Entrepreneurs diary

27 May 2014 Mr. Alan John Kwadwo Kyeremanten, Esq. Accra, Ghana Dear Mr. Kyeremanten, CONTESTING IN THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES OF NPP I pray you are in good health. I write in reference to the above titled subject, and your recent announcement on Metro TV’s Good Evening Ghana, and the Africawatch Magazine for May 2014 to contest the NPP Presidential Primaries when the party opens nomination for the contest. I have personally been very supportive of your political career from afar, and it will bring me great joy to see a competent person like you occupying the presidential chair of our country. I am without a doubt that you love our country, Ghana, and that you will do great things for this country should you ascend the presidential chair. To that extent Sir, I remain loyal to you. That said, I have assessed the temper of the country since the beginning of this year and have held conversations with many people, and observing the signs of the times and th...

Beyond the promises and the inspection of projects by the President, an occurrence that has become a subject of discussion, is the use of Daddy Lumba’s song, “Ye nie woho be to wo, yentie Obiaa, which means, do what pleases you, and do not listen to anyone”.   The use of the song has been described by observers as a subtle attempt by the president and his party to either tease political opponents or make mockery of the complaints of Ghanaians. The song titled Yentie Obiaa, Ye nie woho beto literally means “we will not listen to anyone, do what will make you comfortable”.  Is the latest song of Ghana’s renowned artist Daddy Lumba which has captured the airwaves. This song blurred through huge speakers in a vehicle that followed the President around in Kumasi and other parts of the region. Party supporters danced to the song, and in some instances the President gleefully danced to it together with other government officials. Moving on the road and i...