Some leading members of the New Patriotic Party are seething with rage over President Akufo-Addo’s pledge to “put his presidency on the line” as his commitment to end illegal small scale mining popularly called “galamsey”, in Ghana.
According to the peeved NPP bigwigs, the President’s comment could court hatred for the party and that could truncate the governing party’s stay in power after the next general elections in 2020.
Though the NPP kingpins are not against President Akufo-Addo’s pledge to fight galamsey, they noted that his promise to put his presidency on line to fight the menace does not inspire confidence in party supporters that the party in power can go beyond first term.
Speaking the minds of the many NPP big shots and supporters brooding over the President’s comment was no less a person that former Member of Parliament for Upper Denkyira West, Benjamin Kofi Aryeh.
According to the former MP, President Akufo-Addo’s statement is a statement of defeat and surrender which should not have come from the President, insisting the President’s declaration gives an indication of his uncertainty in winning the next polls if he pursues the fight against galamsey.
Hon Aryeh said President Akufo-Addo could still have made his point about fighting “galamsey”, without having to make such a “negative statement”. “I don’t agree with the statement the President made; putting his presidency on the line. No! Normally those negative connotations should be avoided”, he noted on Adom Fm’s Badwam.
The president, Nana Akufo-Addo, speaking at a forum against illegal mining Monday July 10, 2017, said he will put his presidency on the line with a commitment to end the illegal small scale mining popularly called “galamsey” in Ghana.
But the former NPP MP said such statements are not helpful for the President and the NPP as it has a possibility of demoralizing persons who have high hopes in him and may have adverse results on his votes at the next elections.
“He is in to succeed. The President must succeed. More so, everyone who believes Akufo-Addo and the party must stay in government may get discouraged if he makes statements of the sort”.
Hon Aryeh noted that the President Akufo-Addo should speak from a positive perspective, assuring Ghanaians of his role in ensuring the menace is dealt with but not showing signs of “weakness”.
“The President should speak from the positive side, saying he knows he has the support of the public and so we are going to succeed and move on perhaps with a higher number of votes next time around,” he stated.
Reports are that some kingpins of the NPP are worried over some of President Akufo-Addo’s actions and pronouncements, saying it could hurt the party’s chances of retaining power in the 2020 elections.
Source: Al-Hajj
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what kind of newspaper is this ? Does it want our nation well ?
I promise to vote for npp if they can stop this galamsey I swear. I have seen Nana thinks abt me and ma future
True to type, I am with Osei Yaw. As soon as I started reading the article I suspected it is from AL- Hajj. I therefore scrolled down to see the source of the article and voila! there is the Al- Hajj for you.
hey hey hey kofi aryeh, ***barred word*** ok, the environment and future of our generation is far relevant to the president than another 4 years ok. he doesnt mean he wanna loos but making ppl feel how serious attachment he puts to fighting galamsey. mps like you needed not be in that honourable house, did ppl really voted for you? do you care about your ppl or ya next 4 year term . i wish someone contest you and win, infacat you needed not to talk by now knowing you are from denkyira, dont give them further bad image or name ok
Nana's comments are innocuous and show his resolve to do what he has promised to do. This cannot in anyway affect the fortunes of his party in 2020. On the contrary, his party stands to gain hugely when this galamsey menace ends and it will be a multiple plus for them. Remember, His Excellency the President did not solicit the votes of Ghanaians to get himself entrenched in power without results. He promised and he is doing what will help the country. Let's give him the praise!
Al-Hajj paaaaaa, hahahahaha calling former Denkyira Mp Npp gurus?? It clear u dont know what the word GURU really mean. It hurt me when people call ur paper toiletttt paper but i can see thats what it really is. Sorry for u.
Without getting to the end, I could tell this can only be Al-Hajj reporting