Thu, 19 Apr 2007
Source: Poku, Kojo
- Develop a timely bout of amnesia when president, i.e. forget whatever you said while in opposition, for it may become a measuring rod by which you will be measured
- If you owned a house, prior to becoming president, turn it into an official residence. You benefit by using State funds to repair & maintain it.
- Appoint family members to government positions.
- All your children should become businessmen.
- Appoint as many ministers as possible, even if most of them do nothing
- Salary, benefits & per diems should never be made public
- Praising your predecessor is a NO NO
- Funeral attendance is a DO DO
- Foreign Travel is a MUST MUST.
- To fix a failing economy, remove as many digits as possible from the cedi to put it at par with the Dollar.
- To fix an energy crisis, TALK about all possible solutions, but simply wait, hope & pray that it rains
- Solve crisis as they come. Never plan ahead
- Spend more money on a presidential castle, stadiums and celebrations than you spend on health care
- Don’t investigate your ministers based on mere newspaper allegation
- Investigate members of the opposition based on mere allegations
- If the people complain about the economy, tell them it’s fixed at the Macro level
- If they keep complaining, irritate your predecessor and hope he says something stupid, so the attention turns to him
- If all the above tricks fail, TRAVEL, TRAVEL, TRAVEL; because absence makes the heart grows fonder.
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- Develop a timely bout of amnesia when president, i.e. forget whatever you said while in opposition, for it may become a measuring rod by which you will be measured
- If you owned a house, prior to becoming president, turn it into an official residence. You benefit by using State funds to repair & maintain it.
- Appoint family members to government positions.
- All your children should become businessmen.
- Appoint as many ministers as possible, even if most of them do nothing
- Salary, benefits & per diems should never be made public
- Praising your predecessor is a NO NO
- Funeral attendance is a DO DO
- Foreign Travel is a MUST MUST.
- To fix a failing economy, remove as many digits as possible from the cedi to put it at par with the Dollar.
- To fix an energy crisis, TALK about all possible solutions, but simply wait, hope & pray that it rains
- Solve crisis as they come. Never plan ahead
- Spend more money on a presidential castle, stadiums and celebrations than you spend on health care
- Don’t investigate your ministers based on mere newspaper allegation
- Investigate members of the opposition based on mere allegations
- If the people complain about the economy, tell them it’s fixed at the Macro level
- If they keep complaining, irritate your predecessor and hope he says something stupid, so the attention turns to him
- If all the above tricks fail, TRAVEL, TRAVEL, TRAVEL; because absence makes the heart grows fonder.
Columnist: Poku, Kojo