Former Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Sylvester Mensah has confirmed that he has strong presidential ambition and dreams of occupying the Flagstaff House one day.
According to him, if his party the National Democratic Congress (NDC) finds him worthy of the honour and privilege of leading it into the 2020 elections he’ll “grab it with humility, alacrity, and gusteau.”
The NDC was defeated heavily in the 2016 general elections as then NPP Presidential Candidate Akufo-Addo garnered 5, 716, 609 votes, representing 53.84 percent to snatch the presidency from former President John Mahama who secured 4,713,277 votes, representing 44.40 percent.
The NDC also lost more than 40 parliamentary seats to the NPP, which gave the latter majority in Parliament. Akufo-Addo won the election after a third term bid. Names of some prospective candidates seen as front-runners in the race to lead the party into the 2020 election have already popped up on both social and mainstream media.
Immediate Past President John Mahama has remained coy over his candidature for the NDC’s 2020 flag bearer position remains following reports of strong objections from his family, but names of some party bigwigs believed to have an interest in leading the biggest opposition party into the next presidential elections has sparked varied and interesting discussions.
Immediate past Vice Chancellor of University of Professional Studies, Accra, Prof. Joshua Alabi; former Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Authority, Mr. Sylvester Mensah are said to be persons with Presidential ambition.
Speaking to Bola Ray on Starr Chat Wednesday, Mr Sylvester Mensah who’s former MP for La Dadekotopon though stated that it was too early for him to give a yes or no answer whether he’ll contest the 2020 elections, however, disclosed that he’s for some time now been holding consultations with certain key persons in the party and outside over his presidential ambition.
“There have been a number of representations and calls to me to consider the high office and I have been embarking on a number of consultations at high level, middle level, among peers and the grassroots and I guess that if that appeal crystallizes with the general demands and expectation and requirement, I’ll go for it.”
Source: kasapafmonline
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you are day dreaming?
It is just a dream
PRESIDENT ONE DAY.ONLY IN GHANA.WHAT VISION DO YOU GUYS HAVE.NONE. ALL THE POLITICIANS IN GHANA ARE LAUGABLE NO ONE HAS A VISION TO PROPEL US TO HEIGHTS BEYOND OUR WILDEST DREAMS.ONLY WORDS AND PROPAGANDAS.
you were not able to manage the small institution NHIS, how can you manage a whole country? Continue your dream.....
You can only be a presidential candidate for the create, l00t and share NDC party...... Genuine Ghanaians will not vote for you. Why were you removed from office at NHIS by your corrupt party? corruption is the cause. You nearly collapse our NHIS. You are not fit to rule our dear country. Bring all the stolen money from the NHIS and your followers will deceive you and chop it for you.
fulllll, u will rather ***barred word*** on yourself in public one day.