Former National Organizer of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) Yaw Boateng Gyan has said he and other elders of the party have vowed to resist any attempt to allow persons he describes as “small boys” to manage President John Mahama if he should be elected as the Flagbearer of the NDC in the future.
According to him, these small boys who have no political experiece were allowed too much space and authority to ran the show around the President, which contributed to the painful defeat of the NDC in the December 7 polls.
The NDC lost last Wednesday’s general polls, both Presidential and Parliamentary in an election that the party was so confident of winning, due to the massive infrastructural development carried out by President John Mahama in his first term of office.
But on Friday, December 9, 2016, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, declared the NPP’s presidential candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo winner and President-elect of the Republic of Ghana.
The opposition leader polled 5,716, 026 votes to beat the incumbent President John Dramani Mahama who garnered 4,713,277 votes out of the 10,615,361 valid votes cast.
The NDC’s painful defeat suffered at the hands of its arch political opponent has caused some angry and disappointed members including former Ejusi Juaben, Municipal Chief Executive to mention names of certain key party and government officials whose actions and inactions they claim caused the NDC’s downfall.
Young men such as Minister of Communications, Dr Omane Boamah and Stan Dogbe have been mentioned by party members as persons who have surrounded the President and continue block access to the President and giving him false information to keep their positions.
Speaking to Kasapa News, Mr Yaw Boateng Gyan who’s also a former Presidential Staffer, stated that henceforth only veteran politicians will manage the NDC’s future Flagbearer.
“President Mahama is the most marketed person in NDC and if he’ll come back as the Flagbearer, he will not come with those small boys. We’ll not allow those small boys to surround and manage him again. Stan Dogbe and the rest who have no political experience but yet managed President Mahama let the NDC down in this election.”
He added: “We’ll not allow them to disgrace Mahama a second time. We’ve vowed to let these small boys know that there are elders in NDC with vast political experience and they’ll manage our future flagbearer. We have the likes of Kojo Tsikata, Ato Ahwoi, Totobi Kwakye, Iddrisu Mahama and Issifu Ali, these are the people who will work with our next leader. As for these small boys, we’ll fight them. Politics is no child‘s play”,
Source: kasapafmonline
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JDM IS A NICE GENTLE MAN BUT HE IS WEAK, HE CANNOT TAKE DECISIONS FOR HIMSELF. HE CAN NEVER BE A GOOD LEADER. WHAT HE CAN DO BEST IS TO GIVE BIRTH TO PLENTY CHILDREN. THAT IS ALL
The harm has already been done..go bed
So the NPP should come stabilize the economy, build the country so it moves forward so that you guys can come and destroy it again eh? God won't let that happen. He was watching you guys when you insulted and made fun of His anointed. #NanaAba #MakeGhanaGreatAgain
This is a lesson learned too little, too late to make any significant impact
Since when did you notice what you re talking about?An elderly person like you stood on political platform to insult The president elect.You told the General public especially women that they should be careful else The President elect will ***barred word*** their breast.Have you seen you real size.Shame on you.
Yaw, save your breath and deal with JDM's very weak WILL to fire or replace appointees who knew next to zilch what their roles required. JDM has himself to blame for his "yen tie obiaa" stance. How can you allow yourself to be misled by students of politics when veterans are available for your use? As for Stan Dogbe and the rest, the in-coming government MUST pursue them and retrieve the loot they have stashed away, locally and off-shore. Our NDC party has been desecrated by the current leadership and non must be allowed to contest again, including JDM. The president FAILED in not taking decisive action and decisions on endemic corruption, plain stealing by his appointees and many other negatives that confronted his administration. So, if NDC presents him as the 'most marketed' candidate, which Ghanaian in his/her right senses would give him a second look let alone vote for him? Lets be real; JM has to PURGE himself of the corruption tag first whether we like it or not. Before leaving office in January, the party's disgraced leadership including JDM, MUST pay a visit to President Rawlings and APOLOGIZE profusely and unreservedly to him for their collective and individual actions / in-actions that has reduced our great party to its present sorry state. To JDM, this is what happens when you sideline those who kept faith with you when you were No.2 in favor of the rotten to the core lot managing late Mills who did not even REGARD you as vice president.
This man Yaw Boateng is confused. The small boys you claim would be matured in the next four years and you mentioned some names who would come on board during the next administration.I am stating emphatically that those guys would be too old since NDC 're not coming to power in 2020 and beyond and assuming without admitting were all these old cadres not around and constantly advising JM. The Ahwoi's,Totobi kwakye and Dr Kwasi Botwe all play advisory roles in JM government so pls give us a break,they 're all the same buch of criminals including yourself. Just add even 4yrs to their ages and do the maths let alone 16yrs.
I agree to a large extent with this "big man" except to say that, those small boys were much more sensible than him. STUUUUUUUPID MAN.
Opanyin, forget about the small boys around Pres. Mahama and tackle the corruption tag around his neck, otherwise, forget about Ghana ever voting for the NDC. All issues of incompetence can be laid at the door steps of the insatiable desire of the NDC to pocket monies belonging to Ghanaians.
Why cant these NDC people understand that it was the economic mismanagement that led to their humiliating defeat.The average Ghanaian was living in Mahama hell and when he or she complained it was insults and tagging which was their response.Pres Mahama will forever be associated with Dumsor,economic mismanagement,releasing convicted contemptnors aka montie 3,massive corruption,govt of propaganda and lies.They better not make the mistake of bringing him back in 2020 because his mismanagement will be fresh on Ghanaians minds.A piece of advice to them which they can refuse to take