The Director General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA) and National Organizer of the governing NPP, Mr. Sammi Awuku, has strongly defended the records of the General Secretary of the Party, John Boadu, as well as the National Youth Organizer, Henry Nana Boakye, and the other National Executives of the Party inclusive of himself, claiming they did a fantastic job in delivering on their mandate of securing an emphatic one-touch victory for the Party in the difficult elections of 2020.
Some critics have sought to downplay the achievements of the current national executives of the Party only on the basis of the outcome of the 2020 parliamentary elections results whilst overlooking the presidential results where the Party, which was seeking a second term, made history by winning with over 500,000 votes. One of such critics is the person of Opare Ansah, the former MP for Suhum, who is lacing his boots to contest John Boadu.
In a recent interview he granted to Citi fm, the aspiring General Secretary, Opare Ansah, who admitted that the current national executives were largely the same crop of executives that delivered the unprecedented victory in 2016, nonetheless, went on to submit that they should however not be credited for that [2016] victory. But rather, they should be blamed for the relatively lesser number of seats the Party secured in the 2020 elections.
But speaking to Asempa fm’s Osei Bonsu on Ekosiisen on Wednesday, 19th January, 2022, the man described as the ‘capo’ of Ghana’s politics, Sammi Awuku, rejected this claim, arguing that, Opare Ansah cannot approbate and reprobate when it suits him. He also rejected Opare Ansah’s claim that the current NPP leadership has been poor, and said that, no Report has indicted the national executives for the outcome of the 2020 elections.
Sammi Awuku described Opare Ansah’s utterances as a deliberate propaganda which have no basis in facts and called on Party members to reject same. He advised aspirants for the various positions in the Party to campaign on their strengths rather than seeking to rundown others particularly incumbent executives even in the absence of any justifiable basis. He then pledged his support for the current National officers who will be seeking re-election.
The outgoing National Organizer, Sammi Awuku, the ‘capo’, also spoke about his possible replacement. In this respect, he showed absolutely no hesitation in applauding the leadership credentials and hard work of the current National Youth Organizer, Lawyer Henry Nana Boakye, who is vying for the National Organizer position.
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It's definitely not the making of the current national executives that secured victory for the NPP in 2016 , Ghanaians were fed up with the NDC. More so majority of voters thought the Akuffo Addo NPP was going to be like the Kufuor one so the hopes were high.Again the Bawumia public lectures on the economy and the NDC's inability to respond was the last straw that broke the back of the NDC and not any extra ordinary work by the current executives. The 2020 elections, hmmmm, there is more to the story than we saw. Can Sammy awuku stick his neck out and say that if elections were held today between John Mahama and Akuffo Addo, the NPP will win, i doubt. I have voted for the NPP in 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020. I must confess the gap between Kufuor and Akuffo Addo is like from Aflao to Hamile, Kufuor is miles ahead of Akuffo Addo in everything. Kufuor and his ministers put the NPP in front when they were in power, they never forgot where they were coming from. Akuffo Addo and his zig zag appointees have put the NPP behind them and are busy competing as to who can grab fast. Very soon they will look back only to realize nobody is following them. Current executives like the elephant have very big ears but they don't listen, at best they will hear but won't listen. 2024 we will see who's meat has more fat when we put them on the heat of fire.