For me 31st December came and went without much of a fuss. For most of the rest of us, it was the day to go make amends, welcome in the New Year, and set resolutions for ourselves.

There’s one person whose New Year resolution resonates more than most; the President of the Republic John Dramani Mahama. At the watch night he attended, he made a very interesting promise that no sane Ghanaian should attach any shred of seriousness to whatsoever.

Our venerable President said this to the people present, presumably with a straight face. He must be one hell of a poker player, our president.

“The year 2015 would be one filled with fruitfulness, joy, peace, good health, and development…It would be one in which we banish darkness from our land and put an end to dumsor forever”

“I knew that would be an interesting prophetic announcement” He added, deadpan, I presume.

Because there is no way anyone can be that oblivious to the irony in their own pronouncements. If the President and his ministers can be listened to, dumsor has been banished quite a few times already. There have been timetables after timetables which have never been met.

Making no more ridiculous promises, that would have been a good new year’s resolution for the president.

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