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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You are a shame_less president to say this. NPP is very democratic and allows everybody the opportunity to contest for the presidency unlike the NDC were people are chased and humiliated for contesting the presidency.. what happened to Nana Konadu and George Boating. Mahama should think of himself and not Bawumia. The Destiny of Bawumia is in the hands of GOD and not man. You are already a looser. Ghanaians has seen your incompetence and will vote you out. we will VOTE for change.
Mr. President, you have lost my vote. You said Nana Addo is trabalistic by saying y3n Akanfor. If these words are coming from you then I am so disappointed in you sir. After all you achievement, you think the only reason why you are president is because no one contested you? Too bad, why are you afraid of contest? Is you credibility not enough to win you an NDC primaries? I am so disappointed. We condemn Nana for saying Y3n akanfo But JM your comment is SO DIVISIVE and IRRESPONSIBLE
Amissah Arthur is the next candidate of NDC then? Why waste money to organise primaries if indeed the presidency is a succession? Use and dump?? What have you done to the founder of your party and wife? Every one has an opportunity despite your religion. Don't divide us for your selfish gains. disgusting man called Mahama..desperate man
The president is afraid of congress. No wonder he want to rig this election because he knows he cant win
THE MAN IS SO DESPERATE THAT HE DOESNT EVEN KNOW WHAT SAY. IF YOU LOVE NORTHERNERS, WHY DID YOU CHOOSE AMISSAH INSTEAD OF A NORTHERNER? THE WIND OF CHANGE IS BLOWING OVER HIM. YOU HAVE ONLY 17 DAYS TO EXIT POWER.
Aaaaah.. such loose, divisive and tribalistic talk from a president!!!...if Prof Mills had completed his term and an NDC CONGRESS had unanimously endorsed your sole candidacy( which I strongly doubt would have been the case) then you could be talking like this....but even that...no no no no....smh
The evils that men do lives after them. If this statement was really said by the president then it was really dangerous. It is very revealing. It seems like the President was projecting in Bawumia about his own true experience. The statement confirm the view that Mills was forced to die in order for Mahama to succeed him. I believe the spirit of Mills compelled Mahama to make such a revealing statement without thinking about it. If there is really a spirit world, we should expect more of such revealing expressions in the oncoming days. in order to to bring out the truths about Mills death.
the president was right. I have dreamt of thatJM TOASO
The President of Ghana is suffering from INFERIORITY COMPLEX. A condition in which people feel worthless because of their background despite their achievements. He need to see a psychiatrist for help.
This is dictatorship. If the president do not want people to contest him. where is the internal democracy in NDC? We have a trabalistic president. I hope it was only northerners who voted for you.