A pro-NPP group, Walewale Youth Warriors has made a passionate appeal to the Overlord of the Mamprugu Paramountcy, to prevail upon the Vice President and Presidential Candidate of the party, Alhaji Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, not to consider the Energy Minister and MP for Manhyia South, Hon. Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, for the running mate slot.
The group argues that the character, demeanour and personality of the Energy is at variance with the values espoused by the leadership of Dr Mahamadu Bawumia and the ruling New Patriotic Party.
According to the pressure group, any attempt to select Dr Napo will pose serious dangers to the chances of the NPP Breaking The 8 and Dr Bawumia making history by being the first northern President under the great elephant family.
The call by the group comes at the heels of a recent outburst by the Energy Minister during an interview with journalists in Kumasi at the sidelines of the Ashanti Regional NPP Campaign launch held over the weekend at the KNUST.
Hon. Mathew Opoku Prempeh has come under a barrage of criticisms from a cross-section of the public following what is described as an insensitive comment in an answer to a question posed by a journalist about the recent power challenges and whether the government was considering a load-shedding programme.
According to the northern-based NPP group, the Energy Minister's action was a clear demonstration of leadership failure, having capitulated at the least provocation.
"This attitude, certainly cannot inure to the benefit of the electoral fortunes of our dear party, the Vice President is trying hard to win the hearts of many Ghanaians having outlined all the fantastic vision and programmes but people like Dr. Napo are making the work very difficult for him. Such a character can never be an effective running mate" the group argued
They are therefore appealing to the venerable Overlord of the Mamprugu Traditional Area, Naa Bohaga Mahami Abdulai Sheriga, to intervene by prevailing upon the Vice President to rescind any potential move to consider Dr. Napo for the running slot.
"We have no problem at all with selecting an Akan or an Asante but certainly not this Energy Minister, his actions are at variance with the Presidential Candidate, he will not add anything but a liability to our cause to Breaking the 8" they warned.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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This public statement is very necessary. Did you condemn the numerous groups in the NPP that came out publicly to support Napo? Note that Napo has influence only over those NPP youth he sponsors and NPP bigwigs he has bought with contracts. He cannot pay his way out in a general election. Sorry to say this but his utterances 'stinnk**'. NPP is better off keeping him off campaign platforms. If NPP had a hard time marketing Nana Addo because Ghanaians perceived him to be arrogant and full of himself, then it will even be more difficult for them to control Napo and market him. I congratulate Walewale youth for boldly coming out to say this. It is for the good of the party.
This is not a smart move at all. I am not in support of Napo for the vice presidential nomination but why should this group if they mean well for Bawumia and the Npp goes public against Napo by using the eminent Walewale Chief. They could have done it privately. This group and others more likely to come should be investigated by team Bawumia because they might be doing Bawumia more harm than good. We need the influence of Napo in the Ashanti and Ahafo regions. This unnecessary press releases being supported by these faceless paymasters should be stopped immediately.
The incoming vice president shouldn't necessarily have character traits that match those of the president per se, but a variance character that complements and strongly stands on principles and sincerity. The type of opposition multi-party democracy that is dispensed in Ghana quite depicts defaming and undermining propagandized traits that deem it necessary to possess strong character and will to defeat it. It leaves much to be desired from the opposition when it comes to competition and the presentation of better alternative policies to develop the country. The NDC, the main opposition political party, falls flat in the face of better alternatives.
Oh Walewale youth. Please rest. Dr. Bawumia is too intelligent to make such a grave error. Napo wouldn't have been selected. Even if he stood the chance, his recent irresponsible outburst disqualified him. He is arrogance personified. This election will be tough, no doubt. NPP needs a humble well respected, 'smooth talker' as a running mate not a man like Napo who feels entitled to this position. Between last year and now, he has bought about 40 awards. Boi!
Of course Dr. Bawumia was never going to select Napo, this is perhaps his own strategy of ditching Napo in view of the number of calls that came in his favour. Interesting times ahead.
Some people have been talking about reducing education expenditure in order to improve the economy, but what they don't know is that education is needed for economic growth. The problem with Ghana is not the quantum of money spent on education but rather our inability to achieve our goals in education. You spend money to achieve an objective. The question is are we achieving our objective?
Even the the NPP flag bearer, Dr. Bawumia is not fit for purpose. Now any iiidioot can lead the party
You guys are problematic, division creator, selfish, insensitive and enept . Do you know what you are talking about? There is no reasoning here , no logic, I know for a fact that it is NOT Welewele people. Is someone's agenda. Stop this cheap politics"
You guys are problematic, division creator, selfish, insensitive and enept . Do you what you are talking about? There is no reasoning here , no logic, I know for a fact is NOT Welewele people. Is someone's agenda. Stop this cheap politics
Look at them too. Ah, what did we do wrong???