Professor Ransford Gyampo of the University of Ghana has suggested that the media encounter the Vice President and flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) had last Sunday, was politically unwise.
Knowing how poor the current government has administered State and the Vice President claiming he is not in charge, Prof. Gyampo says he should have anticipated some questions from level-headed personalities in such an encounter that would expose him, knowing the kind of responses he was going to provide in some of those instances.
The Vice President on Sunday, August 25, 2024, met with the media to provide response to some questions and also gave clarity on certain aspects of the party’s manifesto after its launch the week earlier.
Assessing the responses given by Dr. Bawumia to most of the questions that were posed to him, Prof. Gyampo says the encounter, if thought through critically, shouldn’t have happened since it did not add anything to the Vice President’s quest of becoming President but rather the otherwise.
“His responses, some of the things you could see that, this one, he was just taking on the baggage of somebody who has misgoverned, and for me, it wasn’t too good. I don’t think that it achieved…, you’re looking for votes.
“And so, I’ll advise, it’s free consultancy, go to the people who vote, given the difficulties of the time, if you meet any discerning person, I mean the kinds of questions that they may ask, and the responses that you may give, given the fact that you were not really in charge, I mean, you may be pale shadow of yourself,” he said on the KeyPoints on TV3 Saturday, August 31, 2024.
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