actions during the internal contest will determine if they can easily reconcile with people on the other side after the contest.
They should therefore limit the extremities so that post-primary they can join the chosen candidate (from their side or the other) to work for the party’s victory in December 2024. Otherwise they risk becoming ‘wall geckos’ that can only perch on the walls of offices if their party wins the general election without their preferred candidate.
I’m only a small fish in the ocean so they may choose to take or ignore my wise counsel. It’s only after November 4, 2023 that they will realise their folly.
In the meantime, I’m offering my services pro bono to Team Bawumia. All they need to do is call, and yours truly will not hesitate to join to help execute a great campaign.
As Dr Bawumia works hard to ensure the yawning gap between his presidential dream and reality is totally closed, we pray that the Bearded Old Man above protects him and also gives us good health and long life to join his investiture on November 4.
See you next week for another interesting konkonsa, Deo volente!