President John Dramani Mahama has opined that Nana Akufo-Addo’s running mate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia will never be given the opportunity to lead the party "should anything happen".
"Let anything happen today and let our brother Bawumia say he is standing for president in NPP. They will never give it to him, I can assure you..." he indicated.
Addressing party supporters in Lawra as part of his campaign tour of the Upper West Region, President Mahama said: “Alhaji Aliu Mahama was vice president under the NPP government. He served faithfully under President Kufuor and, so, when eight years was up and President Kufuor was leaving, the natural order of succession is that he should have been given the opportunity to lead that party, but 17 people contested him and defeated him and that is why I say NDC is a party of opportunity because if NDC wasn’t, who am I? A boy from Bole born in Damango, who am I to stand here and call myself president of the Republic of Ghana?”
“Sometimes I feel sad when I see some of our northern brothers running around and also doing this. … They will use you and dump you. I want to live and see the day. Let anything happen today and let our brother Bawumia say he is standing for president in NPP. They will never give it to him, I can assure you. When the misfortune hit us and our father Professor Mills passed away, the constitution said the vice president should take over, I did. But then we were close to an election. If it was another party, they would have insisted that there should be a congress and in that congress I would have been contested and they would have given the leadership to somebody else,” the President added.
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SORRY TO SAY THAT THE HIGHEST PAID WORKER OF ALIU MAHAMA'S LIDRA COMPANY WAS EARNING GHC 50 A MONTH. IF HE HAD BEEN CHOSEN AS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE NDC PROPAGANDITS WOULD HAVE CUT NPP INTO PIECES; AND EVEN HE MAHAMA HIMSELF, IF HE WERE IN NPP COULD NEVER HAVE QUALIFIED TO BE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BECAUSE OF HIS CORRUPTION.... EMBRAER 190 AIRCRAFT BECAUSE OF WHICH PREZ MILLS APPOINTED A COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE HIM(MAHAMA). MAHAMA SHOULD ALLOW US TO PISSSSSSS!!!!!! DR BAWUMIA IS A VERY INTELLIGENT MAN AND HE WILL BE THERE AFTER NANA!!!!!!!!! SHAME UNTO THE DIVISIVE AND TRIBALISTIC MAHAMBOLE!!!!!!
NDC DON'T WIN ELECTIONS ,THEY RIGGED.AND ONLY SMALL B--R--A--I--N--L--E--SS PEOPLE VOTE FOR THEM.
WAS IT THE REASON YOU MURDERED PROF MILLS ? MAY GOD DISGRACE YOU SOON .
Fact is that no Presidential candidate of that tradition now NPP ever hailed from any other region except the Ashanti and Eastern regions. Dr. K. A. Busia was selected at a time Brong Ahafo region was not created and was part of Ashanti region. I agree the President could have restrained himself because of the unity of Ghana. However I admonish NPP to cease this opportunity to realistically deal with this issue because that is the truth and that in itself is equally undemocratic
NPP party is for Ashanti Akyem, if you are not Ashanti/Akyem, you woulld never be allowed to lead the party and it is a fact... the party's tradition was founded by the money of the Asantehene at the time, so it remains a Kumasi Party... If you are a northerner, dont ever dream of it, It would never happen.... NPP ashanti people party..
You wouldn't have been president yourself if agys atta wasn't murdered. I bet your NDC party wouldn't have voted for you, remember the 61 thousand NDC members who voted against you ? My brother think before you talk
Fail to make Aissah Arthur the automatic flag bearer of the NDC and the whole world will know that JM is an 1diot
And amisssah arthur would? Please mr president, your pettiness is becoming so weary it isn't funny anymore. Stop playing and get serious!! Your own people don't like amisssah so get your home fixed first before u go blowing on other people's arrrrrssssss
Did I read u right? Did u say descent pple vote for ndc? Chile bye!! Even u can't believe that. Talking of insults, Have u checked those babies with sharp teeth in your party??. Puleeeeeeeeeeese... Give us a break with ur pitiful self. Get a life
Massa we are in a democratic dispensation and that is why others competed with Aliu Mahama, unlike the Swedru declaration when a dictator ushered in his vice to lead the party after him. Do you as the leader of the NDC really think Amissah Arthur after serving as the vice President will go unopposed if you were to leave office as the leader or flagbearer of your Party. Mr President please do your campaign and leave the tribal politicking out of it for it is beneath you.If dont have a message please keep quite and stop whipping up tribal sentiments. It will be of no use to you.