Rockson-Nelson Etsi Kwami Dafeamekpor, the Majority Chief Whip, has said the ongoing ‘Thank You’ tour being organised by the party’s National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, is part of the party’s election engagement strategy.
He has challenged claims by people that the tour is aimed at becoming the party’s next flagbearer.
According to Dafeamekpor, the Chairman has not made any such assertion relating to flagbearer ambition, questioning critics to come with proof. He explains that the tour is not a recent activity and misconstruing it as a strategy to become the party’s flagbearer is wrong.
“I think the question you should ask the people is whether the Chairman is going round claiming to be a flagbearer?
“What I do know is that he’s been doing this tour from about April 2025, just when the government finished with the appointment of ministers and did the regional tours,” he said on JoyNews on Tuesday, May 26, 2026.
Dafeamekpor explained that the tour is in response to complaints from the grassroots that party faithful had not been duly appreciated after returning to power.
“The deficit of not visiting the constituencies came up at a national executive meeting, where complaints were coming that the old man [President John Mahama] came around and they understood, but the party ought to come,” he said.
“They said the party ought to come to the grounds to come and show gratitude, because they fought hard, we’ve been in opposition for eight years.”
The South Dayi lawmaker further rejected suggestions that the tour gives Mr. Asiedu Nketia an undue advantage against other future contenders in the NDC flagbearer race.
“So his movement to go to the people, to the constituencies, and thank the party people and stakeholders, like chiefs and queen mothers, and some groups who supported us didn’t start yesterday, and so I don’t know how that dovetails or feeds into some agenda of campaigning as a flag bearer,” he insisted.
The NDC flagbearer race is between Ato Forson and Asiedu Nketiah – Kpebu
