Vice Chairman of the Bawumia Campaign Team, Nana Akomea, is asking the leader of the Movement for Change, Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, whom he expected Kufuor to support in the upcoming election.
Akomea says as a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the only candidate Kufuor would endorse is Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who is the flag bearer of the party.
He has expressed disappointment in the former Minister of Trade and Industry and member of the NPP for criticising the former President for endorsing Dr. Bawumia.
John Agyekum Kufuor had described the NPP’s presidential candidate as the best to deliver Ghana from its current predicament if elected. The former President made the comments during an engagement with some journalists on Sunday, November 17, 2024.
In reaction, Alan Kyerematen in an interview on Kumasi-based Oyerepa TV the following day, criticised the former President for coming out to endorse Bawumia to subject himself to public vilification.
But Nana Akomea thinks it is unfortunate for Mr. Kyerematen to have issues with Kufuor for his public endorsement of his party’s candidate.
He says if the former President had endorsed any other candidate either than Bawumia, it means he had forfeited his membership of the party.
“It’s sad that Alan Kyerematen feels that way, who did Alan Kyerematen expect Kufuor to support? He Alan? He’s not a member of NPP. Is he a member of the NPP? If Kufuor goes to support Alan Kyerematen, Kufuor has taken himself out of the NPP. I think in the NPP, currently, Kufuor at one point used to be everybody’s boss, including President Akufo-Addo.
“So, Kufuor is like the old lady in the house, like the Akan people will call ‘Abrewatia’ that is how Kufuor is. The Abrewatia in the party you said he should go and endorse you Alan who is not in the party. You didn’t follow him to stay at that party, you left and he should follow you.
“Between Kufuor and Alan who should follow the other? I heard some of the things he said and it made me sad. At the time Kufuor appointed Alan as US Ambassador and Minster of Trade, there were people in the party who could have taken those appointments,” Akomea said on Accra-based Channel One TV.
Nana Akomea described as laughable, the perceived notion that the party is struggling in its stronghold hence Kufuor’s endorsement of Bawumia.
He said Kufuor would have campaigned effectively for the party if he were to be active.
“Isn’t it laughable, Kufuor is not as active as he used to be, I can assure you, if he was active, he would be doing more. Not because of any fear, but because he’s a member of the NPP. And he wants the NPP to succeed and he wants to contribute to that effort. How does anybody read meaning into it?” he asked.
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