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By Isaac Ato MENSAH/Engr. Kwame OFORI-ADDO
Accra – 5 March, 2019
Wednesday 6th March, 2019 is the sixty-second Independence anniversary of our beloved country Ghana.
Congratulations to H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, president of the Republic of Ghana and Commander-in-chief of the Ghana Armed Forces.
And Happy Anniversary to all Ghanaians and people of Ghanaian descent, both home and wherever dispersed over the surface of earth and water.
This year’s national parade takes place in Tamale, the first national parade to be held outside Accra.
It is to mark the enskinment in January of Ya-Na Abukari Mahama II, the Overlord of the Dagomba kingdom.
No doubt, arranging logistics will be a herculean task for the leadership of the security services.
Please do not worsen their work.
No heavy starch together with alcohol; both are dehydrating.
We have heard scandalous stories; horrible stories of what people eat and drink before going on parade; no need to state them.
OK – Fufu, Akpeteshie and the upscaled Ogoglo derivative, Kokonte (aka Laprewa; Okpo latsa; Kaaya Jɛŋ), Banku with soup and all the aphrodisiacs as desserts……please don’t mention Shisha and the evil baby tramadol.
We hear there is an informal eleventh commandment: “THOU SHALL NOT GET CAUGHT”.
But PLEASE, we are talking about your health and safety here.
The midday temperature in Tamale will be 41 DEGREES CELSIUS; the humidity, 16 percent and the wind speed 10KM per hour, which means very little to no breeze.
The stadium is enclosed; not open and airy like Independence Square, Accra.
‘ We beseech you by the mercies of God………….’
We salute the ram, the symbol of the Dagomba kingdom and mascot of the 6 Infantry Battalion (6BN), Tamale.
Royal Salute, our best parade horse, we salute you too. You are a good horse that has served the state well at the Accra parade over the years.
No doubt these animals are better trained and more disciplined than well…………never mind.
So if we are worried about the health and wellbeing of these animals………..and YOU go and drink…….No, you go and “quaf”, break calabash and break bottles – as we say in Ghanaian lingo; then we shall have a situation on our hands.
Please and please again, Ghana has NO AMBULANCE AND NO EMERGENCY NATIONAL PLAN; we beg you!
Following last Sunday’s earthquake (just three days ago), POTROG has instructed that a national emergency response plan should be prepared.
Now, that should be a further warning to you.
We honour L/Cpl Prince Charles, a ram, the first mascot of 6BN, Tamale.
6BN, the 6th battalion of Infantry of the Ghana Armed Forces, we salute you.
The ram is indeed the symbol of protection and sacrifice in many cultures, traditions and religions.
6BN, we are coming to Tamale and with your ram mascot, we are assured that you’ve got our back.
You say, there is no task that you cannot scale.
Together with you, we yell your slogan: DISCIPLINE-WE CAN-SUCCESS.
Long live Ya-Na Abukari Mahama II.
Long live the Dagomba kingdom.
Long live president Akufo-Addo and the people of Ghana.
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