Former Member of Parliament for Akwatia, Baba Jamal, has challenged the assertion that Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s proposal of Power Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh as his operating mate was primarily based on competence fairly than regional affiliation.
In line with Baba Jamal, the New Patriotic Social gathering’s (NPP) flagbearer’s alternative was primarily influenced by the truth that the Power Minister is an Ashanti from Manhyia.
Talking on Channel One TV, Baba Jamal acknowledged that Dr. Bawumia was pressured to pick out somebody from the Ashanti area which is NPP’s stronghold.
He argued that, the choice to decide on Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh was pushed by his central function in Ashanti politics, not his competence.
“It was at all times choose an Ashanti, choose an Ashanti and if you happen to take a look at it very nicely, NAPO is the one near Manhyia and in addition, NAPO has at all times been scoring over 80 p.c in all of the elections that he has contested. Extra so, he’s the closest to Manhyia with regards to Ashanti politics.
“It isn’t about competence however about deciding on an Ashanti and so we within the NDC aren’t stunned in any respect as a result of whenever you speak about competence, there isn’t a excellent achievement in his constituency to not speak about his time on the Ministry of Training.”
Baba Jamal famous that, Dr. Bawumia wanted the Power Minister to enhance his bid as a result of his acceptability within the NPP continues to be largely doubtful.
“Bawumia couldn’t have bypassed NAPO as a result of his acceptability within the occasion was doubtful and he wanted a full occasion man to go with him and he noticed that in NAPO and it coincided with NAPO coming from Manhyia and so it was a good selection for him and so we didn’t anticipate him to transcend NAPO. I even anticipated NAPO to be introduced a yr in the past and so it has even been delayed” he added.
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