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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Mahama will go down in History as one of the U*S*EL*ESS President Ghana ever had.Its very disgusting to hear such from a President. I am very sad for him.Is he aware such statements rather lower the dignity of the Northerners,as a whole President for more than 4 years he still does not believes where he is?. Which law in Ghana says the vice automatically becomes the Presidential candidate?iTS VERY SAD THAT IN GHANA THE NON AKANS RATHER HELP THE AKANS WITH THEIR WORDS AND ACTIONS TO FEEL SUPERIOR OVER THEM. A President with such inferiority complex OMG. Please Mr.President keep such talks to yourself and never pollute the minds of our Brethren; because in this world no one is born intelligent or Superior. OBIA NYE OBIA. Given an Equal opportunity everyone can excels in this World.
Is true talk Npp is a party that is build strongly around the Ashantis and is a like a Kindom in Npp to they (Ashantis) and Bawumia already knows that.So such a kindom would not allow outsider to rule it. That is a fact. But because of democracy they wouldn't tell him(Bawumia) the truth.He can hold almost every position in Npp but PRESIDENCY forget
Is the president lying? Will a northerner ever be given the opportunity to lead the NPP? Even though I belong to NPP, the fact is that NDC is opened to all than NPP. NDC doesn't consider your ethnicity or your surname as is the csae in NPP.
He likes to b used in npp its betterr tgan ndc...now its time for u to leave on Dec 7. Bye bye ooooo
this man is really suffering from an uknown mental disorder and he has been on the wrong medication. that is why the condition keeps getting worse everyday. By the grace of God nothing evil will happen to anyone in the NPP. the last time I check Bawumia is not a murderer or an assassin and also not desperate to the extent he will want to kill his boss and take over. u think we dont know how you took the opportunity by force? u knew there was no way you will be allowed to lead the party if Mills was alive and had lost the 2012 elections. knowing very well he (Mills) will loose the 2012 elections bcos there was no way he could be able to campaign bcos of his health u facilitated his exit and you took over. Bawumia is not desperate and he will definitely get his chance to lead if he wants to. its all about patient and waiting for God's time. in ur case u did not and we are suffering the curse on u. well i dont blame u for ur mental disorder bcos its not easy to see defeat coming ur way yet you have to remain in the race. change is here.
Ghanaians should forgive me. I'm too tribalistic and I don't know what I'm doing. I'm so confused. What should I do now? Nana Addo will jail all my men and women. Oh, my wealth! Nana is coming to retrieve all my ill-gotten wealth. Muuuu, maaaa, huuuu haaaa!!! I have to cry. Muuuuuuu!!!
What a quack president we have? He has weird thinking?
I'm now convinced NDC is losing this election. Obama said the same thing to Trump and now he's president elect.
Is there a campaign message somewhere in there? Ei, desperation be what! We from Volta Togoland won't vote for you or any NDC PC. North, please don't vote for NDC at all. The suffering is too much. I rest my case.