Some Organisers of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) are making a special request to the echelon of the party to allow Mr Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin to go unopposed in the party’s approaching flagbearership race.
“So many people in the party feel Hon. Bagbin is the best person to lead us into 2020 and the reasons are pretty clear: he is the exact contrast to former President John Mahama in the matter of marketability and yet retains the Northern extraction that will satisfy the need to have a Northerner complete an eight year mandate,” he said.
Mr Evans Amarh, GHAPOHA branch Organiser of NDC who was speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency enumerated reasons for his call and proposal that the party even set aside the constitutional requirement for a Presidential primary.
Mr Amarh said that in 2020, corruption would be an overriding campaign theme as the NPP government was also embroiled in some corruption allegations.
He said former President Mahama’s administration also had issues with corruption as well and in 2020 therefore, Ghanaian voters would be forced to choose between two allegedly corrupt candidates if the NDC presents former President Mahama.
“However, if we present Hon. Bagbin who is well known to be incorruptible, voters would be presented with a clear choice,” Mr. Amarh said.
Aside riding on a stern reputation as an incorruptible politician, Mr Bagbin who has been in Parliament since 1993 is also respected by members of both political divides in Ghana for his experience and wisdom.
He is currently the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament and had served as both Minority and Majority Leader on his way to that lofty height.
Along the line, he also served in various Ministerial capacities, including helmsman at the Health Ministry under President Mills.
“Another thing that I think is a good selling point for Hon. Bagbin is the fact that he has an active Constituency, Nadowli/Kaleo and will therefore easily canvas the grassroots starting from there,” Mr. Amarh said.
He added, “the fact that Nadowli/Kaleo has re-elected Hon. Bagbin into Parliament since 1992 is a clear testament to his popular image.”
Mr Bright Nukpeta, Youth Organiser of ‘U’ down branch of the NDC, also said it made sense to allow Mr Bagbin to go unopposed as he was the best of all the aspirants, “during the campaign prior to the last general election, it became difficult convincing people to vote for the NDC, we did not have it easy with teachers, nurses and Ghanaian workers in general because of dislike for Ex-President Mahama’s utterances”
Mr Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, a Catholic and lawyer from Sombo, already enjoys support among elders and foundation members of the NDC, with some cadres openly supporting his bid to lead the party into 2020.
This cordiality with the party fathers has since also constituted a selling point for him as against other candidates.
“Following the NDC’s massive defeat in 2016, it was realised that as many as some one million supporters and grassroots members of the NDC had refused to vote for President Mahama who has been faulted for abandoning his own party.
Source: GNA
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Is the NDC presidency for northerners? Northerners have blown their chance off. No way for any northerner now. After all the Gas', the Ewes,are capable of leading our party. Please stop talking about Mahama and Bagbin.
Why unopposed? NDC is an undemocratic gang of people who are selfish...... Give your members choice....
we are in a democratic country and he is entitle to his view.NDC is a unify party.I love Hon Alban bagbin to lead NDC in 2020
dont shu%tup there. mahama and his tags are coming for you. the way that man sees himself as he only sensible person in the ndc makes me believe ndc is just made of ed10?ts. and like they say in the land of the blind the one eyed is the king. in their case the man is not even one eyed, he is also blind but tells his colleagues he has one eye and they believe him.
YOU MUST AS WELL BRING KONADU Incestuous Bagbin the Bag of Beans? Apooo! The NDC must as well bring Kucci Kunadu as its candidate. She stands a better chance that this ***barred word*** called Bagbin.
We hope Mr. Bagbin is not just clowning. He should be sure of regaining his dwindling popularity in Nadowli constituency first. Even we Npp campaigned for him to retain his seat. He would have flopped miserably. Just to make Parliament lively.
Rub bish* Utterly rub bish*. Since when did NDC adopt a universal declaration of allowing or permitting a sole candidate to run after the "Swedru Declaration" fiasco? I am pretty sure Alban Bagbin is behind this scheme to test the waters of his popularity and standing in the party. Whoever advised Alban Bagbin to tread on this tangent is causing him a great damage to his future political career. He is not going, and will never go unopposed. He will definitely contest the primaries with the monumental JDM whether he likes it or not for him to know his smoothness level. I will bet my last bottom pesewa he not even clinch 3% of total delegates votes if he dares to stand. I cannot wait for that day to see his total humiliation.
Tell NPP tented press that we will present Mahama’ so that they can win the election 2020 so they should advocate for him instead of being against him. You dey dear Mahama too much. Mahamar is coming back for his throne. I did not vote for him in 2016 but I will this time vote for him
Bagbin will be a better candidate compared to Mahama. For mahama the corruption tag is his biggest problem because Ghanaians don't like Corrupt people.
Come again, Alban Bagbin must go what?,National Democratic Congress(N D C) paaa nie, i cant think far,so it is no longer JM toaso, when you are on top, every one wants to come near you, when you are down, they distance themselves,hmmnnn,we shall see.