Vice President, Dr. Bawumia has voiced his confusion over the former president’s pledge to reinstate the licenses of defunct banks to enable their reopening.
During a media briefing in Accra, Dr. Bawumia explained that restoring these licenses involves a complex legal procedure and cannot be resolved by simply overturning previous decisions.
His remarks underscored the necessity for a careful and legally robust approach, rather than just offering a political commitment.
“Now the banks were given capital to save the situation. They were given money by the Bank of Ghana, and they used that money to go and set up Capital Bank instead of rescuing the problem that they had,” he said.
“Some took the money and went and invested in private property. So it was against this background when the governor came to report, and this was one of my nightmares in the last 8 years. I couldn’t sleep that night with the whole bank system. Most people didn’t understand how close we were to the collapse of the entire banking system, but we were this close,” Bawumia added.
“Because all it would have taken was for a few depositors to go to UT Bank or UMT and they will tell you there is no money. What will happen? There would have been a complete run on the banking system in Ghana. We would have collapsed the banking system.”
“When the Governor came to report that we were on the verge of collapsing, decisions had to be taken to save the banking system and to save depositors, and this is how we had to merge many of these banks into other banks.”
“And we saved 4.6 million depositors. I will ask the former president if he hasn’t read to go and read the receiver’s report or to go and read the Bank of Ghana report and acquaint himself before making any comments on matters he clearly does not understand.”
“And you cannot hand over a bank’s licence to them. This is subject to legal procedures. You have to go to court. You don’t have the power in our constitution to do that.”
The Police Council, presided over by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has received complaints from several aggrieved Ghana Police Service (GPS) members regarding their promotions.
According to the officers, although they have met the requirements in the Policy Guidelines of the Service and have been granted study leave for higher academic credentials, they are yet to receive their promotions.
The officers filed their petition through lawyer Joseph Ayikoi Otoo.
The petitioners claim several attempts to have their concerns addressed through petitions sent to the Inspector General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare, haven’t received the desired attention.
The IGP recently speaking at a durbar with police officers in the Bono Region, noted that the police administration under his watch has been committed to rewarding hard work, performance and dedication.
According to him, his administration is ensuring that officers are promoted on merit and not necessarily on academic achievements.
“For this whole idea that we are the people who know our rights and that, why is this person promoted and not promoted while the laws are there? It means you don’t read – go and read your CI.
“What you should know is that something that has never happened before has happened on our watch and that type of promotion that is done probably to some few people at headquarters and others, we changed it… the Commanders they know the people who are killing themselves for this job, identify them as long as they are two years in their rank, we will promote them,” the IGP said.
But laywer Ayikoi Otoo in his petition to the Police Council said despite the existence of Regulation 37(7) of C.I. 76 “all officers on Study Leave With Pay who graduate are by reason of having obtained higher academic qualifications given ‘Academic Promotions’ with an entry into the Police College.”
Read the full petition below:
The Chairman, Police Service Council, Accra. PETITION FOR REDRESS
THE HUMBLE PETITION which I present on behalf of your Petitioners SHOWETH; 1.THAT all your Petitioners whose names are captured in the attached list are Police Officers and serving in various capacities in the Ghana Police Service throughout Ghana.
2.That it is common knowledge that the Police Service has Policy Guidelines amongst which is a provision for grant of Study Leave with pay to deserving officers who apply to enable them to improve their academic capabilities and competencies by acquiring higher academic qualifications.
3.All Your Petitioners applied for the 2017/2018 Academic Year Study Leave with Pay programme for Tertiary Courses ranging between two(2) to four (4) years.They qualified and were made to enter into a Bond to serve the Police Service upon completion of their various courses for at least Five (5) years.
4.Each and every Petitioner entered into the requisite Bond upon condition that the Bond would be estreated when breached.
5.Your Petitioners were then granted the Study Leave with Pay upon a further conditions that during periods of vacation they will return to perform their duties but disqualified from writing any promotion examination during the period in School as well as from enjoying any increment in their salaries.
6.Your Petitioners were also reminded of Regulation 37(7) of the Police Service Regulations C.I.76 which in any case has routinely appeared in all Letters approving Study Leave with Pay as a policy save that it has by the time the approval was granted them become a regulation.
7.Upon successful completion of their studies,Your Petitioners were awarded Degrees and other Professional qualifications as appropriate.
8.Your Petitioners in accordance with laid down procedures, wrote to the Police Service Administration and attached their Certificates and applied for “upgrade” which is understood to mean “Academic Promotions” individually, but in response they were all congratulated on their achievements but the Administration remained silent on their promotions except that those qualified for administrative promotions got them not academic promotions.
9.In the absence of any other explanation from the Police Administration for the delay in a response to their Applications for “Upgrade”,Your Petitioners decided to come together as a group describing themselves as “Personnel On Study Leave With Pay”and sent a Petition dated 6th September 2021 in substance appealing to the Police Administration through the current IGP then in an Ag capacity “to have a second look at Regulation 37(7) of C.I. 76, its interpretation,implementation and effects in the Service ”,BELIEVING THAT MIGHT BE THE STUMBLING BLOCK.
10.When they did not hear from the Police Administration, they sent a reminder and then In December 2021,Your Petitioners received a response to their Petition which only directed that they should channel their Petition through their respective chain of command as required by Service Instructions (S.I.)45.
11.On the face of the response which was terse,it did not reject the Application for “Upgrade”but the attitude of the Police Administration of asking each Applicant to apply individually through their respective chain of command,when they have a common concern,conveyed to them an unwillingness on the part of the Administration to address their “Academic Promotions” issue and it is against that background that they have approached me to send this Petition on their behalf.
12. From the mass of evidence before me,it cannot be denied neither can it be concealed that what appears as Regulation 37(7) of C.I. 76 is not a new provision but a Policy the Administration has been familiar with for several years as part of Policy Guidelines on Study Leave with Pay.All successful Applicants in the past have been reminded of that Policy.
13.Be that as it may,Your Petitioners say that inspite of the existence of that policy, all officers on Study Leave With Pay who graduate are by reason of having obtained higher academic qualification given “Academic Promotions” with an entry into the Police College.
14.I wish to submit on behalf of your Petitioners that looking at regulation 37(7) of C.I.76,it vests the Police Administration with a discretion just as when it was contained in the Policy Guidelines and requires a broad liberal and purposive interpretation so as to take into consideration the history of the provision and the goal of the Police Administration in awarding Study Leave with Pay to successful candidates for the benefit of the Service.
15.Your Petitioners recall that in the Study Leave For 2011/2012 Academic Year Approval Circular with reference No SO/G 4/33C/V 5/243 dated 19th December,2011, Police Administration added the following;”However the Administration wishes to announce further,the temporary suspension of provisions of the Policy Guidelines on”Academic Achievements while on the Job”and that certificates acquired from the courses pursue(sic) MAY NOT NECESSARILY ATTRACT PROMOTIONS.
16.Notwithstanding the Suspension of “Academic Achievements”as stated supra, the available evidence shows that all graduates of the 2011/2012 Academic Year were promoted and sent to Police College.
17.It ought to be stressed on behalf of Petitioners that a promotion is a right that a worker earns from an employer and it is usually provided for in Conditions of Service or Senior Service Regulations.Conditions for promotions in the Police Service are provided for under Regulation 37 of Police Service Regulations C.I.76.
18.In broad terms promotions are made by the Police Appointments and Promotions Board and the Police Council based on recommendations by Assessment Committees. The limited procedure which can be gathered from that Regulation is that Candidates for promotion may be recommended after they have passed a Promotion examination;or having regard to seniority and length of service served,subject to satisfactory performance assessment of good conduct or by special recommendations based upon meritorious acts of bravery or valour in the prevention of crime or outstanding performance of duty or on a recommendation of the Police Appointment and Promotion Advisory Board; a Senior Officer under whom the officer serves taking into consideration:integrity and good conduct;efficiency, attitude towards work and sense of responsibility; experience and capacity for cooperation with other officers;ability to offer leadership;seniority and whether the officer has served the required number of years in the relevant post; or upon completion of not less than four years satisfactory service subject to availability of vacancy
19.The last criterion is contained in Regulation 37(7) of C.I. 76 which I intend to set out herein in extenso for full effect; “An officer who attains higher academic qualification is not entitled to promotion by reason only of that academic qualification”.
20.A literal interpretation of the sub regulation in my opinion means that though a criterion of promotion in the Police Service is by attainment of higher academic qualification while on the job, the the Police Appointments and Appointments Board and the Police Council can take other factors into consideration apart from the academic qualification.
21.It is submitted on behalf of the Your Petitioners that the sub regulation under reference ie 37(7) vests the Police Administration with discretion to use higher academic qualification in addition to other criteria for promotion.This is because if the draftsman intended to absolutely prohibit that mode of promotion,he would not have lacked the language to use such as the mandatory “shall” instead the verb “is”.
22.Thus by choosing the verb “is” coupled with the phrase” “by reason only” the interpretation will be that attainment of higher academic qualification is very much a factor for promotion which the Police Service Promotions and Appointments Board and Police Council can take into consideration for purposes of promotion albeit not the only criterion.
23.It follows therefore that the onus is on the Police Service Appointments and Promotions Board and the Police Council to demonstrate to the Petitioners that though they have met the criterion of achieving higher academic qualification,for some other reason/s they do not qualify to be promoted which can happen only when they receive responses to their requests for academic promotions.
24.Inspite of the fact that they are yet to receive any official responses the Petitioners have no reason to doubt that they are all qualified for promotion even if other criteria are taken into consideration and are therefore at a complete loss at the treatment being meted out to them by the Police Administration.
25.Thus Your Petitioners can say with all the emphasis at their command that it has never happened that graduates who enjoyed Study Leave with Pay were denied opportunity of academic promotions.That being the case it can be deduced that the Police Administration has acquiesced and had allowed all graduates to proceed to the Police College in accordance with exercise of their discretion.
26.It was that conduct on the part of the Police Administration which led Your Petitioners to also have a legitimate reasonable expectations that having successfully graduated they will benefit from academic promotions, which unfortunately has proven elusive so far.
27.Thus to deny Your Petitioners the opportunity now will smack of arbitrariness, capriciousness or bias either by resentment,prejudice or personal dislike towards Your Petitioners.
28.Happily the Police Administration has not responded to say Your Petitioners have been denied academic promotions due to Regulation 37(7) of C.I.76. Further, the Guidelines for Promotions expected to be published in the Service Instructions(S.I.) provided for under Regulation 37(8) to regulate promotions in the Police Service have not yet been published and therefore it appears the doors are not shut against Your Petitioners.
29.In the circumstances,I hereby present this Petition on behalf of Your Petitioners humbly praying that the Police Administration opens the doors to Your Petitioners to enable them enjoy the fruits of their labour by allowing them to enter the Police College. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED.
Hon J. Ayikoi Otoo For and on behalf of PETITIONERS
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia says for Ghanato address her current economic crisis, it is imperative to restore fiscal and debt sustainability, limit import dependency and retain the chunk of her foreign exchange earnings.
He said, for instance fiscal and debt sustainability was one of the key issues the Government put on the table in the negotiations with the International Monetary Fund.
“For us to address the current economic crisis, we have to take bold, difficult and firm decisions and adjust to the global and domestic realities,” Vice President Bawumia said this in a keynote address delivered at the second edition of Standard Chartered Digital Banking Innovation and FinTech Festival in Accra on Wednesday.
The Vice President underscored the need for the nation to be self-reliant with regards to the mode of production of basic consumer items such as rice, tomatoes and toothpicks, adding; “We have to reduce import dependency as a nation”.
“Our foreign exchange regime is quite loose, and we must tighten it. We must change the nature of production and trade services because most of our foreign exchange earnings on trade do not stay in Ghana and so we’ve been having recurrent account deficit,” Dr Bawumia added.
The two-day forum was on the theme: “Towards a Digital Economy; Positioning Africa as a FinTech Innovation Hub,” which attracted entrepreneurs, government officials, policymakers and financial and fintech experts across the globe to brainstorm on how to build robust digital economies in Africa.
He said it was also prudent to digitise the African economies to enhance financial inclusion and take advantage of the fourth industrial revolution.
Ghana, he said, was leading the way in Africa in terms of digitising her economy, noting that she reached a maturity stage in access to financial inclusion.
“Just this morning I was reading that Ghana has reached a maturity stage in access to financial inclusion at the ongoing MobileWorld Conference in Rwanda,” Dr Bawumia said, saying; “Ghana scored 100 per cent financial inclusion”.
He attributed the successes chalked in her financial inclusion journey to the various digital infrastructure, mobile money interoperability payment system, Universal QR Code, Ghana.gov payment platform and other policy interventions rolled out by the government.
Dr Maxwell Opoku-Afari, First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, in an address, said the Central Bank in the past few decades had been at the forefront of implementing innovative policies to propel the country’s digital economy forward and promote efficient digital ecosystem anchored on robust interbank infrastructure.
He cited various legal and regulatory frameworks rolled out to promote mobile financial services including the enactment of the Payment System and Services Act, 2019 (Act 987).
Madam Mansa Nettey, the Chief Executive Officer of the Standard Chartered Bank, in her welcome remarks, said digital banking was at the core of ensuring effective and efficient services and, thus, outlined various interventions the bank had rolled out to meet its clients’ banking needs.
She commended the Bank of Ghana and Vice President Bawumia for the strategic role they had played in the country’s digital revolution.
The Government has invested about US$ 740 million in the provision of water systems in various towns and communities across the country, under its “Water for all Policy,” Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia announced in Tuna on Tuesday.
He said for the past five years, there had been a remarkable increase in access to safe and clean water in the country.
Dr Bawumiasaid this during the commissioning of the Numa Purified Water System in Tuna in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region under the enhancing Water and Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) programme.
He said the most recent Population and Housing Census of 2021, recorded that overall, Ghana’s access to potable water and easy access to water was 87 per cent.
“In the urban communities we have 96 per cent access and in the rural communities 74 per cent access to water. So, we made some progress nevertheless there is more to be done, we have not gotten to 100 per cent yet”, he said.
He contended that there had been improvement in the water and sanitation sector nationwide and that it had contributed drastically to the reduction of cholera for the past five years in the country.
“If we continue in this direction, it tells us that the investment in Water and sanitation have been significant and had been worth it.
“We have not focused on urban water systems alone, but we have also focused on rural water systems with the provision of boreholes in the communities,” the Vice President pointed out.
The Vice President agreed that the government alone was not the only player in the team when it came to the provision of water and said the private sector had an important role to play in that regard
He commended the 4Ward Development West Africa for delivering the project for the Tuna community and appealed to other benevolent organisations to partner the government in the provision of water and sanitation facilities for the people.
The Vice President, reacting to the Tunawura’s appeals and concerns raised at the ceremony, assured the people that the government would do everything possible to address some of the requests.
The Tunawura, (King of Tuna) Daniel Safo Mahama Amantana appealed to the government to upgrade the Tuna Power Station to double face and improve the road network within Tuna and surrounding communities, as well as the rehabilitation of the Sawla-Wa portion of the trunk road and the Tuna Market, which was in a deplorable state.
The Tunawura urged the government to provide residential accommodation for teachers and provide a fence wall for the Tuna Senior High School while efforts made towards the upgrading of the Tuna Clinic into a polyclinic to deliver quality healthcare services to the people.
On security, the Tunawura called for the upgrading of the Police Post at Tuna and to provide more police personnel to the community to help check crime wave and ensure law and order in the area.
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says the Government, for the past five years, has been pursuing an inclusive development agenda to ensure holistic growth and progress of all communities across the nation.
He mentioned the Coastal, Middle Belt, Northern and Zongo Development Authorities as the development vehicles the government had established to mitigate the suffering and challenges of the people, especially those in deprived areas.
In addition educating and empowering the people economically, and providing them with functional skills were the only realistic ways to alleviate extreme poverty and underdevelopment.
Vice President Bawumia said this on Thursday in a keynote address at the second edition of the Annual National Muslim Conference at the national Mosque, Kanda, Accra.
He said the four thematic areas around which the conference revolved – education, health, finance, and economic empowerment – were in conformity with the development goals of the Government, the African Union and United Nations to address the challenges of unbalanced growth in deprived communities.
It brought together key stakeholders within the Muslim Ummah to discuss ways of developing an action plan and education strategy to achieve those goals and to empower the Muslim youth.
It was also intended to galvanise the energies, human and material resources of the Muslim Community in Ghana to spur growth.
The conference was on the theme: “Towards the coherence and holistic economic empowerment strategy for national development- The Ghanaian Muslim Ummah in Context”.
Vice President Bawumia said: “For our government, bridging the development gap between the less privileged communities and others is important for the overall growth of our country.”
“Ghana will suffer if members of these communities grow and leave others behind. Therefore, government is working to get rid of any form of exclusion.”
He called for the pursuance of continuous intra-face dialogues and interface engagements with the Christian counterparts to proffer strategies to mitigate the daily challenges facing Ghanaians.
He noted that several studies had established a strong link between education and social mobility and believed that with the right educational policies like the Free SHS, Free TVET and a guarantor free access to loans for tertiary education, a child from any background should not have any barrier to his or her development.
Data shows that the biggest beneficiaries of the Free SHS had been members from deprived communities including the Zongos, witnessing significant rise in secondary school enrolment.
The Vice President urged the Muslim leaders to take advantage of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and TVET education as a strategy to empower the youth, which underpin government’s resolve to invest more in that sector.
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has inaugurated the Osman Nuhu Sharubutu Central Mosque and School Complex at Ablekuma-Joma in the Greater Accra Region for worship, teaching and learning of Islamic values to young ones.
This occurred on Friday, August 5, 2022.
The mosque and the school were constructed by His Eminence National Chief Imam, Sheikh Dr Osman Nuhu Sharubutu as a place of worship and educating young Muslim children on Qu’ran recitation.
The ceremony attracted high profile personalities across the country and high-powered Muslim delegations from Nigeria and Senegal.
In an address, Vice President Bawumia said Sheikh Sharubutu had been a champion of community and national development, especially in education, and his latest charity works attested to his commitment to service and humanity.
“I am constantly humbled and inspired by Sheikh Sharubutu’s prolific and unstinting charitable works.
“May the Almighty Allah reward him,” he said.
Dr Bawumia noted that the National Chief Imam had been an iconic of tolerance and peace in Ghana and Africa whose charitable works had made a difference in the lives of many Muslims.
He lauded the Chief Imam for facilitating the construction of various school blocks at Shakura, Nima, Fadama and ongoing one at Tenkoran to promote education in Muslim Communities.
The Vice President pledged the Government’s commitment towards promoting access and inclusive education for all Ghanaians of school-going age to serve as a foundation for national growth and development.
Vice President Bawumia donated an amount of GHc100,000 to the National Chief Imam towards his charity works and build more schools and mosques across the country.
Sheikh Sharubutu, who spoke through his Spokesperson, said development could only take place on the foundation of knowledge and urged government to remain steadfast in investing in the children’s education for a brighter future.
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Monday inaugurated the first phase of 100-kilometres of rehabilitated Kumasi inner city roads.
Dubbed, “Rehabilitation and Auxiliary Infrastructure of Kumasi Inner Ring and Adjacent Streets Project,” it is a turnkey project, in line with the vision of the Akufo-Addo led government to provide an integrated urban transport system responsive to the needs of the society.
The beneficiary areas are Asokwa, Kwadaso, New Tafo, Krofrom, Suame, Manhyia, Bantama and Subin. Interventions undertaken included the construction of drains and culverts and road rehabilitation works.
Speaking during the inauguration at Nsenie in the Oforikrom Municipality, Dr Bawumia noted that the project would improve quality of life, improve accessibility and help reduce dust pollution.
The Vice President underscored the importance of good roads in the development of the economy and reiterated President Akufo-Addo’s commitment to the development of roads in the country.
Ongoing projects
He said the government was working around the clock to complete the Boankra Inland Port, and also work on the four main interchanges – Anloga junction, Suame, Santasi and Airport roundabouts.
Roads Minister
The Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Attahsaid the Ashanti Region, as of the end of 2020 had a total road network of 9,633 kilometres, out of which 2,852 kilometres representing 29.4 per cent was completely paved.
Vice President Mahamudu BawumiaSunday launched the 175th Anniversary Celebration of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church Ghana, acknowledging its enormous contributions toward national development.
He said the Church had been a reliable, trusted, and formidable agent of the transformation, civilisation and progress of society.
The year-long celebration is on the theme: “A journey of 175 years in ministry: Achievements, Challenges and the Way Forward.”
Vice President Bawumia believed that the celebration would strengthen their faith in the Lord and reposition the church as a great contributor to the moral, spiritual and socio-economic wellbeing of the people and humanity in general.
“The gains we have made as a nation pre- and post-independence in moral, spiritual and socio-economic development could not have been entirely possible without the keen involvement of the church,” Dr Bawumia stated.
“Indeed, we cannot mention any monumental contributions of the church to nation-building without recognising the role of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church Ghana. Before Ghana attained independence in 1957, the church had already been birthed on Sunday, November 14, 1847, through the missionary effort of the North German Mission Society (Bremen Mission),” he added.
The Vice President noted that the Church had played a vital role in the emergence and development of formal education in the country.
He said, for instance, the pioneer missionaries rolled out several socio-economic initiatives such as clinics, hospitals, schools and agricultural stations, and many others that complemented the work of the Colonial Administrations in developing the nation.
Dr Bawumia observed that the 175 years in the life of the EP Church Ghana were worth celebrating, especially considering the huge sacrifices that the pioneer missionaries like Rev. Lorenz Wolf, Quinuius, Daeuble and Pleasing, had had to make to bring the light of the gospel to Africa and Ghana.
The Vice President acknowledged the numerous educational establishments undertaken by the church, including over 500 basic and tertiary institutions such as Mawuli, Mawuko, EP Senior High Schools in Hohoe, Saboba, Tatale, plus Vocational and Technical Schools, as well as Colleges of Education.
“You have also earned the enviable reputation of establishing the first university in the entire Volta and Oti Regions-the Evangelical Presbyterian University College.
“Your health centres in Wapuli, Ho, Dambai, Blajai, inter alia, coupled with your numerous relief and development projects in the areas of agricultural development, climate change advocacy, HIV/AIDS & TB Programmes, among several others, have added to your endless list of achievements over the past seventeen and half decades of your existence,” Dr Bawumia stated.
The Vice President lauded the church for dedicating parts of the celebration to reflect on its challenges and thus, underscored the need for all well-meaning Ghanaians to pool their resources together to rebuild the economy, ravaged by the Coronavirus pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war.
“The challenges that have bedevilled our world in the past decades and the present such as COVID-19 and the Russian-Ukraine War with their concomitant effects have spared no institution, and the EP Church Ghana is no exception.
“As you, therefore, reflect on the strategies to surmounting your challenges and strategising for the way forward in the decades ahead, may we all pool together our collective and nationalistic efforts to rebuild our nation and recover from the internal and external devastations that have hit our economy very hard,” Dr Bawumia advised.
He entreated the Church to roll out more socio-economic interventions like its water production business, which would be commissioned on Thursday, August 18, 2022, to create jobs and contribute to the overall gross domestic product (GDP) of the nation.
“The EP Church should also consider rolling out interventions that would create opportunities to develop the human capital of the nation, especially the teeming youth who have benefitted from free education, and thus are in urgent need of work opportunities to contribute their quota to our nation-building quests,” the Vice President pointed out.
In addition to economic and development issues, Dr Bawumia urged the Church to be concerned about building a peaceful nation, noting that, the recent Global Peace Index placed Ghana as the second most peaceful country in Sub-Saharan Africa.
He said such a remarkable feat must be guarded jealously without any compromises since both the Bible and the Quran placed much emphasis on peace.
The Reverend Dr Setri Nyomi, Council Chair, the Evangelical Presbyterian University College at Ho, said the EP Church had impacted the nation in so many ways including providing educational facilities, potable water and resolving ethnic conflicts.
He said the Church had been a voice for the marginalised and vulnerable persons in society and urged the members to continue upholding discipline, hard work and responsibility as the hallmark of the Church and refrain from any acts of mediocrity in both public and private life.
The new National Executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Tuesday called on the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, at the Jubilee House.
The team was led by the National Chairman, Stephen Ayesu Ntim and the General Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong.
They assured the Vice President of their commitment to ensure that the “8” will be broken as they are poised to deliver on their mandate.
“We are resolute in our minds and determined to work assiduously to ensure that the dreaded 8-year cycle is broken. We shall unite the party, bring everyone on board and, in unison, work harder to win the next elections†Chairman Stephen Ntim assured.
On his part, the Vice President reiterated the need for the present and past executives to work together as that is key in making sure the NPP wins power in 2024.
He also assured the National Executives of his commitment to ensure that the 8 is broken.
“As a government, we have put in place measures which will soon yield fruits to help mitigate the sufferings of the people. That, we believe, can best act as the oil needed to break the 8†Dr. Bawumia emphasized.
Present at the meeting were; 1st Vice Chairman- Danquah Smith Buttey, 2nd Vice Chairman-Rita Asobayire, 3rd Vice Chairman-Alhaji Masawudu Osman, National Organizer- Nana Boakye Nana B, National Women Organizer- Kate Gyamfua,Treasurer -Â Dr Charles Dwamena,National Youth Organizer-Salam Mustapha, and National Nasara Coordinator-Aziz Haruna Futah.
The governing New Patriotic Party has ended its national elections and elected new national executives.
Some newly elected executives include Stephen Ntim who heads the party as National Chairman, Justin Frimpong Kodua who took John Boadu’s seat to become the General Secretary, Henry Nana Boakye (Nana B) who is the National Organizer and Kate Gyamfua who maintains her position as National Women Organizer.
Other positions that were also occupied were 1st, 2nd and 3rd Vice Chairpersons, National Treasurer among others.
Now that the NPP has finalized its national executives, the next hurdle is to elect a Presidential candidate.
The party will possibly hold its primaries to elect a flagbearer next year but even before the primaries come off, names like; Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President of the Republic, and Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, Minister of Trade, have come up with supporters from both camps pitching their favorite to lead the party.
As the party awaits the big day to find who leads it into the 2024 elections, social commentator, Bernard Allotey Jacobs is already made a pick for the New Patriotic Party.
To him, the best person to continue the legacy of President Nana Akufo-Addo is the Vice President.
Joining a panel discussion on Peace FM’s “Kokrokoo”, Allotey Jacobs emphasized that “in spite of these difficulties that we are facing, one person who can continue with the work of the current government led by Nana Akufo-Addo is Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia”.
He added;Â “If you are a political analyst or an old fox in the system, just sit down quietly, meditate as to who should be our leader in 2024 . . . sit down, do a critical analysis and note that the brains that can change the machines of this country to make this country progressive is Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and Matthew Opoku Prempeh.”
