Professor Charles Marfo Ofori, a former president of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), criticized the New Patriotic Party (NPP), suggesting they shouldn’t be taken seriously if they choose a woman as their running mate.
Prof. Marfo expressed dissatisfaction with the NPP’s approach to gender politics, especially in light of the National Democratic Congress (NDC’s) recent selection of Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang as their female running mate.
“I like women a lot, so you can even refer to me as a womanizer, it’s fine, so I don’t have a problem with women.
“But if they (the NPP) appoint a woman, it is going to be so clear that it is because of Jane. It has unsettled them, and we should not consider such a party as a serious one,” he said on a panel discussion on Oyerepa TV on April 26, 2024.
He further argued that the prominence of a woman within the NDC has unsettled the NPP’s agenda, causing disruption to their tactics and revealing their weaknesses.
“Jane has unsettled them, decapitated their strategies, that is how I see it. Not that I am canvassing for Matthew Opoku Prempeh, but that man has done well,” he added.