Lydia Forson's letter to the president was not a formal letter. The
language couldn't be formal either. I will even be considerate to place it
under informal letter. It was a lampoon - students of literature will
appreciate what that means.
I have read her letter over and over again. It is straight from the
shoulder - foursquare. In realms where literature is avidly appreciated, her
burlesque would have been in lecture theatres for literary post-mortem.
Verily, she's used words that are unpresidential per dictionary
definition. But these words have bigger contextual significance. And these
words shouldn't be delimitated by our conscious biases.
One thing we apparently fail to see is the writer's explicit show of
love and admiration for her addressee. A text from her epistle reads: "I
hate that I have to say this about someone I truly do admire and like many
people really want him to make a change."
Besides, must the government communicators respond to
sensationalised facebook opinion of well placed persons in society? A
government communicator in responding to Lydia has messed up! He bundled all
women above 30 years and are unmarried as prostitutes. Eeeih!
Doesn't this amount to creation of needless disaffection for the
government - at least from Lydia's circle.
Lydia's confrontation of the first man should have provided a right
podium to tell the masses the painstaking efforts government is taking to
restore normal power supply. Some won't listen though and keep grizzling.
I don't want this government to be tagged with words like
"impunity" and "arrogance" by overreacting or making fuss
out of non issues.
May be government communicators need some capacity building about
the Republicans. They don't take light of communication and invest hugely on
it. May be we need to find out what informed Arnold Schwarzenegger, then
California governor-elect to say, "When people win, politics as usual
loses."
I have no pure water company but I can feelingly hugely appreciate
the massacre young and aged companies and industries are going through under
the #dumsor. Hence, must not only be placed under
highest priority list but considered as a matter of national security.
#DumsorMustStop #FansOfLydiaForson #BringBackOurLights
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