{"id":237436,"date":"2012-12-09T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-09T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2012\/12\/invitation-to-nana-akuffo-addos-retirement-party\/"},"modified":"2012-12-09T09:35:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-09T09:35:00","slug":"invitation-to-nana-akuffo-addos-retirement-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2012\/12\/09\/invitation-to-nana-akuffo-addos-retirement-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Invitation To Nana Akuffo Addo\u2019s  Retirement Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name=\"top\" id=\"top\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Feature Article of Sunday, 9 December 2012<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Columnist:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/features\/columnist.php?S=Goka,%20Frank\">Goka, Frank<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you for your Service Nana. You earned my Medal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frank Goka<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Ghanaian, it is said that whatever goes up must certainly come down either in its original form or transformed. On that same platform, our elders say, there is time to be hired and there is of course, a time to be fired or retired (whichever comes first)! Per our customs and courtesies, we believed in the saying that \u201cOnipa ye adee a, ose ayeyi\u201d, which literally means, credit should be given unto whom it befits.<\/p>\n<p>To me, Nana, Akuffo, Addo-Dankwa, Addo, William (Help me count and feel free to add \u201cFreeman\u201d) has done a yeoman\u2019s job in the political arena of Ghana and deserves an indelible Retirement Package as a token of our deepest genuine appreciation from every cardiac cell in our body. I therefore avail myself to be the Organizer of this hilarious Party which comes off January 7th, 2013. I know some of you will be tempted to question my rationale behind this philanthropic tendency towards Nana. But let me quickly take the wind out of your balloons before it bursts: Undoubtedly, Nana Freeman like all others,also has the right to use the word \u201cunprecedented\u201d to enumerate his records in Ghana. Foremostly, he has been the only Presidential Candidate who had trod the length and breadth of Ghana for the umpteenth times for 3 good years to campaign for votes amidst \u201cfufu\u201d pounding, Yam eating feast, walking through quagmires like Chuck Norris in flooded areas, being a \u201cTrotro\u201d Driver\u2019s Mate amongst others. He added classic international touch to the campaign by visiting USA, Germany and UK with a spectacular interview with Mr. Stephen Sackur on BBC\u2019s \u201cHard Talk\u201d where he \u201ccosted, and costed and costed\u2026\u201d until he touched the sacred Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel for spiritual strength. Those were colossal achievements worthy of praises!<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019d been in Ghana\u2019s Parliament for 12 years serving the good people of Abuakwa South from 1996-2004. Akuffo Addo\u2019s \u201cgood works\u201d is not only known to me but also \u201cWikipedia\u201d which polished him as \u201cAkufo-Addo used his law practice to champion the cause of human rights, rule of law, justice, freedom, and democracy\u201d. Yes, the champion of human rights, rule of law and democracy invariably and inversely became that robust figure that demonstrated a scintilla of his trait at Atiwa by-election and redefined \u201cdemocracy\u201d to mean non-public concession of defeat to then Prof Mills in 2008; and to him, \u201crule of law\u201d meant winning election \u201cAT ALL COST\u201d through \u201cALL DIE BE DIE\u201d. Those utterances rather unfortunate show how bombastic the man has been. But the Bible said it all, that \u201cwhosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted\u201d Matt 23:12. Little did Nana realized that as he carried himself to the zenith of \u201cAll die be die and at all cost\u201d Nature has nurtured the identical twin brother of \u201cAll fall be fall\u201d to bring him to the nadir as occurred in Kumasi. Well, we all have our ups and downs and I believe Nana has learnt his lessons.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, the man has done what I cannot do and thus deserve my approbation. Indeed, not all of us could stand the agoraphobia or the claustrophobia in either the Debates or \u201cHard Talk\u201d BBC interview without sweating in the air-conditioned room. Therefore let\u2019s all join hands irrespective of our party affiliations to RETIRE Nana Akuffo Addo in dignity and with pomp and pageantry on January 7, 2013. The Program is as follows: VENUE: African Regent Hotel (Formerly: Hotel Waa-Waa. We may have about 90% Discount)<\/p>\n<p>DATE: 7Th January, 2013<\/p>\n<p>STAR ATTRACTIONS: Kwabena Kwabena, DL (with another Special Retirement remix), B-Minus, Socrates Movies, Awam SHS Choir, etc.<\/p>\n<p>FOOD: Only Fufu (Nana\u2019s choice) pounded by Sammy Awuku (as evidenced by lots of disused pestles \u201cWoma funu\u201d littering around)<\/p>\n<p>SPONSORS: Ayarecough Cough Mixture, Snow-White Nasal Powder, Ayisoba Herbal Medicine, Firmaglu Dentures.<\/p>\n<p>MEDIA: Oman FM, Chronicles, Daily Guide.<\/p>\n<p>ATTENDANCE: Open to the general public for FREEEEE! Also, for our generosity anything you lay hand on is yours for FREE on the said day.<\/p>\n<p>My revered Nana, I have a beautiful card for you with the inscriptions \u201cRetirement has been a discovery of beauty for me. I never had the time before to notice the beauty of my grandkids, my wife, and the tree outside my very own front door. And, the beauty of time itself\u201d as authored by Hartman Jule. Relax and refresh yourself with some Azontos. Congratulations Mrs. Akuffo, for your new full time job!<\/p>\n<p>Frank Goka, Frango2001@yahoo.com<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Feature Article of Sunday, 9 December 2012 Columnist: Goka, Frank \u201cThank you for your Service Nana. You earned my Medal.\u201dFrank GokaFellow Ghanaian, it is said that whatever goes up must certainly come down either in its original form or transformed. 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