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�The outspoken MP for the Lower Manya constituency, Hon. Michael Teye Nyaunu, has taken a swipe at the General Secretary of the ruling NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, saying it is unfortunate for him to describe ex-President JJ Rawlings, who once fed him as a �barking dog.� According to him, Mr. Nketiah, whose moniker in the political landscape is popularly known as �General Mosquito� used to receive rice, sugar and other allocations monthly from former president Rawlings when the NDC was in opposition� Ghanaweb October 19, 2011). I. P/NDC POOR IN OPPOSITION NDC in opposition The Asiedu Nketiahs Looking like vultures Vultures in empty caves Dirty, scrawny Without prey Lean and hungry Fetid beaks & claws Hollow, sunken cheeks Decaying, stunted grey hair Gangrened, wrinkled necks Putrefied, swollen armpits Poised for carcasses of wealth The Mosquito Nketiahs Killers of the dream We know them all NDC gurus NDC agents NDC chiefs Stomach politicians Elitist pen-robbers Three years in power They swagger in stolen gold Wallow in condescension Clad in stolen state wealth Hire private jets to weddings Building mansions, palaces Exploring Ghana in SUVS Exploiting young girls in SUVs II. POOR JJ TO THE RESCUE JJ is a hero to many The unsung hero of wealth The vulture on all carcasses The vulture of filthy billionaires The Ahwois The Tsikatas The Obed Asamoahs The ET Mensahs The Asiedu Nketiahs All P/NDC Mosquitoes Ah! Where would they be Oh! What would they do Hmm! Without the help of JJ Poor JJ assisted by shadowy friends Poor, poor JJ assists shady friends Ungrateful JJ-made billionaires Have unleashed the poor wild dog Poor wild barking dog of our time Poor JJ is a hero to many Unsung hero of wealth Poor JJ has it all Poor, poor JJ feeds all JJ has it all, supplies all Keta School Boys to Mills Cotton for Ms. Cotton Yam, cocoyam Yoke gari (credited) Rice, sugar, water Bread, kenkey, banku Plantain & akpele Wee/Ntampe, cigars Ah! Mosquito Nketiah Eh! Mosquito got it all Hmm! JJ fed Mosquitoes III. TIME TELLS ALL The gods speak for us Time is on our side The voiceless The marginalized The benighted Impoverished, helpless Through bloody mosquitoes Whining bloody mosquitoes Time is on our side Time tells all, all The gods speak for us For the impoverished For the voiceless For the marginalized For the benighted The gods speak for us We know the POOR We know the THEIVES We know the RAGS-TO-RICH We know the �BARKING DOG� The killers of our postcolonial dreams Nativizing poverty, Africanizing poverty Liberalizing the cremation of the postcolony Oh! Rise up, rise up, rise up, all rise up Rise up to chain elitist thieves & the barking dog