A renowned diplomat and an elder statesman, K. B Asante, has described raging arguments over whether a Ga is fit or not to partner the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate as �nonsense�.
The issue of who will partner Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the 2012 elections has generated a lot of anxiety among members of the party.
Some Ga-Dangme personalities like Professor Felix Nii Lantei Odartey Wellington, Professor Ernest Aryeetey and Dr. Nii Okai Hammond have emerged as possible candidates.
A leading member of the NPP, Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has however stated that the time for a Ga-Dangme running mate was not rife.
The Minority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu had in an earlier interview with Citi News mentioned Professor Mike Ocquaye as a possible candidate if the permutations were right.
But the Enquirer newspaper in its Monday edition quoted the Suame MP as saying no Ga-Dangme was currently fit enough to partner Nana Addo for the 2012 elections.
However, Mr. Asante, who is the immediate past president of the Ga-Dangbe Council rubbished that assertion. According to him, it is sheer backwardness to argue along that line.
�The whole idea shows how backward they have gone,� he told Citi News. �I know some are also saying it should be a Northern partnership and all that nonsense. Are we going forward or backwards? �
�The party should select the most suitable person� the party should select someone who would complement the flagbearer. But the question of the person being a Ga or Dagbani is neither here nor there,� the former diplomat added.
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