A former National Organiser of the main opposition National Democratic Congress has hinted that the party was more divided than the New Patriotic Party ahead of the 2016 elections.
Yaw Boateng Gyan discloses, actors of the NDC decided to trumpet the then opposition New Patriotic Party’s internal wranglings rather than the major crisis that confronted the National Democratic Congress then in government.
Boateng Gyan speaking to on a wide range of issues concerning the NDC in an interview with host of Abusua Nkommo, Kwame Adinkrah.
Boateng Gyan said, “Kwame, believe me . . . the NDC was much more divided than the NPP but we pretended as if all was well and decided that we talk about the NPP’s troubles.”
“People who dared to talk publicly about the party’s challenges were vilified and sidelined, how were we going to hear diverging opinions internally,” he asked.
“If we had paid attention to what people, our own party people were saying, I am telling you the NDC wouldn’t have been in opposition by now,” he revealed.
”The other issue has to do with the way and manner our people were talking to the electorates . . . very arrogant and disrespectful, how would we have appealed to the voters,” Gyan added.
“Kwame, some of us couldn’t talk because they said we have been voted out of the executive position of the party and so we shouldn’t talk . . . a lot of things went wrong,” he said.
“The grassroots of the party were angry because they were not resourced to work for the party, rather outsiders and strangers were the enjoying all the party’s resources for campaigns,” he said.
“For example, common party bills . . .the party had to send people from Accra to come to my hometown in Sunyani to erect billboards when our own local people could have been engaged, so they felt sidelined and so refused to contribute their energy to the campaign.”
“If you look at all these factors, must you be told that the party was deeply divided….we were even lucky the grassroots of the didn’t rise up in anger against those sent from Accra to fix campaign materials at the local level,” he added.
Source: abusuafmonline.com
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I agree perfectly with you that Kwesi Pratt and Ben Ephson contributed in no small way to the defeat of the NDC. They provided false information to the NDC and shockingly even John Mahama put his trust in these dishonest sycophants. When everything was pointing to the defeat of the NDC Mr Pratt was busily misinforming John Mahama that "somebody" would be seeing his "smoothness level" and wickedly saying that NPP people should have ambulances in standby because they were going to have heart attacks. Surprisingly, NDC people believed him>
Because of politics is becoming extremely difficult to trust elderly people in Ghana ,!and even those who ve developed cemetery flowers are the worse offenders, Hmmm, role models for the young ones are as hard as squeezing water from stones in this country, Ofa Yaw , Ofa Yaw , Ofa Yaw Boateng Gyan, how many times ve I mentioned your Name, you were on rooftops shouting and defending your use..leess party as more united than any other party in the world, you were also twisting ur mouth to shout EDEY BII K3K3, JM should sit back and watch, ur best friends could be ur worse enemies
The Universal Principle of Life states: TRUTH WILL ALWAYS PREVAIL OVER LIES & FALSEHOOD. NDC could lie to the extent that even all States Institutions must lie when they are in power. Look at Police PRO Cephas Arthur, this guy became a pathological liar. Heeerrrr NDC!! shaking my head!
Opayin Boateng Gyan, you said the NPP did not Have a Chairman and a General secretary and so the party was divided and that Opana was not capable of leading the party to win an election. What are you telling us now. Was the NDC deceiving us when they knew they were worse off? It is good the NDC was voted out of power as a reelection would have led to some chaos.
REALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT YOU WERE IN A COMFORTABLE LEAD AFTER THE VOTING. "TAFLATS3" PEOPLE
We heard you over and over again saying that Nana Addo is going to loose against Mahama hundred times if the contest continues between the two. I'm not ndc supporter or sympathiser but people like these should not hold executive position again in the party.
I wish to inform the editor of your high esteem to do well to edit all information well before publishing. Thanks. Uncle Ato.
kwasi pratt and efudian ben epson killed ndc
dont let mahama hear this. the man is soo incompetent to the extent that he left the problems in his own home to be making mockery of other ple's problems. that was the highest degree of incompetency. I am glad Ghanaians did not listen to all the lies.
The chickens have come home to roost. When you people division in the NPP your campaign message, whom did you think you were fooling? God is not mocked.Karma is really a bitch. Wishing you good luck in your reorganisation efforts.