President John Dramani Mahama has opined that Nana Akufo-Addo’s running mate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia will never be given the opportunity to lead the party "should anything happen".
"Let anything happen today and let our brother Bawumia say he is standing for president in NPP. They will never give it to him, I can assure you..." he indicated.
Addressing party supporters in Lawra as part of his campaign tour of the Upper West Region, President Mahama said: “Alhaji Aliu Mahama was vice president under the NPP government. He served faithfully under President Kufuor and, so, when eight years was up and President Kufuor was leaving, the natural order of succession is that he should have been given the opportunity to lead that party, but 17 people contested him and defeated him and that is why I say NDC is a party of opportunity because if NDC wasn’t, who am I? A boy from Bole born in Damango, who am I to stand here and call myself president of the Republic of Ghana?”
“Sometimes I feel sad when I see some of our northern brothers running around and also doing this. … They will use you and dump you. I want to live and see the day. Let anything happen today and let our brother Bawumia say he is standing for president in NPP. They will never give it to him, I can assure you. When the misfortune hit us and our father Professor Mills passed away, the constitution said the vice president should take over, I did. But then we were close to an election. If it was another party, they would have insisted that there should be a congress and in that congress I would have been contested and they would have given the leadership to somebody else,” the President added.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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Ndc is not democratic. Jdm was not elected. Jdm did not compete in any election in Ndc. Jdm was hand picked to lead Ndc. Aliu Mahama competed and lost an election. NPP is a party for equal opportunity for all. Every one is allowed to participate in any election. JDM is tribalistic and must be voted out come Dec. 7.
someone should please remind the ***barred word*** that he is at his position as the head of ndc by default. no one really voted for him. it seems the prez does not believe in democracy. unlike his party where leaders are hand picked n forced on them,in npp opportunity is given everyone through elections to attain that position
Hmmmm ghanaian don't want the truth what is wrong with what he said about NPP it's true or not. please you should accept this for once Ebeeeeie.
A WHOLE PRESIDENT WITH THIS TALKS//////??????? CHILDISH REALLY ***barred word*** INDEED. PLS TALK BETTER NEXT TIME AS A PRESIDENT BUT NOT A FOOT SOLDIER.
lose talk. if you were given the opportunity to lead what makes you think he do not deserve the same right. so desperate for power!
The natural order of succession in the U.S is that Joe Biden he should have been given the opportunity to lead that party instead of Hillary, Right??? smh!!
The evils that men do lives after them. If this statement was really said by the president then it was really dangerous. It is very revealing. It seems like the President was projecting in Bawumia about his own true experience. The statement confirm the view that Mills was forced to die in order for Mahama to succeed him. I believe the spirit of Mills compelled Mahama to make such a revealing statement without thinking about it. If there is really a spirit world, we should expect more of such revealing expressions in the oncoming days. in order to to bring out the truths about Mills death.
The President has just spoken the HARD TRUTH. Truth is bitter but it must be said. It really hearts me when i see Dr.Bowumia doing politics. He would have been betterb of being at the Central Bank where he would have easily become the Governor.
I have taken my time to read all yor ssttuuupiidd and iiddiiioottss comments against the president and come to realisation that all of you were ***barred word*** and were not brought up well by your parents hence the insults on the president. just last week kuufor was on campaign trail with NANA in the Eastern Region and said vote for him ( NANA) is one of you and nobody comments about that. Absurd NONNSEENSEE. Thruth hurts
fooooooooooolish and icompetent president in the history of Ghana