A Local Governance Expert, Dr. Frederick Oduro doubts the New Patriotic Party' (NPPs) flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, will have a free hand to govern if elected as president.
He believed that there will be interference from some bigwigs within the party, which will result in Dr Bawumia being forced to continue the Akufo-Addo legacy while his vision would be sidelined.
“One of the key things that people say is that if he is elected it will be a continuation of Akufo-Addo’s government. So even within President Akufo-Addo’s government where you see the President virtually laid back Dr. Bawumia having been elected as a Presidential candidate is coming out with new ideas. If there are changes for me it will be significant to show that Dr. Bawumia is his own man first and foremost.
“Secondary, the kind of policy direction that in the last few months they have presented that they are going to pursue if it is different from what we have witnessed then it means it is the doing of Dr. Bawumia,” Dr. Oduro stated in an interview with Starr FM.
The NPP Flagbearer, in his recent ‘Bold Solutions’ for the future among many things, pledged that under his presidency, there will not be more than 50 Ministers and Deputy Ministers.
He also touched on the need to enhance the role of the private sector along with fiscal and administrative decentralization, improving our systems and the way our institutions function as that will lead to greater efficiency - but Dr Frederick Oduro thinks otherwise.
“Now that he is the Presidential candidate, if the government of the day is pursuing new policies different from what we have seen in the last seven years. If we can see major changes in the government portfolios and even some replacements. Then I can see that indeed this is how we expect to see should Dr. Bawumia become the President.” He said.
Source: King Edward Ambrose Washman Addo/peacefmonline.com/ghana
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They said the same thing about Prez Mills
Political talk by so called lecturers who fail to associate themselves with their parties but are given out by their comments. Per our laws no vice president in Ghana has his own vision apart from that of the president. Let's talk as if we are talking to lititerates in Ghana. I don't blame him because every political talk sees the readers and listeners as illiterates
The good Dr Bawumia has by no means said that he does not share the vision of President Akufo-Addo. As much as he has his own vision that he will bring on board, he believes that there are so many good things in Akufo-Addo's vision that he shares and that he will continue in his government. I do not believe that a political party like the NPP, which has traditions and ideologies that underpin its policies, will have to abandon anything in another NPP government except taxes, which vary depending on your priorities at any given time as a fiscal stimulus. The NPP believes in ownership democracy and clearly supports the industrialisation agenda and of course any policy in that direction would be reviewed, improved and continued. You see, we lack a lot of infrastructure, but modern digital technology makes it possible to leapfrog difficulties and achieve many goals faster and more effectively. I think he has all this in his vision and intends to archive it with a lean team. Ghana could make significant progress if we support our own efforts instead of being overly cynical.
Who is this? and where is coming from? Funny!!