‘The President is doing something about it’

With much reluctance and tonnes of apology to my self-appointed advisors, I have, this week, had to return to the latest Ghanaian word to enter international lexicon - ‘Dumsor’. That brings to three the number of words Ghana has contributed to universal language, the other two being “Kwashiorkor” and “Azonto”.

With reluctance, I say, because I made a promise to my self-imposed advisors that I would not dabble in “politics” again. To them, this may sound disobedient but I still don’t understand how else to express my frustration with these intolerably long periods of darkness.
Is it politics to expect people who have been elected to solve problems to do so? Is it politics to feel used and insulted by a Minister of Petroleum who, after failing to meet a deadline, turns round to make me feel that I do not know what a power barge does or does not do?
So call it politics or not, I ask: Has President Mahama demanded from the Minister of Petroleum who it was in whichever