The late C.K. Teddam
Recalling Act 4 Scene 4 of
Shakespeare’s Macbeth – ‘Angels Are Bright Still, Though The Brightest Fell –
to eulogize the life well lived by the nonagenarian C.K. Tedam is just
appropriate.
For this good man whose
life exemplified all the attributes of a wonderful politician the end of his
life should provide for all of us important lessons needed to meander through
the maze of political challenges created by wicked and bad players in this
otherwise noble occupation.
The teacher and politician
was exceptional when he lived at a time when politicians are generally
considered bad people who only think about themselves and therefore parochial
in their enterprises.
As a good teacher and
father to all, he brought up so many persons who grew to become servants of
their country as he did without doubt.
Politics is by and large
about service to God and country but with bad persons squeezing themselves into
the occupation, the unimpressive notion about politics cannot be avoided.
That Lucifer fell and no
longer held his exalted status among angels these creatures of God are
nonetheless as bright as they should be. No matter how much politicians suffer
denigration at the hands of observers of the political space, there was still
one and there are others who are different from the fallen. C.K. Tedam was the
different politician still standing even when others fell, their morals too
weak to hold them. Their association
with the man who stood both figuratively tall and physically so among his political
colleagues should prime such politicians with the morals of C.K. Tedam.
As one of the few whose
lives spanned the Gold Coast and contemporary Ghana no amount of words are
enough to complete a befitting tribute for this man. We can only manage to
craft what we can and leave the rest to posterity to complete.
As a minister, he was
bereft of blemish – his preoccupation being service to God and his country. The
footprints he left behind are treasures for us to benefit from at these times
when iniquities are beclouding the goodness our Maker demands of us.
He is returning to his Maker
at a time when we would have needed him around us to fortify us with the
appropriate stoicism to weather the negative storm of contemporary times.
C.K. Tedam’s ways in
politics touched the hearts of not only members of his political inclination
but also others without it. That, of course, was one of the factors of his
longevity and appeal.
As he goes home to join
his ancestors and above all his Maker, we would continue to cherish and pray
for him so that his good works would be turned into blessings for his soul in
the bosom of the Omnipotent Creator.
The nation mourns him and
the state interment planned for him is deserving of a man who until his Maker
called him continued to serve as light in the tunnel even when darkness
threatened the political space.
The NPP will never forget
his wisdom at a time when the then opposition party suffered some of its most
restive months before a crucial election. The party endured and triumphed
because there were the likes of C.K. Tedam.
As he goes home, we are sure that the good Lord will grant him peace since after all he was a good man obsessed with service to his Maker and country. Fare thee well C.K. Tedam!
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