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Agya-Atta must get rid of that communication disaster now!!
Kosivi Tsokpeklu
I am sometimes engulfed in a pool of perplexity when I see
people abuse the art of communication especially those in
government. Indeed this is an art that can be used to kill or
heal depending on how it is used therefore learning positively
the usage of this art should be something we must all strive
for. Hence I totally agreed with President Mills when he said
that people can always make their views known without the use of
intemperate language thus an advice he gave to the T.O.R [Tema
Oil Refinery] workers when he paid them a visit. But the
question is has President Mills ever given such an advice to his
appointees and if he has; do they even practice it and if they
don’t what is he doing about it.
In fact some of us sometimes wonder if President Mills really
made some of his appointments solely on the basis of those who
can talk tough. But when it comes to the art of talking tough,
people [i.e. the speakers] can be grouped into two main
categories thus those who can talk tough without the use of any
invective and those who cannot utter a sentence without
maligning people or using any invective. However after a
critical analysis of several utterances of some of his
appointees I am sometimes tempted to believe that President
Mills mistook the latter for the former and a classic example is
Koku Anyindoho [i.e. Director of Communication at the
Presidency] who I prefer to call a Disaster of communication not
only at the presidency but also to the entire country as a
whole.
To be frank, Koku is an apology for the art of communication and
the earlier the President gets him out of the Presidency; the
better for this nation. Below are a few of his [Koku Anyindoho]
loose and infantile outbursts:
(A) “I may not like the face of Kufuor and indeed I don’t like
his face… And so far as I’m concerned Kufuor for 8years
destroyed Ghana”… [i.e. If a communication director can preach
and endorse hatred for people publicly I wonder how such a
personality can ever go to a place and preach about unity; hmmmh
may be unity in hatred is what he would preach]
(B) “Who the hell does Spio think he is?… And if Spio thinks
that he is Team-A then go and tell him that I, Koku Anyindoho
say that Team-A my foot”… [i.e. Asking people who the hell they
are? Hmmmh, has Koku ever asked himself that kind of question
before?... Team-A my foot? How would Koku feel if I told him
that he is a Director of Communication my foot? If he had asked
himself these questions I don’t think that he would have ever
said what he said]
(C) “I state categorically that irresponsible people like him [Opare
Ansah] will not lead the President down an irresponsible path…
And I’m saying that with people like Osei-Kyei Mensah and Opare
Ansah in parliament, we [Anyindoho and the Presidency] have a
question to answer and President will hear but will not pay
attention to the bellicose, whimsical and capricious
irresponsibility of Opare Ansah and his lots”… [i.e. How would
Koku feel if he or the President is addressed as an
irresponsible man; won’t it be an indictment on the Ghanaian
populace as a whole so I wonder how Koku would juxtapose this
with his statement].
These are few of Koku’s numerous infantile outbursts and I
sometimes wonder if President Mills has ever heard of these
statements and what he thinks of it. And it is even appalling to
always hear him [Koku] defend himself without any sense of
apology. In fact, how would President Mills or Koku Anyindoho
feel if any of these statements were addressed to them in public
the way Koku does. Certainly the answer is obvious and the
earlier the President gets rid of that Communication Disaster
the better for him and the entire country. Today he [Koku] may
be doing it to Ghanaians and we may be taking it likely with him
[Koku] but the question is what if he behaves infantile enough
more than he normally does and decides to take it outside our
boarders; do we know its implications and are we ready to face
it. These are questions that President Mills needs to be asking
himself and the earlier he does it the better.
In fact Koku Anyindoho is a total disgrace to the art of public
speaking therefore President Mills should allow his leadership
testosterone to exhibit itself for once by showing Koku the way
to the exit door of his government as soon as possible [i.e.
NOW].
Obibinii Paa-Kwasi
The Chalant “Atiglinyi”
Obibiniipaakwasi@gmail.com
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