A former General-Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen is confident the sitting Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia will surely win the party’s flagbearership race.[ads2]
According to him, even though all the aspirants who have so far declared intentions of contesting the NPP flagbearership position are competent and capable of leading the party, he believes strongly that Dr Bawumia has the upper hand and what it takes to lead the party to victory in the 2024 elections.
“No man born of a woman can beat Dr Bawumia” he said, adding: “I am borrowing the words of William Shakespeare from his book, Macbeth,” to buttress his point.
“So far, all the flagbearer aspirants who had declared their intention to contest for the party’s flagbearership were competent and capable of leading the party but “I am of the strong conviction that Dr Bawumia will win the contest and go ahead to win the national elections.”[ads3]
“I know the volume of work I am doing for Dr Bawumia and everywhere I go, I receive a lot of encouragement from the people concerning Dr Bawumia,” he stated as quoted by graphiconline.
Asked about his opinion on the NDC change of its leadership in parliament, Nana Obiri Boahen after that the NDC as a political party have the rights to make changes to its leadership in parliament whenever necessary and sees nothing wrong with the party’s decision.
“We need to be honest with ourselves. The NDC is a political party and at any point in time, they can change leadership. They have only decided to re-strategise and restructure, and for me there is no big deal about it,” he said as quoted by graphiconline.[ads4]
“With due respect, I will not criticise the NDC for choosing to change its parliamentary leadership. I am a matured and a discerning politician and I won’t buy into that. The NDC is a political party with 137 Members of Paliament and they can take a decision on their own, anytime. They decided to change their party leadership and we don’t need to drag this through the media,” he added.
He said that his focus is to help the sitting Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to win the NPP flagbearership position and subsequently become the country’s President in the 2024 general elections.
“I know for sure that the NDC will present John Mahama as their flagbearer, but I can also assure you that Dr Bawumia is set to beat him in the national elections,” he asserted.[ads5]
