Just a long, long wait

The Ghanaian atmosphere is very pregnant with what? Expectations? No. Fear ? No. Panic? No.As optimists let us say the two weeks leading to the pronouncement of the ruling by the Supreme Court on the famous election petition is just a long wait.

Let us also make up our mind that we will all be proud of the baby. Surely it will be delivered without pain or tears. For, have we not gone through enough panic and are exhausted from clinging to the precipice already? Ghanaians may not like the face of the baby, but we have carried it in our womb for well over 50 days. We have felt its kicks and we have borne them proudly. Now this is the real thing. Let’s accept it.

Onye easy is a famous Ghanaian saying that sums up our spirit of accepting unpalatable situations and turning the other cheek. In this period when everyone is calling for prayers, we should all talk and act like cowards. What’s the crime in tucking the tail and running to the police station to lodge a complaint rather than retorting sharply and hurling a stone? Cowards live longer. They strategise and score long-lasting victories whereas people who act as heroes are nothing more than failed state architects.

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