A Clubhouse survey showed that 57% of the contributors believe Dr Kwabena Duffuor is favourable to lead the National Democratic Congress (NDC) compared to 41% who feel that way about John Mahama.
This was after the public lecture delivered by Dr Duffuor on job creation in Accra on Monday, November 29.
Joojo Dadson from the Ghana Democracy Forum in a remark on Clubhouse release said: “Duffuor represents the only viable alternative to the NPP in any shape or form. I think people’s gut instinct after hearing that speech will be: Dr. Duffuor is the right man to lead Ghana.
“The man is simply a breath of fresh air after the ding dongs we’ve had in this fourth republic – Smart, competent, serious with a dash of a sense of humor when appropriate,” Joojo Dadson added.
Another contributor, Awudu Alhassan from Youth Alliance Ghana said that Dr. Duffuor had scored an “injury-time winner”, and he predicted that NDC could now go on to win the next election if Duffuor is on the ticket.
“This was a real NDC speech from a real NDC leader. He showed there is a huge gulf between NDC and the NPP,” Awudu Alhassan added.
And finally, Mawuli Adadevor of the Volta Forum said:
“It was absolutely brilliant lecture. He delivered it humbly but with a passion we don’t often see in modern politicians,” he said. “On the specifics he was talking about things that people really want. That’s my kind of a leader”, Awudu Alhassan concluded.
Dr Kwabena Duffuor had officially declared his intention to be President of Ghana.
Although his party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is yet to open nominations for the presidential race ahead of the 2024 elections, the former Governor of the Bank of Ghana who was the Finance Minister under the Mills’ administration said he would welcome a decision of the delegate of the NDC to make him the presidential candidate for the party in the next general elections.
He said these in an interview with TV3’s Roland Walker in Accra on Monday November 29.
Roland told him that “I saw a promo of you advocating for young people to get involved in the NDC and make sure that they also take part in the governance process, is it that you have the presidential ambition at all? You want to become president of our Republic?”
Dr Duffuor replied saying “I was the Finance Minister so I was in politics but we have not started talking about the NDC presidential race yet, if we get there and I am given the nod why not?”
Roland asked again that “Potentially and hypothetically, if you get elected as a presidential candidate who ideally will fit the bill of becoming your vice presidential candidate?
He replied “There are two people who are doing very well in politics, they are lawyers. Look at Bagbin with over 30 years in politics, look at this young man Haruna, any of them. If I have Haruna Iddrisu or Bagbin, any could be my running mate, they are working hard, they are in politics and they will complement me.”
Source: 3 news
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The message of the Akufo-Addo Administration is: Ghana beyond aid. And he seems to be very consistent with that mantra. Indeed, the mantra of unwavering determination to propel Ghana forward. Therefore, he has to think beyond the box to do things differently as opposed to the status quo since our independence. And, if we are being honest and evaluating his performance within his policy guidelines and accomplishments to date, we should recognize that he has made many notable heads. Whether it is in his education, industrialization, or infrastructure policies, the bottom line is that we could realize that he is being dynamic in modernity in his approach to bringing Ghana forward. Of all these, we can see in many regions in Ghana the upspring of physical development. I bet if Ghanaians were left to keep their own counsel and determine who rules them for their benefit, the NDC would be dormant for the next twenty years. Then, I sometimes become terribly upset when I hear certain big shots of the NDC comment on certain national issues. Yes, I am strongly inclined to believe that they just lack the requisite basic competence as politicians, let alone the ability to appreciate the principles of democracy. Thus, when their counterparts in politics are innovative in solving the dire problems of the nation by leapfrogging with the technology of the day, they baselessly oppose it without showing what they would have done better. Quite often, they appear diabolically cynical. Why don't we give it a try based on the current state of technology and digitalize the economy to expand our tax net? At the end of the day, there would be more taxpayers in the net and the unit levy would be lower for everybody. We all, as Ghanaians, accept that the current structures are such that only a few employers are captured in the tax net, and hence appears to be leaking. So what speaks against it if we could use digitalization to patch it? Yet, the learned members of the NDC have lost their reasons. Mind you, we should be mindful that we just can't be doing the same old thing over and over again and expect different results. Indeed, Mr. Duffour has a legitimate concern and should be wary of the poor level of politics dispensed by his party, NDC. The NDC, as the largest opposition party in Ghana today, has no political message for the electorate. Hence, dwelling on trivialities, insinuating lies, baseless polemics, and propaganda have been the mainstream opposition politics of the NDC. To the extent that the spelling-mistake of the President's name has become a conduit for cheap political gain, I think Mahama has just incompetently imposed himself on the NDC for the presidential race. Hence, sycophancy and bootlicking have become the trademarks of the NDC in Ghanaian politics today. The boys with sharp teeth are out there barking loudly to be heard for positions in case political power is so attained. And quite often, the people, the electorate, are shortchanged and become the victims of bad governance
WE WILL VOTE AND HE WON'T EXCEED 1 PERCENT SEF... DR. DUFFUOR IS WARMING UP FOR A PRESIDENTIAL ROLE OR SOMETHING.. HA AHA