*By Akadu Ntiriwa Mensema, Ph. D.

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the NDC is to discuss the seemingly
unpopularity of President Mills among the non-voting population in the country.
During the recent visits to some schools in the Ashanti Region by the Regional
Minister, Mr. Kofi Opoku Manu, it was discovered that most of the pupils
recognized Nana Addo as the President of Ghana, instead of President Mills. In
the Mampong municipality, for instance, most of the pupils mentioned Nana Addo,
former Presidents Rawlings and Kufuor as being the President of Ghana (Ghanaweb
Oct 4, 2010)
I. PREFACE
Oh! School kids
Mills is popular at chop-bars
Where his ministers come from
In Anloga – akpele bars
In Salaga – tuo safi bars
In Anloga, Salaga, Anloga, Salaga
Chop-bar goers happily chorus
“Mame I go buy MILLS one cedi”
Mills is popularly known as SNAIL
Yes, one cedi worth of snails
To add it to akpele
To add it to tuo safi
Oh! Simpa Mills
Your sad story is a sad one

Oh! School kids
You forgot too soon
That Simpa Mills
Adze pa wo fie Mills
Fantes’ gift to the Volta
Fantes’ gift to the North
Broken Fante dokono
Fermented Fante dokono
JJ’s Konongo kaya
At Yamoransa Junction
Atta Mortuary at 37
The confused Swedru child
Tied to the Castle’s dungeons
Tired in the Castle dungeons

II. NDC MAKES MILLS POPULAR
School kids this is the P/NDC
NDC’s POLICIES to remind you
Remind you that Mills is in power

POLICY 1:
School kids! Yes, Teacher
NDC will make all head-teachers Ewes
A reminder that Mills is in power

POLICY 2:
School kids! Yes, Teacher
NDC will make school staff Northerners
A reminder that Mills is in power

POLICY 3:
School kids! Yes, Teacher
NDC will seize toilets in all schools
A reminder that Mills is in power

POLICY 4:
School kids! Yes, Teacher
JJ will rant anti-Millsims in all schools
A reminder that Mills is in power

POLICY 5:
School kids! Yes, Teacher
Konadu will campaign in all schools
A reminder that Mills is in power

POLICY 6:
School kids! Yes, Teacher
NDC elites will disrespect Mills
A reminder that Mills is in power

POLICY 7:
School kids! Yes, Teacher
NDC will seize school trucks/cars
A reminder that Mills is in power

POLICY 8:
School kids! Yes, Teacher
NDC foot-soldiers will invade schools
A reminder that Mills is in power

POLICY 9:
School kids! Yes, Teacher
NDC will change the names of schools
A reminder that Mills is in power

POLICY 10:
School kids! Yes, Teacher
NDC will abort the school feeding program
A reminder that Mills is in power

POLICY 11:
School kids! Yes, Teacher
NDC will ensure that parents lack petrol
A reminder that Mills is in power

POLICY 12:
School kids! Yes, Teacher
NDC will force AG to jail head-teachers
A reminder that Mills is in power

Oh! School kids
You forgot too soon
That Simpa Mills
The confused Swedru child
Tied to the Castle’s dungeons
Tired in the Castle’s dungeons
Is the President of Ghana
Hail Snail Mills Hail

*Akadu N. Mensema, Ph. D., is a nationalist Denkyira beauty. She is a trained
oral historian cum sociologist and Professor in the USA. She lives in
Pennsylvania with her great mentor and teaches Africa-area studies at a college
in Maryland. In her pastime, she writes what critics have called “populist
hyperbolic, satirical” poetry. She can be reached at akadumensema@yahoo.com