Countrymen and women, bootlickers and ?against? people,

I just noticed a few days ago that the National Reconciliation Circus had ended. I have been trying to call Mr. Amua-Sakyi to find out why he ended the circus so abruptly. He seems to have put his phone on voicemail and he has not been courteous enough to return my calls. Sources have told me that he is busily writing his report. I wonder why he?s bothering himself to write a report, knowing very well that I am aware that he failed so successfully. I have made up my mind and I wouldn?t ever hesitate to make it known that, on balance, the NRC has failed.

Before I tell you why I think the NRC has failed let?s look at some of its meager achievements.

The commission helped people with politically-motivated grievances to let their hearts out and share their grief with the general populace. It helped provide psychological healing for so many people, who had for so long bottled up their emotions and were dying slowly from ?crying in their stomachs?. I sympathise with those who appeared before the commission with genuine grievances and backed their cases with genuine tears. I particularly remember a woman from Tamale who told the commission that she?d lost her voice because she was tortured by soldiers. There was also the case of the former First Lady who had ?moko yerawa? inserted in her.