Former Member of Parliament Fritz Baffour has stated that a lot of the people who could have worked better under former President John Mahama were sidelined.
Mr. Fritz Baffour said the structure of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as a party does not make room for expertise.
“We have to look at the kind of party structure that we have, and the kind of people who man the party structures, the kind of people who man the presidential structure.
“I do not think we worked hard enough to put the structures in place where we use the best of our people to do the work,” he stated in an interview on 3FM’s Sunrise morning show.
According to the former Information Minister, the NDC lost the 2016 elections because they lost touch with their grassroots supporters.
Asked why a party with a lot of communication experts and a leader – John Mahama – who is also well vexed in the area would fail to effectively communicate and relate with its supporters, Mr. Baffour said it was because most of the people who could work in the interest of the party were sidelined to an extent.
“If you have experienced people, I mean, they do not deliberately sideline them, but the more aggressive a player is, they are the ones who come to the fore, and then it becomes a problem.”
The former MP for Ablekuma South Constituency noted that the NDC failed in 2016 to touch base with its supporters, and that affected the party during the elections.
“We fell short, we were over confident. Infrastructure is not the end of a political thought or success, you have to also engage the people,” he emphasized.
Speaking about the way forward for the NDC, Mr. Baffour, who is now the Communications Director for the campaign team of flagbearer aspirant Alban Bgbin, noted that his candidate is coming on board with a lot of potential to secure victory for the NDC in 2020.
He said although many believe former President Mahama has an upper hand in the flagbearership race, Ghanaians want change, hence, his candidate is the preferred choice.
“I do not think it is a done deal, maybe in terms of publicity because he has a lot of exposure. Ghanaians are now hungry for someone who is direct, someone who is accessible, someone who can take decisions, and someone who has experience with dealing with situations that are difficult.
“He is neither intellectually nor socially arrogant,” he stated.
Source: 3news.com
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I am not an NDC supporter but disposed to the CPP. I believe that, so far, out of the many aspirants, Mr. Goosie is the most credible and well-qualified candidate in terms of political expediency and independence. Though I was very much disappointed when he (Mr. Goosie) visited Rawlings, so to speak, to seek his endorsement irrespective of his past records. For me, Rawlings represent despotism, deceit, lies, and a murder in the NDC. This, indeed, diffuse the Social Democratic Philosophy of the NDC. Then, Goosie parted with the NDC, because of the imposition of Mills' Candidature by Rawlings on the Party, the so-called Sweduro declaration at the time. That notwithstanding, we all saw how Rawlings sought to malign Mills' Administration by pulling-strings with President Mills personally. And Rawlings when he did not get his way he was always at loggerheads with the good Professor throughout his administration till his passing on. I wish Goosie had learned his lessons well with Rawlings and had independently come out with the aim to reform NDC. The state of the NDC to date needs a complete overhaul. The name Mahama and his administration embody corruption and incredibility. Those who surrounded him, the hypocrite cum bootlickers, with their sharp teeth who discredited his administration, are still those facing out to promote him for his candidature to lead the NDC for the second time. The Mahama, I guess, as a person has some inferiority complex, hence feels comfortable to surround himself with low-level young inexperience politicians to do the insulting to overcompensate his attitudinal deficiency.
You were very incompetent in NDC government. not even one of you memo passed cabinet approval when you were minister for information.
the so called competent NDC guys that you Frizt Baffour cliamed wre sidelind including you were the greedy bastar8ts as Chairmant Rawlings spoke about. So you joined Alban Bagbin to also come and sidelid isn't it? master to hell with that because your canditate will not win.
He is the chief incompetent and so he was comfortable working with his co-equal incompetent team hahahahaa
THEY WILL NOT SIDE WITH MAHAMA'S SENSELESS CORRUPTION.
NDC SOCIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAM: SHARING OF SANITARY PADS TO JHS STUDENTS....HAHAHAHAHA...DR TOO GET SHORT MEMORY? NDC PEOPLE YOU FOR MAKE AM KNOW
NDC are interested in people who can insult their opponents, tell lies, shout on radio, be militant has the capacity to steaaal from the national kitty for him/herself and the party. They have no need for intellectuals who behave nicely, sit down to think and plan and develop fine ideas. And most of all think about the country. NDC people think about NDC only and the rest of the people in the country can rot in hellll. That is the culture and tradition of the NDC. I wonder why you are seeing this now. By the way, did your presidential aspirant take double salary?