Opinions of Friday, 7 February 2020

Columnist: Masoud Bawa

Manasseh advised not to continue to label Jospong as fraudulent, the court says it is not

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Our elders have maintained that the wise thread with caution but the stupid - in their own direction.

Only yesterday I intimated Manasseh Azure Awuni was ignorant for reposting and republishing his aged story expressing what can best be described as sheer foolishness of his understanding of the Accra High Court ruling on Friday which dismissed Zoomlion’s appeal against the Auditor General in the issue of surcharges and disallowance emanating from audit works he Manasseh orchestrated.

His headline after the judge’s final word which was posted on various platforms including his own Facebook page was "Fraudulent’ Zoomlion loses appeal against Auditor General on GHc184 million fumigation payments". Proceeding on this,I set out an article titled “Detractor Manasseh’s prayer to see Jospong down will end in hopelessness” where upon I cautioned him against tagging the company as fraudulent for he needed to read the details of the judgement to make an informed decision in my article.

In Manasseh’s ignorant,emotional and predictably diabolic mood, he quoted portions of the Zoomlion and the Auditor General's statements to the court and admitted that the company was found to be fraudulent at all material times which was just a figment of his illusionary imagination.

To be famous, one mustn’t ride on the back of another’s challenges. Celebrating successes and ringing same to the world isnt a cowardly endeavor.