Prof Mills, Please stop beating war drums

He has for some time, quite mistakenly, been touted as Asomdwoehene (to wit Prince of Peace). His own behaviour and utterances, especially of late, have been exposed as a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Because he had not the guts and the clouts of his boss who imposed him over the NDC, and in his bid to cover up his weakness, he tried unsuccessfully to project himself as a peace lover. However, the cat has finally been let out of the bag.
A few days ago, at a hastily organised press briefing, the good old Prof., the pretentious lover of peace, was in the realms of what his maser expects from him. He has started beating the war drums, trying to draw correlations between the happenings in Kenya to what can happen in Ghana. The sounding of war bells that there might be an inferno in Ghana is condemnable in no uncertain terms.
I must express my shock and disgust at the recent inflammatory comments by the ailing leader of the largest but crack-laden opposition party in the country-the NDC. The NPP did not declare the election results, it called the elections. Calling of elections is nothing unique, as it happens in most democracies.
The timing of the hastily organised press confab even attests to the desperate nature of the NDC and their attempt to get power, no matter the price to the nation. Just after Nana Akuffo Addo’s triumphal entry into his home soil, and the large crowd that greeted him, Dr. Boom, not satisfied with the momentum of the Mills campaign, called a meeting in his house. It was after the meeting that Prof. Mills emerged to pour all these vituperations on us.
Was the action a part of the 24 hour consultation exercise he promised his party’s founder? Was he cajoled into giving such a panicky response? What has recently happened in Ghana, symptomatic to the Kenyan happenings, for someone to try to draw comparisons and insinuate that somebody intends to rig the upcoming elections in Ghana? This is purely an exercise of bad faith.
At least, we have credible institutions in place in this country that is revered by other countries. Our Electoral Commission is often contracted to organise refresher courses for other countries' electoral officers.
In Ghana we have an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC). Besides, no party polling agent or party official, or civil society organisation in Ghana will agree to go and sleep during collation and counting of votes, only for it to be continued the next day.
I am deeply amazed at the unfortunate comments of the NDC leader to the effect that the rigging of elections will not be tolerated come December as was witnessed in 2004. Is he insinuating that the election was rigged in 2004? Was this not the same Mills who conceded defeat then and drew immense applause from almost all Ghanaians? Will someone be wrong to say that he is been compelled to join the stock in trade of his party so as to properly identify himself with them?
For me, what the NDC big wigs and their propagandists are doing is a tacit concession of defeat in the upcoming elections. The trend of their activities and utterances now are only preparatory grounds to denounce the election results. Even in 1992 where a Presidential Candidate of a political party got zero in his own polling station, it was not seen as a recipe for war!!!
One thing that they need to be told straight in the face is that Ghana is bigger than the NDC and any partisan interests. No reprehensible behaviour will be tolerated of them.
Mr. Ampem Darko, the Director General of the GBC hit the nail right on the head when he admonished that his outfit will not entertain any inflammatory material or indecent and uncivil language on its media. All media houses can emulate this to ensure a black-out on indiscipline and unguarded utterances from nation wreckers who portend to be peace lovers.

KOBLA NUVIADENU

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