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.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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Even Bawumia knows this saying is true. He complains a lot behind the scenes for the Akan multreatment. He tells close friends he's been used
Only a ***barred word*** and an ***barred word*** person will say this kind of rubbish. SMH. I respected you but now am so disappointed with this speech. We need peace in Ghana. So a whole president of the Country can say this bogus and hate speech is so pathetic. God bless our Nation
Is it not true? Why would you keep Nana Addo at the top why Bawumia does most of the campaigning whereas he starts trotting the world for medical attention. JM TOASO
Which portion of the President's speech are you guys struggling to understand. Truth hurts
Very divisive...not good coming from a president
This is unnecessary Mr president ! Leave it for the serial callers. Beside you envy Dr. Bawumia.This comment means that you are desperate for power. Focus your compaign on what you will do for Ghana and stop tribal politics. You will not get anything from it.
So because of thoughts like this thats why you killed Professor Mills? It seems John Mahama is confessing.
How can a sensi ble president talk like this? he is the most use less person in Ghana i have ever seen.how can this country(Ghana)grow if is been managed by such sense_less, use less,***barred word*** and divisive people like this people
this is tribal politics. When Akan people speak like this, the northerners and ewe people wail and cry. When the ediooot mahama says it, they are quiet. Ghana's resources are mostly from the akan areas. the northerners and volta people must stop relying on resources of other regions and galvanise their efforts to develop their own regions. Mahama must be voted out because he has done nothing for to make northerners economically self-reliant. He has also done no such thing for the volta people. because he is usellllesss and incompetent.
but does mahama think if he loses this election he will be allowed by the NDC to contest their primaries again?not even Amissah authur bye bye mr president.