Disdain things you cannot have;

Ignoring them is the best revenge.

By aknowledging a 'petty' problem you give it existence and credibility.

The more attention you pay an enemy,

the stronger you make him; and a small mistake is often made worse and more

visible when you try to fix it. It is sometimes best to leave things

alone.if there is something you want but cannot have, show contempt for it,

the less interest you reveal, the more superior you seem.

Nana Akuffo Addo as a great man with great dignity so far, needed to know

how to play the cards of disdain and show contempt to what he cannot have

'become' leaving out his nobility very intact; no one could have disputed

that fact and what he has done to this country, his name could have remain

as superior as ever.

However, he chose to send a petition to court to turn the result of the

election,thinking @least he could be the first person to have sent an

electoral irregularities to court in the world ,but never consider the

message it will send to the populace should the party(NPP) lose the

election petition in court. Now the petition is in the fourth month and

Nana Akufo Addo and his NPP have not yet prove anything tangible to tell

the whole world that, the noise they have been making is worth making it.

It is obvious that people always side with the underdogs when two teams

meet and in this case, the ruling party is seen as the underdogs and the

rest of the respondents. NPP have to work hard to prove beyond reasonable

doubt that, the so called irregularities has affected the results of the

election, if not they may have a lot to explain or may have to discover

more lies to tell their supporters or risk losing the next coming election

.It is always important not to give your enemy the chance to fight with you

especially when he is the underdog, you only give him the opportunity to

test his strength and will know how to prepare when next he is to face you.

NPP as a great party with great intellects ,as ghanaians see it, went to

court to turn the results of the election to show to ghanaians and the

whole world that, no political party, large or small can beat them once and

for all in an election, thinking the petition would be over in few weeks

and President John Mahamaand and his NDC would soon be forgotten. That is

not how it is playing out.The longer the petition take, the more it focus

attention on NPP's incompetence and NDC with their lawyers cleverness.

The enraged NPP, Nana Akuffo Addo, Dr. Bawmia and Jake O. Lamptey, did not

consider that, the petition could be joined by any intrested party as in

the case of NDC, the imbalance of the size of the persuer and the persued,

should in case NDC wins the case, What would be the consequences, thus NDC

would stay free and would make the affair a joke, and in the end this white

elepant of lawyers, economists,'intellects' for that matter would be

humiliated. The expedition to turn the results will accomplish the

opposite of what it set out to do, it will not leave NDC only free but more

popular than ever.

What NPP should have done is to show less interest and ignore it

altogether for the time being, waiting for NDC to display their

incompetence to Ghanaians , you believe in their incompetence, allow them

to operate and commit all the blunders since ghanaians have open their eyes

and ears watching and listening. NPP's constant attacks, unnecessary

accusations and criticisms will only strengthen them (NDC) and in the long

run they will succeed.

Remember; you choose to let things bother you, you can just as easily

choose not to notice the irritating offender, to consider the matter

trivial and unworthy of your interest.That is the powerful move. What you

do not react to cannot drug you down in a futile engagement. Your pride is

not involved. The best lesson you can teach an irritating gnat is to

consign it to oblivion by ignoring it.If it is not possible ignoring it''

Late prof; J.E.A Mills had ignored it in 2004 and became a victor in 2008''

You have more important things to think about, you have got all the time in

the world to plan for the next coming election if not you, your successor,

then never inavertently draw your attention on a bothersome insect that

will go away or die on its own. If you waste time and energy on such

entanglements, it is your own fault. learn to play the cards of disdain and

turn your back on what cannot harm you in the long run.

Ikleel yussif

Tantawayussif@gmail.com