Folks see what someone inboxed me: You this man, we will make sure you run away from this country if we win power.
My response: Thank God you used an “if clause” which makes your statement conditional. In any case, that is the more reason why I will make sure Opana doesn’t win. Expect more fireworks the coming weeks. I’m sure you will enjoy my next article, “Akokofonu Remix.” And I fear I won’t be lenient to Opana at all in that write-up.
That was just by way of introduction, now let me zero in on my subject matter by introducing you to the most trending business in town. Kikikikikiki, have you heard about aboboyaa? For those who do not know, I t is a specially designed tricycle that can cart goods from the remotest hamlet.
The most interesting thing is that taxi drivers make an average “sales” of GHC50 a day which is exactly what aboboyaa “drivers” make in a day. I am coming to the part I know will pique the interest of businesspeople. An average cost of a taxi car is GHC35,000, and an average cost of an aboboyaa is GHC7,000. This means that one taxi can buy 5 aboboyaas which can make GHC250 a day, five times the “sales” of a taxi.
Unlike a motorbike, the advantage of an aboboyaa is obvious: it does not have to be balanced. The first time I tried my hands on a motorbike, I couldn’t balance and found myself in a gutter. Some scars on my body still reminds me of that incident. So, when JM sped off on a motorbike in style, I gave him a standing ovation.
It was Saturday June 11, 2016, approximately 3:45 pm, President John Dramani Mahama toured most of Accra’s flood-prone areas unaccompanied for two solid hours to do a self-appraisal of the flood situation without any pomp and pageantry. It was a delight to watch the President in his jeans bikers’ wear with a helmet to match. Chai, the man get swag.
You see, there is an inexplicable aura around our president that I’m finding difficulty putting a finger on. On August 30, 2012, during the special delegates conference of the NDC in Kumasi, a white dove suddenly settled on his right shoulder.
An interesting thing is happening in my home. I have a grandson who is barely 3 months old. He will often look at President Mahama’s portrait on the wall of my living room and smile. We first thought it was just a coincidence, but the baby has repeatedly done it for us to believe he knows what he is about.
While JM is eliciting wonder and admiration, someone is always attracting ill-luck – so-so, fall-fall. I didn’t mention anyone’s name please. I don’t want trouble. Kai, let me give you a breaking news. This is fresh, fresh. Is it true that somebody fell in a church today in Cape Coast after donating GHC1,000? I’m only asking oo.
Sosket, let me give you another filla before I forget. Our brothers and sisters from the north are peeved oo. I hear yaanom’s lala sulu laa tactics of collecting money from the poor in Ghana has backfired big time; hehehehehe, nobody wants to patronize their fundraising scratch cards; so they have decided to look elsewhere. And they landed in China, Santan!
My late grandmother used to say that, those who are destined to be unlucky often carry their luggage on their heads even while sitting in a train, and I believe yaanom are moving on the same trajectory. They did not carry their luggage in an electric train oo, but that of a locomotive. I mean chukuchaka. Things did not work in China too. Kikikikikiki, they were offered some Chinese coins. And I have seen the picture oo. Alhaji Dr. Bediamia was holding a bowl begging for some coins.
Chai, the photographer who took the picture is sharp and bad papa, you can clearly see some coins dropping into the bowl. Chinese coins? Tweaakai, Ghana pesewas sef get value.This is the reason why our friends from the north are fuming with anger. They are saying yaanom do not respect their kinsman, that is why they always use him to do their dirty jobs.
The way yaanom are broke, if Ghanaians make a mistake and give them the mandate to rule, chai, they will pay their campaign debts for 2008, 2012 and 2016 before chopping our money waa, waa and nyafu, nyafu. When Ghanaians complain they will tell them that they came to meet an empty coffers. Please wait a minute, I have remembered something.
What at all is this noise about a car gift? K4 received a gift of huge sums of money from a farmer to renovate his private house and yaanom did not feel a silver of guilt about that. Somebody receives a car as a gift and handed it over to the state to be used for official duties and you are calling it corruption? This behaviour absolutely reeks of double standards and desperation. Oya, make na bring out your manifesto and tell the good people of Ghana the plans you have for them and stop this mischief.
In all this, I still love yaanom and want to help them. I can see that they are broke well, well, and I want to proffer a useful tip; I think doing aboboyaa business to raise funds would be better than collecting coins in China. Agyeiiiiii, and I hear Opana too want ride small for town. We don’t want any trouble oo. Kikikikikiki, he can try the multi-purpose aboboyaa since there won’t be any problem balancing that one. HAPPY FATHERS’ DAY!
