"We shouldn't take it for a joke...First, it was at the Central University and then they won the elections; now KNUST, very strategic . . . He centers his presentation within the intellectual community and we need to be careful. We must be careful; we need to take care,” says former NDC Central Regional Chairman and Social Commentator, Bernard Allotey Jacobs.
Allotey Jacobs who is a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) while reacting to the NPP’s Town Hall meeting and Results Fair held on Tuesday, asked former President John Mahama now Flagbearer and executives of his party to select a running mate before April, 2020 to match Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia ‘boot for boot’.
“I will urge Mahama to select a running mate who can match Bawumia; if by April we don’t have a nominee as a running mate the whole election year will be NDC against Bawumia,” he said.
According to him, party communicators will be no match for the Vice President and that the best person to punch holes into the presentation made at the Town Hall meeting is ex-President John Mahama.
"Monkeys play by sizes . . . Dr Bawumia has risen the bar so high that now we need someone of his level or status to counter him,” he pointed out while contributing to a panel discussion on Peace FM’s morning show 'Kokrokoo'.
However, Allotey Jacobs thinks the Vice President has in a way roughly driven into the NDC’s political space.
He said the party popularises him anytime they criticise his presentations.
“The more we criticize him the more he resonates with the people. We also need someone who can match up to Bawumia; we need someone to punch holes in his argument, because for now he is raising the bar and unfortunately, up till now we have no running mate,” he added.
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Background
Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia on February 11, 2020, addressed a maiden town hall meeting in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region which focused on government's achievements and promises fulfilled so far.
Dr Bawumia used a combination of graphs, tables and text, to support his claim that the Akufo-Addo administration had largely delivered on its manifesto promises, especially on the economy.
“The data shows that Ghana’s macroeconomic fundamentals are strong. Indeed, the strength of Ghana’s fundamentals was confirmed recently by Moody’s Ratings which changed Ghana’s sovereign ratings from B3 with a stable outlook to B3 with a positive outlook. This is unprecedented for an election year,” Vice President Bawumia pointed out.
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As if we are playing gutter gutter and barwumia is a striker that we should get a defender to mark him. This game is not football, it is a game of truth not lies. Sometimes lies will go against you but when the truth comes out the liar goes to a journey of no return. Why should we get someone to also come and be lying to Ghanaians to make them fooooolls.
But dis Guy Bawulair is not creliable so why should any right thinking person called ndc to look for someone to match him wat are they going to match de lies and de comedy please if de ndc look and Bawulair and select a running mate they will loose miserably because dat vice president has no credibility aah someone who arrested de dollar and gave de keys to IGP and de cedis broke jail u take such a guy serious (apuuuuuu )
What has barwumia done to improve the lives of Ghanaians that allotey want ndc to find someone to match. So ndc should also find an equal dishonest liar to much barwumia, isthat what allotey thinks. If they is any sensible advice to give, it should be ndc should find an intelligent, honest and appealing person to match barwumia and not just find someone who acts like barwumia. As far as most Ghanaians are concerned barwumia's PhD is in lying. No one takes him serious not even his own die hard npp supporters. One of them was telling me the other day that if they lose the 2020 elections, it's the fault of barwumia because of his lies.
Old man who seems to have an opinion on every thing ;why don't you tell them behind the scenes if you really mean well for your own party? You are a hypocrite!
I DO NOT SHARE YOUR VIEWS MR. ALLOTEY JACOBS. WHAT NDC NEEDS IS A RUNNING MATE THAT UNDERSTANDS THE NEEDS OF GHANAIANS AND IS "DOWN TO EARTH" BAWUMILIAR IS BECOMING A NUISANCE IN THE POLITICAL SPHERES OF GHANA. HOW MANY PRESIDENTS OR VICE PRESIDENTS THE WORLDOVER ARE BEHAVING THE WAY BAWUMILIAR IS DOING? IS HE THE FIRST VICE PRESIDENT TO HAVE READ ECONOMICS? HE SEEMS AND SEES HIMSELF TO BE IN HIS OWN AND DIFFERENT CLASS THAN EVERYONE ELSE. I WANT TO STATE THAT LEARNED PEOPLE AND EVEN PROFESSORS OF ECONOMICS ARE BECOMING TIRED AND FED-UP OF LISTERNING TO BAWUMILIAR. HE IS NOW SEEN AS A COMEDIAN RATHER THAN A SERIOUS POLITICIAN. THAT IS NOT THE KIND OF PERSON NDC NEEDS. JERRY JOHN RAWLINGS HAS NO ANY ORDINARY DEGREE THAT I KNOW OF, NOT TO TALK OF A DOCTORATE IN ECONOMICS YET I CAN CONVINIENTLY SAY THAT IF JERRY STANDS FOR ELECTIONS TODAY IN GHANA HE WILL WIN HANDS DOWN. NDC DOES NOT NEED A COMEDIAN LIKE BAWUMILIAR.
Honestly if I have my way, like I would make Bawumia and sammy Gyamfi stand on same party ticket for Prez and Veep respectively. These two guys know how to manipulate facts.
I am an expert in continuous improvement and strategy, and as a government employee it won't be wise to challenge him on issues.
This Bawumiah is a professional in Economics and Academic. What economic research have you done?
From Prez Mahama to the foot soldier, no one has a vision.
The HIV prevalence rate in Ghana is much higher than the government has been stating. This is a national emergency. It could cripple the economy, if the government does not give higher priority to the issue. According to one lady, all her friends have it. Akufo-Addo must act now. The HIV budget is too low