I bet Sam George 'cannot be serious,' is he?

"A definite factor in getting a lie believed is the size of the lie, for the broad mass of the people in its primitive simplicity of heart more readily falls victim to a big lie than to a small one (Aldolf Hitler)."

I listened with utter incredulity to Sam George’s alleged audio clip, in which he was claiming somewhat evocatively and unblushingly that he won’t apply for National Identity Card and won’t bother to register his SIM card.

The overarching question every concerned Ghanaian should be asking then is: has Sam George since turned over a new leaf and acquired the National Identity Card, and duly registered his SIM card?

My dear reader, if Sam George has not done so, where then lies the justification for his consuming desire for the SIM reregistration?

Again, if Sam George did not want to toe the line in the past, where is the justification to ask the good people of Ghana to toe the line for him?

I’m afraid, a true leader is judged by his/her extraordinary qualities, not ego, impertinent boldness, and parochial or vested interest.

As the sages say, “Leadership is not power and dominance, but rather it is service to mankind.”

I would, without mincing words, opine that the Ghanaian political terrain is full of dishonest, unprincipled, hypocrites, and manipulating geezers.

Of course, dishonest and political manipulators are not limited to Africa. It is a global phenomenon, as a matter of fact.

However, in my humble opinion, it is our part of the world (Africa), where political gimmicks and insobrieties are so prevalent.

Perhaps, this is so because we have greater number of unlettered folks, many of whom cannot choose between tricksters and morally upright politicians

I bet we are not serious as a nation, are we?

How can we keep wasting our time and scarce resources time and time again to the detriment of the infirm, the poor, and the disadvantaged Ghanaians?

Ghana, as a matter of fact, has been losing billions of dollars since the adoption of the Fourth Republican Constitution to the heartless nation wreckers, who take bizarre delight in swindling the state at the expense of the poor, the infirm, and disadvantaged Ghanaians.

My dear reader, let’s face it, Sam George’s SIM re-registration exercise is unnecessary, in the sense that the National Identity Authority(NIA), the NCA, and the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) can put their heads together, retrieve and merge the data accordingly.

Indeed, with the benefit of the National Identity Card, the Mobile Network Operators should be able to identify and trace any service user without a sweat.

It is also not quite right for the exponents of the SIM re-registration to conclude somewhat impetuously that the exercise is a panacea to the mobile money fraud. It is not, I’m afraid.

Truly, Ghanaian politics has become an embarrassing profession, not a decent profession it used to be. Needless to say, it takes good people—good citizens and leaders with impeccable integrity and unmatched commitment to build a prosperous nation.

Yet a lot of people who can claim birthright to steadfast adherence to moral or ethical code would never go into politics.

I daresay they dislike the toxic levels of partisanship. They hate the intrusive media scrutiny and they aren’t ready to pay the high personal costs of political life.

Once upon a time, anyone who gained a seat in parliament or appointed into office was looked up to and respected by all. Alas this is not the case anymore.

Succinctly put, no public servant should be allowed to gleefully put the good people of Ghana through inexpressible anguish in order to serve their parochial or vested interests.

In sum, we hereby plead with the parliament to spare the good people of Ghana the ordeal by blocking Sam George’s needless SIM reregistration exercise.

May God bless our homeland Ghana!