Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, vice president, is expected to announce his candidacy for president after promising NPP members that they will “very soon hear something from me about what I intend to do about the road to the presidency.”
He was speaking at a creative Easter party that Henry Quartey, the Greater Accra Regional Minister, had thrown for the 34 NPP constituency executives in the area.
The party faithful present at the regional minister’s official house in Accra greeted the vice president’s speech with thunderous ovation, which demonstrated how well-liked he was.
Introducing the NPP’s new campaign slogan , “Breaking the 8,” he stated, “I believe that by the grace of God, we are breaking the 8,” and added, “we must make sure that nobody discourages us from breaking the 8, noting that Tinubu has done it in Nigeria and therefore nobody should belittle what the NPP government has accomplished in the last six years.”
He stated that when the time comes, “we shall defend our records.”
He reaffirmed what the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the party had already said as the party got preparing for its primaries: the NPP needs a flagbearer who will go all the way and win the presidency, not one who will stop there.
“Whoever we put forward must win the presidency for us. It’s important that we win the election. When we win the NPP will be in power for a long time,” he stressed, and continued that the party members needed to recognise that they have a duty to complete and that when they work together, ex-President John Mahama would be defeated.
He recalled approaching Mr. Mahama last Saturday about a subject pertaining to his 30 years in politics, and said , “He did not answer me. In future, I will continue to ask that question.”
He pledged that the NPP would stand up for its goals, citing the improvement in the nation’s economy and the cedi’s position relative to the dollar as proof.
A few minutes before the day’s fast was broken, he left the Muslim and Christian audience to pray with other Muslims gathering at the minister’s mansion. It was an impressive manifestation of harmony between Christians and Muslims, the two Abrahamic faiths.
Source: Richard Obeng Bediako ll Metrotvonline.com ll Ghana
