A leading member of the Kennedy Agyapong campaign team, Kwaku Alex has said that it will be unwise on the side of Ghanaians to allow for two Northerners to contest for the presidency in 2024.
He claims that Northerners are not worth that kind of privilege and, therefore, there will be the need for the Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, to be voted as flagbearer by NPP delegates during the November 4 primaries.
“We cannot sit in the country for two Northerners to contest for the Presidency. That cannot happen. We cannot have a Northerner for NDC and Northerner for NPP. We are not engaged in tribal politics but this should be put across,” he said.
“We know John Mahama has already been voted, so, we need to prevent this from happening, that two Northerners will contest for the Presidency of this country,” he said.
He continued while speaking on Amasaman BX TV: ”When Muslims are fasting, government and other individuals give out sugar among other things but have you seen Muslims give Christians anything during their Easter and other festivities? They can’t be made to enjoy all that privilege.”
The New Patriotic Party is yet to go to the polls to elect its flagbearer for the 2024 election though a date has been set and prospective aspirants have since picked their nomination forms.
Ten individuals have expressed interest in contesting for the position as the political party readies itself to make history in the 2024 election by breaking the eight-year cycle.
The individuals include; Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia; a former Trade and Industry Minister, John Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen; new entrant and MP for Assin Central Kennedy Ohene Agyapong; a former Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie-Akoto.
Others include a former Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko; a former Minster for Railway Development, Joe Ghartey; a former General Secretary of the NPP, Kwabena Agyei Agyapong; a former MP for Mampong, Francis Addai Nimoh.
A Senior Lecturer at the University of Education, Winneba(UEW), Eric Sakyi Nketiah and a former MP for Offinso North constituency and Minister for Regional Cooperation and NEPAD, Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku, complete the list.
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Hmmmmnnn, i now agree that not all educated people are literates. There is no tribe called ' northerners' in Ghana. The northern part or southern part of Ghana are geographical locations with multi ethnic groups living independent of each other. Unfortunately you don't see anything wrong when 2 people from the southern part of Ghana in 2 different political parties or more are contesting. Akuffo Addo and Atta MIlls, Rawlings and Kufuor, Adu Boahen and Rawlings. there are instances where one particular political party had both presidential candidate and his runnung mate all coming from the southern parts of Ghana e g, Rawlings and Kow Nkensen Arkaah, Rawlings and John Evans Atta Mills. I have not heard or seen anybody from the northern part of Ghana openly protesting against these pairings. Can you imagine what will happen if John Mahama, a Gonja were to chose his running mate from the northern part of Ghana eventhough a Gonja is not same as Dagaati, Waala, Mamprusi, Dagomba, Bimoba or Konkomba. Can you imagine what will happen if Bawumia, a Mamprusi ( should he win his party primaries) were to chose a Builsa, Kusasi, Sissala, Frafra, Nanumba, Kantosi as his running mate? Are you aware there is a south, north , east and west whereever you find yourself. Are you aware that in the very room you sleep you can locate south, north, east and west inside. Can you say Western- North region is in the northern part of Ghana? You will realize that within the western region some parts are in the north of the region thus western north. Several years after some people went to space , we still have people somewhere using geographical location to discriminate. If Kennedy Agyapong wants to make an impact in the NPP presidential primaries he should shed off such uncultured people from his front.