Opinions of Saturday, 27 April 2024

Columnist: Rockson Adofo

Suggestion to Dr. Alhaji Bawumia of NPP

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia (L) and Kennedy Agyapong Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia (L) and Kennedy Agyapong

To form a formidable campaign team able to win the election in 2024 for the NPP to break the obnoxious 8-yearly cyclical rotation of power between the NDC and the NPP, I shall suggest to the NPP flag bearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the following:

Vice President, you had better break free from the control of the president, if any. Take things into your own hands, deciding things in a manner that best suits your plans to capably break the 8 as espoused by you and NPP. Come out of his shadow; be no longer the driver’s mate to shame the knowledge-deficient NDC that is mocking you.

Choose a running mate who has vision, policies, and programmes that appeal to Ghanaians and complement your own. This will smooth the way for you, therefore enhancing your chances of winning the election in 2024.

I will, by way of suggestion, request that you appoint Kennedy Agyapong (Hon.) as your running mate. He has, by his frankness, dedication, dynamism, and demonstrable readiness to serve the nation, already endeared himself to most people in the country, especially the youth.

His messages during his campaign for the NPP flagbearer position resonated not only with the NPP delegates but with most ordinary Ghanaians, including the writer. They have witnessed and can sincerely testify to what he is doing, has done, and can do.

The jobs he has created for people, his honesty, strictness, and ability to ensure that people abide by the laws combine to make him taller than most politicians in Ghana. Adding his philanthropy, which has helped many Ghanaians over the years, makes Kennedy an indisputable choice for your running mate.

Such a person is needed to play a major role in the leadership of Ghana. With him by your side, the threat posed by the NDC and John Dramani Mahama to staging a possible successful comeback to the presidency will be minimised, if not removed.

Devise a means to get many supporters to go around the country and into all the nooks and crannies to spread your good messages and, at the same time, counter and negate the lies the NDC is feeding the public in rural areas.

Get a strategist. I hope you get my point.

I, like many concerned Ghanaians, believe more in the practicalities of solving the nation’s problems than the theoretical, hence recommending Kennedy Agyapong, provided he is ready to support you in moving Ghana to a higher level in her socioeconomic development.