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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another pathetic and desperate, incompetent comment. Very soon he will come to the South and accuse someone of tribal politics. Is the president telling us that Amissah Arthur is the automatic next candidate of the NDC? Who told you that being a vice president is an automatic ticket to be president. No wonder you couldn't wait and slaughtered your own boss just top ascend the throne of presidency. You will lose because of this FUUooliish comment.
John Mahama,'re you God and if you 're then why 're we in this suffrage
Is it a campaign message?
This is detestable and reckless statement from the incompetent John Dramani Mahama. Oh mother Ghana, what have We done to be ruled by such character? Your utterances shows you killed the Prof to ascend to the highest office. Fellow Ghanaians, let's arise and vote out this tribalistic default President out of office. Vote4 change!!
Non sense jdm
this man paa Why should something happen to somebody before you Will decided to lead? This shows your eyes was on the presidency even when you were vice and only God knows what happened to the man.
TOOOOOOO STUUUPIIID TALK. DESPERATION HAS SET IN. USELESSSSS TALK FROM SUCH AN INCOMPETENT PRESIDENT
Scennseless comment from a bespoke and default president. Very divisive and desperate. You only want power because of the goodies around it but not to work hard to improve the lives of anybody except you,your family and friends. Qwasiaaa.... Learn from Akuffo Addo who said..don't vote for me because of I'm your tribesman. Wise saying from a matured selfless leader!
You and who should forgive him. The president just spoke the truth. But you NPP guys will insult him. Will NPP allow baumia to lead should something happen to nana addo. The truth is baumia is just being used will regret this later.
Eiii as3m oo so is Mahama a president? I dont tkink so ,He is soo divisive ,cheap talk paa nie.Anyway let forgive him because he is confuse