Wednesday, 8 April 2015

GHANA 2017........WEEEEEEEER DODGE!

GHANA 2017………WEEEEEER DODGE!
Papa Ghana,
You know as much as I do
That the year 2008 is past and gone.
Gone with the wind.
Yet, the ghost of CAN 2008 is yet to rest in peace in your history.
I never intend having it in mind
But the mere mention of the name ‘W oyome’
Is more than enough to revive the ghost of that tournament.
That ghost that never says die.
What baffles me is that
Seven long years after CAN 2008,
You’re yet to fully clean up the mess left behind.
It’s been seven donkey years since AFCON 2008
Nonetheless, you’re yet to recover from
The financial and reputational haemorrhage you suffered.
You spent fortunes in building and renovating national stadia
For the tournament in 2008.
We’re in 2015 and those facilities are already looking like
Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s first baby court.
Why are you striving as a nation to host a jamboree
When you’re yet to fully clear the mess from the previous one?
You’re bidding to host AFCON 2017 against Gabon and Algeria.
Those guys are wrapped in wet blankets.
Why do you also want to jump over the fire they’re jumping over
With cotton wool in your anus?
Your once vibrant domestic football league is currently singing
‘Come back,come back, come back to me’.
Countryman Songo is dancing moonwalk with
‘Sika diey nie basaa,Ogya nshiwu,Ogya nshi wu,Ogya nshi wu!’
Your power sector is also sadly whispering
‘Do something new in my life’.
Your infinite creditors are queuing up at your door singing
‘We are marching to our debtors’,
While your local currency is silently humming
‘Killing me softly’.
If there’s any advice a well-meaning friend will offer you,
It’ll be for you to humbly withdraw your AFCON 2017 bid.
Anyway, sorry for bothering you with this long advice
Because information reaching me from Cairo indicates that
Alhaji Issah Hayatou says tweaaaaaa to Ghana 2017!
Cheers… Gabon

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