Iddi
Muhayu-Deen writes…
I have, with considerable attention, taken
notice of your several write-ups meant to be a reply to my latest article on
the 2016 NUGS congress dubbed, TELLING THE NUGS STORY - PUTTING THE SPOTLIGHT
ON THE 2016 CONGRESS (FINAL PART OF THE FULL STORY). In your statements, you
did not only contest my claims but you also called me a LIAR, among other unsavory
remarks you made against my person. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t respond, but for
some justifiable reasons, I wish to come in and set the records straight. You have
also dared me to produce by midday, a copy of the electoral register, which you
claimed you never saw. Well, I am living up to that challenge now.
But before that, I need not to remind you of
the kind of relationship that exists between Frank Ohene and I, which goes beyond
one of friendship. He is a great guy and I hate to do this but you have called
for it. I am someone who has an uncompromising disposition in matters of
principles and upholding the truth. Even my “political tradition”, I don’t spare
them when they go wrong; how much more any other person. That is who I am and I’ve
been very consistent with my conviction, which everyone can attest to.
First and foremost, your candidate almost gave
up when he realized that the odds were not going to favour him. I personally
spoke to him and encouraged him to come to Hohoe for the congress because in
this enterprise of politics and elections, it could be anybody’s game. He came
to the congress ground on Day 3, which is certainly inexplicable. You guys had
less than two days to campaign.
Under the circumstances, it required no gift of
clairvoyance for anybody that was present at the congress ground, to know you
wouldn’t win the elections. The Ascorbic fever was all over the place and could
be seen, heard and experienced by even the trees at the St. Francis College of
Education and the Hohoe mountains. So as a political strategy, it was in your
interest to ensure that the elections were NOT held on that day for obvious
reasons.
The issue of the voters register you raised,
was just a means to that end, even though, legally, that argument was tenable. As
a matter of fact, when you went to the NUGS court, the first relief you sought,
was to place an INJUNCTION on the entire elections, obviously for political
expediency. You cared little about the implication of that action on the
delegates that had travelled from all over the country to Hohoe. You also didn’t
care about the implications of that on the Union. Fortunately, the court unanimously
REFUSED to grant this request of yours.
The court however granted you your second
relief and ordered that the register be made available to you pursuant to Article
73 of the NUGS constitution. Like I said in my previous article, at this
moment, the register was ready and I had seen a copy. It was prepared by the outgoing
NUGS FC and TREASURER in accordance with our convention and presented to the
EC.
I have, in response to your challenge, attached
a copy of the register for your indulgence. Hope this settles the matter. Indeed,
the EC Chair (Samuel Amoako Kusi), upon receipt of the register at this moment,
officially communicated the content (in respect of the number of institutions and
expected voter population) to all the polling
agents, with the exception of your agent, Waxy, who was nowhere to be found at
the time, after several attempts to reach him.
When you came out of the courtroom, you
immediately wrote a letter to the EC claiming you were pulling out of the race regardless
of the fact that everything was set for actual voting to commence. However, the
electoral commissioner did not receive your letter, and this is consistent with
the electoral laws of Ghana. So officially and technically, you cannot say that
you boycotted the elections. With this factual narrative, it will be highly preposterous
for anyone to suggest that the EC had violated the court order and therefore
the elections were conducted in contempt of court.
I am shocked that you now say the entire
election is a sham and therefore all the executives elect, are imposters. I doubt
you would have said that if you won the elections. Once again, if you are
minded to do, you can take a cue from what some people did by declaring
yourself as NUGS President since they tell us that elections don’t matter in
NUGS. Such a joke!
On a more serious note, my advice to you as a
brother is that, you should let bygones be bygones. Prepare and come next year
and I’m confident that you would have the blessing of the delegates. Take a cue
from what happened to PaaQuecy Adu, the outgoing NUGS President, who made a
come-back and won. Do not spoilt your chances my brother. Do not let people see
you as a BAD LOSER. Do not waste the next one year litigating this matter in
court because it would do you, NO GOOD.
Thank you.
Your brother in student service
Iddi Muhayu-Deen
Former NUGS Secretary
(0245335197)
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