PRESIDENT ATTA-MILLS IS UNLUCKY

To me and I am sure to many other Ghanaians, President John Evans Atta-Mills is an unlucky person. I think this way because of the many incidents that have befallen his administration since he took office. Whether some of these incidents are really accidents or not is another matter for discussion.

Right from the day he was been sworn into office, his unluckiness started. He mixed up words been recited to him by the chief justice which were supposed to be an oath. Afterwards the opposition party NPP members proposed that he retook the oath giving example of Barack Obama’s case where he had to retake the oath.

Talking of jumbling up words, Mr. President again in a state of the nation address to parliament pronounced “ecomini” instead of economy. This voice clip became the ringtone of many Ghanaians and a file on numerous storage devices in the country.

Just few months in office, the first of the many to come fire outbreaks started. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs building caught fire rendering the whole premise useless and forcing the ministry to operate from the Jubilee house which is supposed to be a presidential palace. Then came the Kumasi market, some parts of the 37 military hospital, the electoral commission, the former president J.J Rawlings’ house and some other places.

The disturbing of incidents is the resurface of the many chieftaincy disputes in the country. The Ga Mantse chieftaincy saga, the Tuobodom case and some other low case ones.

Under President Mills’ administration foot soldiers a term used to describe common people who fight for their respective political parties to come to power has been tarnished as these soldiers from the NDC side have become agents of confusion and mayhem. Instead of their main responsibilities of seeking support for the party they have rather become judges and king makers telling the president which one of his appointees that ought to be sacked. This has led to the dismissal of at least five of Mills’ appointees including the upper west regional minister, Mr. Carl Wilson a national security operative and two MCE’s.

President Mills has had to bear with people calling him a chimpanzee though in our society it is not correct to call an elderly person by such names.

The most current of incidents is that which is happening in his party where there is a power struggle. There is an uncertainty as to whether the former first lady and the wife to the founder of his party Nana Konadu has the intention of competing against the president for the flagbearership position for the 2012 elections something which has not happened in the political history of the fourth republic of this country where people compete against a sitting president for the position of a flagbearer.

I call Prez Mills unlucky because if I can remember very well these circumstances did not happen under former presidents Kuffuor and Rawlings at least in substantial degrees that everyone talked about. Why then are these happening under his administration? Tell me about it.