From all my little reading and observation of this world, I have come to the conclusion that there are three forms of evil; there’s evil in the service of good, there’s evil in the service of what one genuinely believes to be good (think brainwashed terrorists), then evil plainly perpetuated in the service of evil.

This analogy, I find, can be applied to the functionaries in this current government. There are those who are trying to genuinely move this country forward, have the expertise, but circumstances ally against them; there are those who are also trying to move the country forward, but are just incapable of doing so because they do not have the expertise; and then there are those who are not trying to move this country anywhere at all, and are incompetent to boot!

Mahama Ayariga certainly falls into this final category, his behaviour and airs displayed since the end of the African Cup proving once and for all this is a guy who has no clue what he’s doing, and resorts to baseless attacks and now baseless pronouncements to stay on the offensive against a people who would certainly expose him if he has to answer any of their ‘useless’ questions.

You see, when he went on the offensive against the media for performing the most basic of its function- demanding accountability from the government: I barely batted an eyelid. When you have no answer, you lash out, and that is exactly what he did. His responses only showed someone in a corner who has run out of options, and it just proved he has more to hide than if had just given a calm, reasoned answer.

The media however, are big boys, and can take care of themselves; but Ayariga’s latest outburst whilst also attacking the media, touches on the intelligence of every single Ghanaian. It is at this point that one cannot hold their tongue any longer, but must speak out against an argument so flawed, so fallacious; it really calls into question Havard’s reputation if this man was supposed to have trained there! (A little hyperbole never killed anyone)

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