The Director of Communications of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Richard Ahiagbah has told the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, that the flagbearer of the NDC former President John Dramani Mahama should rather be preparing for retirement on December 7 this year, which is the date for the 2024 general elections.
He projected that this year’s elections would end in defeat for the NDC.
He was reacting to Mr. Asiedu Nketiah’s comment that the NPP administration should start preparing their handing over notes.
Addressing a press conference in Accra on Monday, January 8, Mr. Asiedu Nketiah said “They will fail because no power can defeat an organized and determined people struggling for their freedom. Truth is, Ghanaians have already abandoned the NPP and their followers. Therefore, the NPP ministers must begin preparing their handing over notes.
“Already, thousands of persons affiliated to the NPP have lost the District Level Elections. Yes, NPP people have miserably lost the Assembly and Unit Committee elections to members, supporters, and affiliates of the NDC.”
He added, “Ashanti and Eastern regions were also very impressive for the NDC compared to 2019 performance. Presently, even though the Electoral Commission unexpectedly postponed voting in some electoral areas in these two stronghold regions of the ruling NPP, NDC members and affiliates secured 34.13% and 45.52% of the electoral areas in Ashanti and Eastern regions respectively.”
But responding to him, the Director of Communication of the NPP Richard Ahiagbah, said the 2024 general election is about programmes and policies and not subtle ‘threats of violence’ and ‘vain’ innuendos.
He said the elections are about which candidate has the best policies and programmes to manage the economy. To him, the flagbearer of his party, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is next to lead the country ‘with humility, capacity, and the fear of God to unleash Ghana’s production potential to benefit all Ghanaians’.
In a statement he posted on his X platform, Mr Ahiagbah said “NDC should not get it twisted. We have seen you this confident and boastful before. Please note, Chairman Mosquito, where we have gotten to as people or a democracy, it is not simply a question of it is my turn or to propagate hardship. No no no…. Chairman. It is about programs and policies, not subtle threats of violence and vain innuendos. Bawumia is next to lead with humility, capacity and the fear of God to unleash Ghana’s production potential to benefit of all Ghanaians.
Source: 3news.com