Was 2012 a tornado in a bottle?

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 7^th 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