Rebecca Carboo-Opertoto: Please, ask your wife to reject the GNPC Oil Money, Mr. President – Owula Mangortey requests
I am a Citizen.
I rise to request my respected Retired and Tired President Billy Akufo-Addo to ask your wife Rebecca Carboo-Opertoto to reject the 120,000 cedis oil money GNPC insists on doling out to her REBECCA FOUNDATION.
Rebecca comes from the illustrious Reindolf and Opertoto families which are not noted for greed, graft, licentiousness, debauchery and covetousness.
What has come over her that she will capriciously abuse her position as a First Lady to conspire with her husband’s appointees to dishonestly appropriate GNPC oil money in order to serve her parochial interest.
To both President Akufo-Addo and First Lady Rebecca Carboo Opertoto, I wish to share a story I received from an integrous retired Court of Appeal Judge of Ghana:
Once upon a time, what happened did happen…..or you wouldn’t be hearing this story!!
A merchant on a casual jaunt through a market, came across a fine specimen of a camel for sale.
The merchant and the camel seller, both skilled negotiators, struck a hard bargain. The camel seller pleased with his skill of worming out what he felt was a very good price, parted with his camel and the merchant chuffed that he had struck a fantastic bargain, proudly walked home with the latest addition to his large livestock.
On arriving home, the merchant called to his servant to come and help him take out the camel’s saddle. The unwieldy heavily padded saddle being too difficult for the servant to manage on his own.
Hidden under the saddle, the servant found a small velvet pouch which on opening he discovered to be filled with precious jewels!!
The servant was overexcited!!! “Master you bought a camel…..but see what came FREE along with it!!!”
The merchant was astonished as he looked at the jewels in his servants’ palm. They were of extraordinary quality sparkling and twinkling in the sunlight.
“I bought the camel” he said, “not the jewels. I must return them to the camel seller immediately.”
The servant was aghast ….. his master was really foolish. “Master…..no one will know.”
But the merchant headed right back to the market and handed over the velvet pouch back to the camel seller.
The camel seller was very happy, ” I had forgotten that I hid these jewels in the saddle for safe keeping.”
“Here, choose one of the jewels for yourself, as a reward.”
The merchant said “I paid a fair price for the camel and the camel only, so NO thank you, I do not need any reward.”
But as much as the merchant refused, the camel seller insisted.
Finally the merchant said, sheepishly smiling, ” Actually when I decided to bring the pouch back to you, I already took two of the most precious jewels and kept them for myself.”
At this confession the camel seller was a bit flabbergasted and quickly emptied the pouch to count the jewels. However he was very confused.
“All my jewels are here. What jewels did you keep?
“The two most precious” said the camel seller.
“My INTEGRITY and my SELF RESPECT”.
How would you explain integrity to a First Lady of Ghana?
Roger Jenkins explained it as “The ability to do the right thing or choosing to do the right thing when you could get away with doing the wrong thing.”
Where are your values of Integrity and self-respect, First Lady Rebecca Carboo Opertoto?
Reject the 120,000 cedis oil money from GNPC, onu.
I Shall Retunr (sic).
Owula Mangortey
NDC Branch Secretary
Full Gospel Church Branch
Odumase-Dodowa
Shai-Osudoku Constituency
