QUITTERS NEVER WIN AND WINNERS NEVER QUIT

You just need to be true to who you are.
Accept you for you and live each day as you.
Most people and you think and know that you are the most stupid person ever to exist.
They call you all sorts of names.
They underrate your prowess and demoralize you.
To others, you are irritable.
You step on the toes of people and they smack you in the face.
You peep through your life and every accusation points clearly and directly at your face.
The mirror of your life scares the hell out of you.
You question yourself, your life and who you are made of but the answers are hard to find.
Your self-confidence and self-respect are at the verge of collapse because you have not yet found the right antidote.
Just be real about yourself.
Live you as you.
Accept you for you.
Talk you as you and be proud of yourself.
A stupid person has more to learn and a wise person has more to teach.
Being stupid is a platform for you to learn and being wise is a chance for you to teach.
Everybody has to accept his or her role in life.
You need to persist and persevere.
Many were like you but are no more.
Abraham Lincoln, the 32nd President of America, was real to himself.
He did himself a favor and explored his true identity.
He failed 12 times in life but recovered as a bombshell.
At age 22, he failed in business.
At age 23, he ran for the legislature and was defeated.
At age 24, he attempted business again and failed again.
At 25, he was elected to the legislature.
At 26, his fiancee died before they could wed.
At 27, he had a nervous breakdown.
At 29, he was defeated when he ran for House Speaker.
At 31, he was defeated when he ran for the Elector.
At 34, he was defeated for a Congressional Office.
At 37, he was elected to Congress.
At 39, he was defeated again for a Congressional Office.
At 46, he was defeated for the Office of a Senate.
At 47, he was defeated for the Office of Vice President.
At 49, he was defeated again for the Office of a Senate.
At 51, he was elected to the U.S Presidency.
(as cited in the "Recipe for Success", page 79)
Thomas Edison also tried 9,999 times to perfect the light bulb but failed.
But he said, "Certainly not (will I be discouraged). Now I know 10,000 ways it doesn't work".
Listen, your character is a perfect handiwork of the Creator, so why despise yourself for somebody else's.
Wishing to be somebody is not a measure to become that person but a measure to be you in that person.
All you hear are complaints and criticisms about what you are incapable of doing but can give it a try, which you are not doing, when the little things you do well are less recognized and appreciated.
Sometimes, you wish that what you do could be appreciated by somebody but that somebody is the nobody in your life.
But you can make this work.
People can not stand your character but you alone can stand your character.
So, why don't you start to act as yourself and leave the rest to take care of themselves.
Keep going on even though the going is hard.
Your world might be crushing down but there is one significant trinket the world can never take away from you and that's YOU.
When you die, you die as you. So, as you live, live as you.
These are the words that kept running through my mind and I thought it necessary to share them with a concerned soul.
I AM PROUD TO BE ME AND NOT YOU.

JUBILEE OIL CONCERT, 2010.

A night of bliss, it was, as the Golden Jubilee Park was filled to capacity to mark the Jubilee 1st Oil Concert in the heart of the Oil City.

A massive crowd trooped into the park with much happiness and expectation, and by 8pm, many of the people had to struggle for breath due to human congestion.
The Jubilee 1st Oil concert was organized yesterday to commemorate the Oil find and also commend God for his support in the Oil discovery.

The concert commenced with a Reggae Live Band to ginger the audience. Papa Sly, as commonly called, the MC for the programme, mounted the stage in a grand style to introduce the various artistes for the night. The programme kick started with a marvelous performance by Humble lion who took the audience through his high life songs.

Ohemaa Mercy also thrilled them with her gospel songs ranging from "Menwu Da" to "3y3 w'adwene na 3y3 wo s3 ase3". She therefore pulled the crowd onto their feet as she prophesied into their lives. It later took to the turn of 4x4 who ushered the large audience into their contemporary secular songs;"World Trade Center" and "Fresh One".

The excitement heightened amidst shouts and gestures from the audience. Paapa Yankson, an ace high life musician, engaged the joyous crowd in some of his hit songs. C.K Man and Felix Owusu followed suit.

The joy could not be over since VIP also charged the atmosphere with their outstanding dance moves on stage. Performing their hit songs in retrospect, to their debut songs; "I think I like am" and "Away", the boys from Nima stole the show.

Present at the concert were dignitaries from diverse sectors of the region who also took to their feet as they listened to the high life and hip life melodious sounds. The show was then climaxed with great performances from the sensational music Icon, Castro "The Destroyer". He entertained the jubilant audience with his latest track "African Girls", in collaboration with Asamoah Gyan, Black Stars' and Sunderland Striker.

NEW NATIONAL SERVICE EXECUTIVES ELECTED.

The National Service Secretariat in the Sekondi-Tarkoradi metropolis held a meeting today to elect new executives whose task is to espouse the Secretariat in the smooth administration of its operations.
The meeting which took place at the Takoradi Secondary School auditorium brought together National Service personnel from the various sectors of the Western region. Proceedings of the programme which were scheduled at 8am,kicked off at 10:30am with elections held for the aspirants.
Tweneboah B. Owusu was adjudged the President,followed by Nixon Eshun, the Vice President, and Nana Addo Dankwah, Beatrice Anderson, A. Sam, were the Organizer, Treasurer and Secretary respectively.
Mr. Ebenezer Asante, the Metropolitan Director and Chairman for the function swore in the new batch of executives and advised them to work hard.
The President-elect, Tweneboah B. Owusu, assured the audience of the executives' willingness to work as a team in order to bring out the best of the National Service Scheme and operations.
He said the new executive board will help to address the challenges of the National Service personnel.
He added that the programme was poorly organized and therefore urged the organizers to take a cue from today's meeting.
Present at the function were representatives from the National Service Secretariat.

A GOOD NAME IS BETTER THAN EXPENSIVE PERFUME

It is remarkably undesirable to sometimes see people exhibit sheer ignorance and also express passionate comments about certain things that, to their best of knowledge, they deem appropriate. I have scrutinized and tolerated several disparaging remarks that some top officials in government utter from their mouths but this particular remark from a distinguished persona in the office of the President is very repugnant.



As I drew nearer to the radio "Peace fm" for the updates about the affairs of this noble country, the host of the morning show played a voice which has its roots emanating from the mouth of Honourable Tony Aidoo, the Director of policy monitoring and evaluation at the presidency. According to this Honourable, Christians who speak in tongues are "mad" and therefore serve the "Devil". As a member of the Christendom, I guess it's my duty to educate this Honourable about the things he seems to be very ignorant of. Mr. Aidoo had the guts to classify Christians who believe in the speaking of tongues as mad people, forgetting that his actions are tantamount to blasphemy. No wonder he is believed to be an Atheist, but is it right for me to say that all Atheists are mad and stupid because they have their own belief? The answer is "No" because we all need to respect one another's views and beliefs.



He was preaching about brotherhood but his hypocritical nature proved that he, himself, is not a big fan of brotherhood. I really want to sound very mild in order not to offend him. If really this advocate of brotherhood is indeed who he is, do you think he would make such inimical statements about Christians? My dear Kwasi Pratt and other ace commentators of the administration of Ghana tried to vindicate him by explaining all sorts of things. I always believe in Mr. Kwasi Pratt for his judicious comments but he was trying to do damage control, in order to exonerate the Honourable. It is absolutely true that the constitution endorses freedom of speech. But should that freedom overstep its boundary? I would like Mr. Pratt to give me a definite answer, if I decide to insult him in this article, would he accept that as my opinion?



I do not understand why some people would go every length to defend the indefensible. Christianity has nothing to do with politics and this is why I can't just keep silent over this issue. Calling Christians who speak in tongues as "Descendants of the devil and mad people" is equivalent to tarnishing the sanctity of the gospel of God. No matter the position of the Director of policy monitoring and evaluation in the belief of some Christians, it doesn't give him the mandate to utter such words. If he had exercised some level of restraint, I think he would have expressed his opinions in an appropriate way. This therefore shows that some of our elders have become wiser than they are and as a result, can not sift what they say or do. I doubt their credibility to live exemplary lives for the youngsters.



The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 14:2 that "Those who speak in strange tongues do not speak to others but to God, because no one understands them. They are speaking secret truths by the power of the Spirit." (GNB). This therefore proves that speaking in tongues is entrenched in the constitution of God. So, it is not something which is manufactured by man but it stems from the parliament of God. Mad men do not speak in tongues and worshippers of the devil are not activists of speaking in tongues.



Therefore if Mr. Tony Aidoo does not see the magnitude of his speech, then, I will help him to realize that the Almighty God is not mad to have given us the ability to speak in tongues as written in 1 Corinthians 12:10, "…To one person he gives the ability to speak in tongues,…" (GNB).A distinguished personality like him should have known better about how to communicate effectively. His nonsensical talk causes fear and panic in the public domain. He should have also known better that despite our religious inclination and differences, we all live as one people. For the fact that a person who I presume to be a Christian has pissed him off,doesn't authorize him to say anything he thinks his mind supports.



To close the chapter of this article, I would entreat Honourable Tony Aidoo, Director of policy monitoring and evaluation at the presidency, to sometimes restrain himself from making careless remarks since he might entangle himself and consequently, lose his hard-earned credibility. Take note: Proverbs 13:3 says "Be careful what you say and protect your life. A careless talker destroys himself." (GNB)

DON’T TAKE CHANCES.

Gradually, the Chorister Honourable Alban S.K Bagbin appeared before the vetting committee. Happy did he enter the room, happy did he equivocally put answers to questions and happy did he leave less than 45minutes of inquiry and competence-seeking.
The Vetting Committee was given the mandate to scan the Ministers designate for the various Ministries without fear or favour.The question I still ask myself without any particular answer is “Does the majority leadership have any correlation with the Ministry for Water Resources, Works and Housing?” The Majority leader in Parliament came in, wearing the cloth of the Minister designate for the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing.
Therefore, it could have been of much significance to ascertain his competent level to handle the Ministry. But he (Alban S.K Bagbin) told a story of “a lizard and a frog in marriage”, sung in no right key on the piano and delivered his doubtful age range according to the Minority leader, Honourable Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, to prove his skilful ways in stifling the Ministry.
I don’t know if it is vital to train choristers in order to boost the performance of the Ministry. In view of the treatment given to him, he was really pampered with an undesirable and unnecessary favour.Why didn’t the committee treat Honourable E.T Mensah,{Minister designate for the Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare} as well as Honourable John Tia Akologo, {Minister designate for the Ministry of Information}, with the same measure of treatment?
Isn’t it a shame to answer a simple question of reciting the National Pledge indirectly in order to avoid exhibiting his incapability of saying the National Pledge? They (Ministers) swore under the Oath that they will be devoted to the service of Ghana and yet, it is hard for them to pledge their allegiance to the country.
Moreover, the Vetting Committee devoid of unfair treatment and indiscriminate favour should have interrogated the Majority leader on the lane of the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing, to help all concerned citizens of the country in their fair judgement.
Closing the chapter on the Majority leader, opens the homepage of an anonymous honourable member of the Vetting Committee who couldn’t rectify his own slight mistake. Ascribing it to English language barrier, he kept on committing a mistake of improper sentence construction and concord.
If at this stage, a Member of Parliament {MP} or Minister still has a problem with rectifying an English error, then why the need to penalize students for their inability of writing or speaking English language. Some of our Ministers and MPs should be mindful of their speaking of English or better still stick to their comfort zone of speaking in the local dialect they know best.
As if it were not enough, it took to the turn of an Honourable Member of Parliament for Central Tamale Constituency, Mr. Inunsah Abdulai Fuseini, who trooped into the Speaker’s Conference room; looking very dazed only to display his sheer negligence of producing a commendable Curriculum Vitae {CV}.
In his capacity as a Lawyer, no one could assume the position of a lecturer to assist him in his CV.Honourable Abdulai Fuseini, in his nomination as the deputy Minister designate for energy could commit petty mistakes such as interchanging his ‘Key Competences’ to be ‘Key Qualifications’ and therefore attributed them to an omission problem. A problem which was never authenticated to emanate from typing error or printer’s error.
He also blatantly linked the poor compilation of his CV to a minor reason that in his life events, his appearance before the Vetting Committee happens to be his first delivery of an official CV.
I assertively think certain chances should not be taken by the government. Upon observing these unrecognizable lapses during the proceedings of the Vetting Committee, I am compelled to ask this question; how fair is the world when everything is unfair?
What I mean is these men are the same people who head public offices and deprive qualified persons the chances to work within the public sector under the pretense of competence and championing of never-erring approach to work.
When they, themselves, cannot possibly produce proper Curriculum Vitae(s), speak good English language, recite the National Pledge. They therefore capitalize on their inadequacies to judge other people’s qualifications.
Not to lose the steering wheel of my article, my ultimate goal is to encourage our Ministers and other governmental officials to fully understand the dictum which categorically says “Leadership by example”.