The General Secretary of the main opposition party, National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, yesterday shot himself in the foot by stating that it would be unwise for former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, to vie for the same position again
However, Mr Nketia disclosed that same cannot be said of former President John Mahama.
In an interview on Okay FM morning show, NDC chief scribe was asked if he was aware that former NPP General Secretary, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly called Sir John, would contest the same position again after he was defeated at the 2014 primaries of the party.
He told the host of the morning show that if indeed Sir John was planning to contest for the same position he lost to suspended Kwabena Agyei Agyepong after four years, then he would advise him to stop to avert ‘humiliation’ in the elections.
According to the NDC chief scribe, if Sir John loses the elections again, it will be a big blot on his record.
The possibility of losing again is very high and as a very good friend, I would advise him not to go that path and shelve the idea. Sir John’s comeback would be like attending a funeral and announcing your presence by giving some donations to the bereaved and getting served with food. After that recognition had been given to you, nobody will recognise you again if you decide to leave and later come back to the funeral grounds. Sir John’s time is over and so any attempt to stage a comeback will be suicidal and could result in shame for him.”
When the NDC Chief Scribe was asked whether Sir John’s situation was not akin to that of the former president and NDC presidential candidate, who lost heavily in the 2016 general elections, he said the two scenarios were completely different.
Asiedu Nketia said that he would not talk about the former President Mahama and that it would not be right to compare the two.
Former President Mahama’s decision to stage a comeback was given a further boost over the weekend when he led a ‘Unity Walk’ in Tamale with Asiedu Nketia in attendance, but some party bigwigs were conspicuously absent during the Tamale walk.
Source: Daily Guide
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This is more than shooting himself in the foot. This is what too much unguarded talk can do to a warped mind. This Serkwa Burger thinks he is smarter than everyone in the world, spewing garbage at the least opportunity. Now you coiled your crooked tail like a dog for cover. Mahama's disgrace would be gargantuan than Sir John's. You all know the ex president is going to loose big time yet you goad him on like a sheep to the slaughter because of your stomach. I wonder why Mahama himself cannot or refusing to see the signs on the wall. May be he takes Ghanaians for ***barred word*** or still maintains that we've short memories. Yes indeed, power corrupts....,otherwise this comeback episode is ridiculous and unthinkable in Ghana.A word to the wise is not enough unless it does not make sense. Over to you.
NO WISE PERSON WILL VOTE FOR MAHAMA AND NDC . WE HAVE BETTER PARTIES AND CORRUPT FREE WISE MEN .PAPA KWASI IS ONE OF THEM . THE ***barred word*** OF YOUR MAHAMA AND NDC ARE UNBEARABLE.
FREE SHS WHO DO NOT LIKE IT. Mahama can never implement this policy, all mistake of the ongoing process of the FREE SHS will be rectify as soon as posible, you think Ghananaias are FOOOLLLLSSS.
This is what spin can do. "Sir John’s time is over and so any attempt to stage a comeback will be suicidal and could result in shame for him." How about Mahama who is in a similar situation? Then you are trapped. You know the right thing to say, but cannot gather the courage to say it, so you have to find a lame excuse to dodge the question. Shame
He is making u understand things can change....N.P.P think Ghana is theirs and know one has a say. bullshit Mahama 2020 all the way to flagstaff house again.
Daily guide paaaaa, you mean you never knew Asiedu Nketiah was and still is a walking contradiction,go back to history ,check his statements/ interviews and you will laugh enter gutter, the german bogger has been a walking contradiction from day one.
DID NPP ACTUALLY WIN THE 2016 GENERAL ELECTIONS HELD IN GHANA OR IT IS THE SAME STOLEN VERDICT THAT ADU BOAHEN PROPOUNDED AGAINST JERRY JOHN RAWLINGS IN THE 1992 GENERAL ELECTIONS. SOMEBODY SHOULD CONVINCE ME ON HOW NPP WON THE ELECTIONS. I STILL SUSPECT FOUL PLAY JUDGING FROM THE KUMASI HOTEL EPISODE.
Oyiwa!!! Mahama beware....
There seems to be a conspiracy to disgrace and humiliate the ex-president John Dramani Mahama by those pushing for him to stand again come 2020. The big mouths in the NDC know that John Dramani Mahama after loosing for the second time may not be in a position to come again 2024. That is why they are pushing him to run.