Sorry I should have
brought this your way about three months ago but first things first lol
Anyway have a read!
When the clouds are full of water they empty
themselves upon the earth says the good book and just like the clouds, 2012 was
full of all kinds of events.
For some, the aspiration to new heights, for many
it was the beginning of new hopes for me the realization of the commencement of
a life long journey.
Prior to 2012 I had a tall list of aspirations I
had wanted to accomplish without taken into cognizant any unforeseen
challenges.
The year 2012 for me in this part of the world (Ghana)
would be remembered as the year in which a sitting president kicked the bucket.
A psychological trauma I pray do not rear its ugly head.
The memories of H.E John Evans Attah Mills a former president of Ghana would
take a long time to erased especially if you happen to have come close to
him as i did few years ago while he was still in office as president of our
republic.
The demise of an Africa
leader whose life did not only epitomized the true reflection of a
statesmanship but worth imitating was but the darkest moment in our life as a
nation.
The year 2012 brought with it the popularity of
Judgment debt, a phenomenon hitherto was relatively unknown to the masses of
the people but significantly known to the elitist class who use it as a mean of
enriching themselves.
Woyome a name otherwise
was within the circus of its family and friends became synonymous to judgment
debt and corruption; a case which is still pending within the law courts of
Ghana.
As if that was not enough there came the popular
call by a member of parliament for Assin North Kennedy Agyarpong for Gas and
Ewes to be killed a declaration which has since been known as the “Agyarpong
declaration”
That same year 2012 perhaps was the birth of the
destiny of another “John” A john who until the demise of a president was the
vice president of our great nation, from afar, it was a moment of mixed
feelings when a certain John Dramani Mahama has to become a president hitherto
he was a vice president.
Personally I believe his ascension to the high
office was an inspiration to me a child of a common teacher who until then
believes divinity play a very insignificant role in our politics especially
when it comes to the presidency. I always held the view that without power
brokers and indefatigable political godfathers one could not have chalk that success
of becoming a president but God has his own plans.
Another trying time for deepening the democratic
credentials of our beloved country in 2012 was the presidential and
parliamentary elections held on 7th December, an election which was
fiercely contested with both ideologies and policies was seen by many as a
determinant in consolidating our democratic gains over the years.
Again I had fears, fears
that bring shiver down my whole being as though the second coming of Jesus was
a second away.
My fears were not based on a fact that we were
not doing something right but for the mere fact that we are humans and
fallibility could not have eluded us.
However we made it. We made it by electing a
leader without a single record of violent bringing the carpet down on the year
2012.
The year 2012 actually did come to a close. To
me it did not really matter whether my dreams were achieved but what matters
most to me was the mere fact that I have not stop dreaming.
I missed 2012 because
just like 2011 with 11/11/11, 2012 also brought along 12/12/12 wish was very
significant but would never come again since it has evaporated into a
historical oblivion.
But while we continue to cherish the historical
dates that came with the years 2011 and 2012, there are certain historical
events that you and I may never ever wish to experience in our life time.
Would you want to see another sitting president die
or better still see tribes rising against each other as a result of a loose statement
by a politician?
Time will surely tell.
(c) Nathaniel
Ekue-Mensah
