Opinions of Saturday, 28 January 2017

Columnist: dailyguideafrica

Ranting of a quisling

Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe

Whoever advised Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe to come out of hiding to even partake in national discourse, albeit disappointingly, has done him a disservice.

When Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe went into hiding after assuring then President John Mahama, his source of gravy, of victory, he did so out of the humiliation he suffered after he flaunted his strong position so lavishly that Nana Akufo-Addo would never be president of Ghana.

He was almost competing with the Africa Watch Magazine in an obscene resolve to destroy a man God had destined to lead this country to a near Nirvana.

Not being God and therefore not knower of the unknown, he goofed so shamefully, with no iota of deference left on his already damaged reputation.

He has become a reference point when political quislings are being discussed.

For a man who hardly votes in this country, fleeing when polls are close, to agree to be an accessory to a project to pull Nana Akufo-Addo down suggests how much favours- monetary and others- he drew from his ungentlemanly political occupation at the time.

The treacherous project he agreed to be part of, has failed big time and his occasional appearance in the media with his balderdash about a so-called divisiveness of Nana Akufo-Addo reduced to nothingness.

It is a classic case of treachery and its disastrous aftermath. Those who cherish him and detest his further drop in integrity ranking should organize themselves and save him.

He has revised his notes so he can be relevant to national discourses in which really he is, but a misnomer whichever way we look at it.

In civilized dispositions, such a character would hardly be given space or airtime in the media. Perhaps in our local circumstance, he is just a source of political comic relief: President Nana Akufo-Addo continues to win more disciples all eager to relish the new dawn in the country, the ranting of Nyaho, notwithstanding.

It sounds funny when the bloke is referred to as a leading member of the NPP.

That is but a mischief which feeds directly into his goal of inflicting pain on the sincere members of the party which has waxed stronger since he was marginalized from mainstream NPP activities.

It is funny and preposterous that his first assignment after popping up from the Rip Van Winkle slumber is to rubbish President Nana Akufo-Addo’s appointments.

If President Nana Akufo-Addo seeks the opinion of experts over who to appoint Defence Minister, Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe should be the last person to be so consulted.

In any case, Hon Dominic Nitiwul has all that it takes to be a Defence Minister, which he is anyway.

His humility and straightforwardness, devoid of hubris, sets him apart from the ilk of Nyaho-Tamakloe anyway.

His position in the legislature over the past years has primed him for any position of state since he lacks traits of treachery as some have in their DNAs.

Let Nyaho-Tamakloe stop pretending to know the military more than others because there are hundreds of retired regular officers, gentlemen, of course, who see nothing good in the man who thinks he knows better than President Nana Akufo-Addo.

The military establishment is subservient to the civil and political authority. Perhaps Nyaho does not understand what the title Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces stands for, otherwise he would not be treading the path of ignorance.

The people of Ghana have voted massively for Nana Akufo-Addo against the wish of a loner Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, what next therefore for him? Perhaps, burn the sea. Blimey!