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  • Fifi Kwetey slams NDC members calling for President Mahama’s third term as ‘sycophants’

    Fifi Kwetey slams NDC members calling for President Mahama’s third term as ‘sycophants’

    News about a purported scheme by the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) to extend President Mahama’s term emerged in early May 2025, following his nomination of seven (7) justices to the Supreme Court. Minority Leader Afenyo-Markin stated that the move “reveals a deeper, more dangerous political ambition, a third-term agenda in disguise.”

    It followed a protest in Parliament on December 9, when the Minority began chanting “No Third Term, Mahama! We want peace, Mahama” citing concerns of calls by some NDC members for president to continue another term.

    Following these incidents, the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, during the 44th Anniversary celebration of the 31st December Revolution in Accra labelled those calls as the height of sycophancy.

    He expressed his increasing discontent over what he sees as a growing culture of excessive praise and unquestioning loyalty within the party. On his path, some party members believe flattering leaders, and licking boots of leaders in position is a way to stay relevant or secure opportunities.

    “These days, it saddens me when I see sycophancy creep into our party. You see a group of people who believe that singing the praises of a leader is the only way they can survive. That is why you hear some of those people even urging statements like there should be a third term.”

    He dismissed such calls outright, describing them as “nothing but sycophancy, pure sycophancy and boot-licking of the highest order”.

    According to him, that trend violates the party’s principles and what it stands for. He said the NDC does not support the glorification of individuals at the expense of democratic principles citing the founder of the party, late Jerry John Rawlings who after transitioning from military rule to democratic rule never sought a third term. 

    He said this historical example highlights the contrast between the party’s founding values and the current behaviour of some supporters.

    “Jerry Rawlings, who founded this party, was never at any point urged by anybody to go for a third term,” he said stressing that, individuals making calls  for a third term as self-seeking, and not in the interest of the nation and democratic principles guided by the party.

    “You have a bunch of sycophants who think that singing praises will get them the opportunity they are looking for,” he remarked. “You don’t love our country, and you don’t love our party.”

    “It is important to appreciate that this party was grounded on the need to work for our people,” he said.

    It will be recalled that,  Speaking in reaction to this, Minister of State in Charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, during an appearance on Channel One TV’s Face to Face programme on Tuesday, December 9, rebuffed the claims, labelling them as“absurd” and unfounded. According to him, President Mahama, over the years, has proven himself as an ardent democrat.

    “It’s an absurd fantasy they’re getting themselves into. The NPP have whipped itself into needless frenzy. President Mahama has stated emphatically that he will respect the Ghanaian Constitution. Because he’s a consummate democrat, there’s no third term anywhere for him or any other person as far as the constitution is concerned. Anyone can say what they want.

    He continued that, even though some netizens have called for a third term, President Mahama has explicitly stated that he is not interested.

    “The fact that some people have gone on Facebook to say he should go for a third term doesn’t mean that will happen. The man himself has said he’s not interested.”

    He urged the opposition to stop what he described as “needless speculation,” adding, “So NPP should stop wasting their time and everybody’s time, and purporting to be angry. The President has not expressed any intent. Any talk about it is a complete waste of everybody’s time.”

    In late August, President Mahama reaffirmed his commitment to Ghana’s two-term presidential limit, making it clear that he has no intention of extending his tenure. He dismissed allegations that his government is plotting to stay beyond the constitutional limit and reiterated that he will not be on the ballot in 2028.

    President Mahama made these remarks during a bilateral meeting with Singaporean President Tharman Shanmugaratnam as part of his three-day state visit.

    He said this position places him in a stronger position to enforce fiscal discipline and curb the recurring election-year overspending that has contributed to Ghana’s cyclical economic crises.

    According to him, he has no reason to bend fiscal rules and embezzle state funds just to win elections, assuring that this is his last term as president.

    “I will not be a candidate in the next elections, and therefore I can hold the line when it comes to fiscal discipline,” he assured.

    Per the Constitution, a president has at most two terms to serve the country. A term comprises four years. 

    Article 66 of the 1992 Constitution indicates the following:

    (1) A person elected as President shall, subject to clause (3) of this article, hold office for a term of four years beginning from the date on which he is sworn in as President.

    (2) A person shall not be elected to hold office as President of Ghana for more than two terms.

    (3) The office of the President shall become vacant—

    (a) on the expiration of the period specified in clause (1) of this article; or

    (b) if the incumbent dies or resigns from office or ceases to hold office under Article 69 of this Constitution.

    (4) The President may, by writing signed by him, and addressed to the Speaker of Parliament, resign from his office as President. (1) A person elected as President shall, subject to clause (3) of this article, hold office for a term of four years beginning from the date on which he is sworn in as President.

    (2) A person shall not be elected to hold office as President of Ghana for more than two terms.

    The late President Atta-Mills, who won the 2008 elections, passed away in July 2012, and as such, his then Vice President, Mahama, became President due to the vacancy left.

    He completed Mills’ tenure and, in 2013, managed to win the elections to be elected President. He lost the seat to the now President Akufo-Addo in the 2016 elections. As such, he governed Ghana for one term, and per the constitution, he is entitled to another as he laces his boots for the 2024 elections.

    Mahama won the 2024 elections; as such, he would not be able to contest the 2028 elections.

  • Your political revenge tactics undermines national interest – Fiifi Kwetey tells NPP

    Your political revenge tactics undermines national interest – Fiifi Kwetey tells NPP

    The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fifi Kwetey, has criticized the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for using the Appointments Committee of Parliament as a platform for political revenge, rather than a forum for evaluating the qualifications of nominees.

    In an interview with TV3’s NewDay on Monday, February 10, 2025, Kwetey accused the NPP of turning the committee into an arena for settling political scores, particularly with individuals who were prominent during the last election.

    “Our friends in the NPP need to appreciate that the way to revive their fortunes is not to reduce the Appointments Committee into an arena for vendetta. They believe this is their opportunity to use the committee to settle scores, especially with people they perceive to have played key roles in making things difficult for them politically ahead of the election,” Kwetey stated.

    He shared his own experience from 2009 when he was nominated as deputy finance minister, recalling that the NPP deliberately made his approval process difficult due to his involvement as a key communicator for the NDC during the election campaign.

    “This is something the NPP unfortunately loves to do. When they lose elections, they get angry and go after those they believe were strong in that election. It tends not to be about a nominee’s capacity to perform but about past political statements and allegiances,” Kwetey added.

    In a related development, the Minority Caucus in Parliament announced a temporary withdrawal from the Ad-hoc Committee investigating the recent vetting chaos, citing concerns of bias from the committee’s Chairman, Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah.

  • NDC pledges to use their earned Parliamentary majority responsibly

    NDC pledges to use their earned Parliamentary majority responsibly

    National Democratic Congress (NDC) has promised to use its majority in Parliament, secured in the December 7 elections, responsibly for the benefit of the country.

    Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, NDC General Secretary Fifi Kwetey said the party is committed to driving Ghana’s development and prosperity.

    Mr. Kwetey, a former MP for Ketu South, emphasised that the NDC is focused on serving the nation responsibly with the trust it has been given.

    He also called on the Electoral Commission (EC) and its Chairperson, Jean Mensa, to avoid unnecessary delays in announcing the election results.

    “We have secured a very significant majority and a majority that we aim to use responsibly and for the progress of the people of Ghana.

    “The process as far as the presidential result is also concerned, we will urge the chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa and her team to make sure the declaration is not unduly delayed because we know for a fact that nothing can be done about it because it is already in the bag,” he said.

  • NDC reveals approved route for voter register demo on Sept. 17

    NDC reveals approved route for voter register demo on Sept. 17

    The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has revealed the approved route for nationwide demonstrations set for 17 September, aimed at pressuring the Electoral Commission (EC) to conduct a forensic audit of the voter register. 

    The demonstrations will take place across all regions of Ghana, with the main protest taking place in the country’s capital.

    Confirming the Accra protest route during a media briefing on Wednesday, NDC General Secretary Fifi Kwetey said the march will begin at Kwame Nkrumah Circle, proceed through Farisco Traffic Light, pass through TUC and the Ministry area, and conclude in front of the EC’s headquarters.

    “We had a very good meeting with the regional police bosses, and the agreement is that we are going to proceed with our demonstration on the 17th. It’s going to happen not just in Greater Accra but in all other regions of the country at the same time,” Kwetey said.

    The announcement follows discussions between NDC leaders and the Ghana Police Service at the Accra Regional Police Command. 

    National Communications Officer Sammy Gyamfi and Director of Elections Dr. Omane Boamah were also present at the meeting, where logistical arrangements and police approval were finalised.

    The NDC has expressed concerns over potential inaccuracies in the voter register and has been calling for a forensic audit to ensure transparency in the electoral process. Kwetey stressed the importance of a credible voter register for the upcoming general elections, arguing that a thorough audit would be in the national interest.

    “There are issues, and we are pressing for a forensic audit to be done, that’s actually the reason why we want to embark on this demonstration. If there is nothing to hide, there should really be no problem at all,” Kwetey added.

    The party has called on all Ghanaians to join the protest, emphasising the need to protect the integrity of the electoral process and democracy.

  • It is impossible to remove taxation in a developing country like Ghana – NDC

    It is impossible to remove taxation in a developing country like Ghana – NDC

    General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Fiifi Kwetey has labelled Dr Bawumia’s promise to scrap taxes as a total deception citing the need for taxes in Ghana as a developing country.

    His comments comes after vice president and flagbearer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) pledge to scarp some taxes ad levies when voted into power in the 2024 elections.

    On his part such promises are ones built on no anchor of truth as a nation like Ghana needs taxes.

    Speaking during the party’s manifesto launch at Winneba earlier today, the General Secretary cautioned that, as parties gear up campaigns as parts of efforts to win the votes of voters come December 7 polls, parties shouldn’t take undue advantage of such opportunities to make false and still born promises to deceive the people for votes.

    “We know for instance that when you say you want to change this country from taxation to production then we clearly know that you are stating a policy that is not anchored on truth.

    You are lying because it is simply not possible in a developing country to tell people you want to remove taxation and simply have a country that is only for production that is not possible. Some amount of taxation would definetely have to continue” he said.

  • NDC asks EC 7 questions over missing BVDs and BVR

    NDC asks EC 7 questions over missing BVDs and BVR

    The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has sternly asked the Electoral Commission (EC) to promptly address seven questions regarding the stolen equipment it reported several months ago.

    This call follows what the party’s General Secretary, Fiifi Kwetey, characterizes as the EC’s inaction and lack of transparency to Ghanaians.

    During an IPAC meeting, the NDC learned that not only were laptops stolen as reported sosme months ago, but also Biometric Voters Registration (BVR) kits and Biometric Verification Devices (BVDs) went missing.

    Consequently, the NDC is expecting the EC to provide immediate answers to these questions as members of the party deem it imperative to the Ghanaian citizen.

    “Have all unretrieved BVDs been returned to the EC headquarters?, What are the serial numbers of these BVDs? Which polling stations were the BVD’s deployed to? What are the names of the people who are in charge of the BVD’s? When last were these BVDs deployed to a polling station? What are the protocols for the deployment of BVD’s to polling stations? Were these protocols adhered to with respect to the missing BVDs? Who has personal responsibility for the safe custody in return of BVDs deployed to polling stations?” Fiifi Kwetey sternly read out at a press briefing on Monday May 15.

  • Martin Amidu lambasts Nana Akomea over Kwetey’s ‘attack’ on Bawumia

    Former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has entered the fray surrounding recent commentary on the use of tribal invectives in front-line politics, expressing dissatisfaction with what he perceives as selective quoting and hypocrisy.

    The controversy was ignited by Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) General Secretary, who labeled Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia as a disgrace to northerners. Kwetey’s remarks triggered harsh reactions, particularly from the opposition.

    Nana Akomea, a key member of the Bawumia for President 2024 campaign, condemned Kwetey’s rhetoric, citing its misplaced nature. Akomea referenced Amidu’s 2015 attack on former President Mahama in a radio interview, highlighting the NDC’s silence on similar invectives directed at their candidate at the time.

    However, Amidu expressed discontent with Akomea’s response, accusing him of deliberate misrepresentation of the context in which he made the comments in 2015. Amidu emphasized Akomea’s silence when he himself faced tribal insults from an NPP Member of Parliament, Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi, who derogatorily referred to him using a colonial Akan insult on northerners.

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    Amidu’s rebuke of Akomea’s apparent hypocrisy was articulated in a piece dated February 22, where he warned both the NPP and NDC against selectively quoting him during the upcoming campaign season.

    “When Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi, the NPP Member of Parliament, an Ashanti, pejoratively referred to me using a colonial Akan insult on northerners as ‘Konongo Kaya’ on Friday, 19 August 2022, the tribal undertones were not lost upon many northerners generally and reasonable patriotic Ghanaians. Almighty Nana Akomea endorsed the tribal insult by his NPP party colleague with his eerie silence,” Amidu’s piece read in part.

    Amidu’s intervention underscores the contentious nature of tribal politics in Ghana and the need for a more responsible discourse among political actors. He called for an end to the selective use of his past remarks for political expediency and urged both parties to refrain from exploiting his words during the campaign season.

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    The New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) should be careful about quoting what I said or wrote in the past out of context to spuriously support allegations of corruption or mismanagement against each other for the purely propaganda purpose of deceiving the electorate for their votes and abandoning them thereafter. I hope that when eventually I determine by a considered examination and analysis of the facts and evidence the most corrupt of the two political parties they will each accept my verdict without question since I have become their authority on this issue.   

    Modern Ghana reported on 22 February 2024 with its source as Citinewroom the reaction of the NPP’s Nana Akomea, the Deputy Campaign Chairman for candidate Mahamudu Bawumia to alleged tribal remarks made by Fiifi Kwetey, the General Secretary of the NDC in which the latter described Mahamudu as a “disgrace to northerners.”  Mr. Fiifi Kwetey is an Ewe from Southern Volta and to call Mahamudu as a “disgrace to northerners” evokes a legitimate question of using tribal pejoratives against Mahamudu.  

    When Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi, the NPP Member of Parliament, an Ashanti, pejoratively referred to me using a colonial Akan insult on northerners as “Konogo Kaya” on Friday, 19 August 2022, the tribal undertones were not lost upon many northerners generally and reasonable patriotic Ghanaians. Almighty Nana Akomea endorsed the tribal insult by his NPP party colleague with his eerie silence.  It does appear to me to be the height of hypocrisy that when Fiifi Kwetey uses a similar pejorative insult on the person Nana Akomea is hoping to win the 2024 presidential election and appoint him to a juicy position, his reposit is to refer to a senior northerner warning his junior brother of the consequences of his conduct on the north.  

    I continue to see myself first and foremost as a northerner because I was born in the British Protectorate of the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast Colony (NT) to British protected persons deprived of the rights enjoyed by the British colonial subjects in the Gold Coast and Ashanti. The entire natives of the NT were pejoratively referred to as Northerners which our forebearer internalized and accepted as a distinct mark for the anti-colonial struggle and exhibition of a culture of honesty and integrity which the British found in all the tribes in the NT. The original pejorative reference to the people of the NT as northerners came to symbolize a culture of honour, integrity, valour, hard work, and unquestioned loyalty to the British Crown or whosoever the worker from the NT served in the colony. The pride of being a northerner from the NT found expression in the Northern People’s Party, the Northern Study Group, and the Northern Student’s Union for which I was the Secretary General in 

    1976/77 academic year. The concept of northerners became so accepted by the people of the NT to the extent that the scholarships created by Kwame Nkrumah to accelerate education and development to enable the NT after independence catch up with what had been the privileged colony was named the Northern Scholarship Grant.  

    It does not matter how many regions the Northern Region at independence is divided into to balkanize it. We of the old stock still see ourselves first and foremost as northerners, fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters and each other’s keeper, politics notwithstanding. I, therefore, had an inherent right as John Dramani Mahama’s northern senior brother to warn him about the consequences of treading a path which was non-northern in my view.  What I said was culturally permissible as every senior in our culture has a right to warn every junior not to bring the north into disrepute. Nana Akomea cannot, therefore, honestly quote what I said or wrote about John Mahama in 2015 as an answer to what Fiifi Kwetey, a nonnortherner and junior in age to Mahamudu said about him except to deceive the unsuspecting electorate of an analogy, where none exits.     

    One ardent NPP supporter of Akan origin holding dual nationality resident in the comfort of the United States of America has referred to several northerners, including myself, who disagree with the NPP Government’s unprecedented corruption as “Frafra native from the Upper East Region.” He has consistently referred to John Mahama as “Okogufuo 

    Yagbonwura Kwame Gonja” without any objection or rebuke from the likes of Nana Akomea. The NPP’s gaping sycophant dual national sitting in the comfort of the USA went to the extent of describing the 1992 Constitution thus: “….the irredeemable travesty that is the largely National Democratic Congress-drafted and enacted Ghana’s 1992 Republican Constitution…” But now that Fiifi Kwetey has called the integrity of Nana Akomea’s future employer should Mahamudu win the 2024 presidential election into question, I, Martin Amidu, have become opportunist Nana Akomea’s bartering ram against Fiifi Kwetey and the NDC without the context and environment in which I spoke to Joy FM. 

    Where was the sense of propriety of opportunist Nana Akomea when Daniel Bugri Naabu (Northern Regional Chairman of the NPP) was reported on 21 November 2015 to have said that President Mahama is a disgrace to Northerners? See:Has President Mahama outwitted his political opponents? (ghanaweb.com). In picking on me, Nana Akomea is corruptly and hypocritically hiding the facts and evidence from the electorate that Bugri Naabu was between 1996 and 2000 a card bearing and leading member of the NDC. (See: Ghana: Prodigal Bugri Naabu Quits NDC for Good – allAfrica.com). Nana Akomea is also wishing away the fact that the electorate knows that the NPP Government appointed me as the first Special Prosecutor and I discovered the massive, suspected corruption and procurement malpractices offences in the 64-page Agyapa Royalties Transaction Report. Nana Akomea must be dishonestly pretending to be unaware that Fiifi Kwetey might just have been transferring by repeating what Bugri Naabu said in November 2015 to fit the circumstances and role of Mahamudu Bawumia as Vice-President in today’s Ghana.   

    Politicians like Nana Akomea may assume naively that Ghanaians are forgetful of the context, the circumstances, and the environment within which I spoke to Joy Fm and MultiTV’s news analysis programme, Newsfile, on or about 14 November 2015 which supported the Nana Akufo-Addo/Mahamudu Bawumia pretensions of being incorruptible and the messiahs to stop corruption, nepotism, cronyism, and use our natural resources for benefit of Ghanaians. Ghanaians believed their pretensions and false promises only to find us swindled as a nation and brought to hunger and deprivation by the duo. Corruption and cronyism have reached an apogee never witnessed in the history of this country. It, therefore, smacks of dishonest opportunism to quote what I said in 2015 in the hope of a better alternative offered by the deception of Ghanaians by the Nana Akufo-Addo/Bawumia duo. 

    I have stated elsewhere that the 2024 presidential election is going to be a contest between the lesser of two evils under the 1992 Constitution. In making that decision the non-sycophantic reasonable electorate may have to weigh the effects of the biblical and koranic edicts on punishment and repentance, and continued sin camouflaged with polished deception. John Dramani Mahama and Mahamudu Bawumia are both my northern brothers and it is dangerous for both the NDC and the NPP to seek to use what I said or wrote before the Nana Akufo-Addo/Bawumia Siamese twins assumed the governance of this country on 7 January 

    2017 to date. Remember that I worked with this regime and may be privy to things Nana Akomea and his like cannot fathom. Nana Akufo-Addo knows how lethal I could be if the NPP puts temptation in my path.  

    I wish the better of the two, John Mahama and Mahamudu Bawumia, win the 2024 presidential election through decent campaigning and speaking truth to the electorate. Should both sides drag my name into their affray and compel me to speak out as a senior northerner those who baited me should not blame me. I need nothing from John Mahama or Mahamudu Bawumia when either of them wins the 2024 elections just as I took nothing from the Nana 

    Akufo/Bawumia governments. “A word to the wise,” we use to jokingly say at the Bawku Middle Mixed Boarding School in the early 1960’s, “is in the North.” 

    Martin A. B. K. Amidu 

    23 February 2024                             

  • I am a Tiger!!! – Nana Akomea roars as he justifies ‘tribal’ response to Fiifi Kwetey

    I am a Tiger!!! – Nana Akomea roars as he justifies ‘tribal’ response to Fiifi Kwetey

    CEO STC and Spokesman for the Bawumia campaign, Nana Akomea, has justified his actions towards NDC General Secretary, Fiifi Kwetey, after his bais tribal comment.

    Fiifi Kwetey, characterized the NPP flagbearer and Vice President of the Republic, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, as a disgrace to northerners.

    In response, Nana Akomea, not typically known for aggressive rhetoric against opponents, decided to confront the NDC Chief secretary head-on. 

    “If Fiifi Kwetey is looking for a politician who has been a “disgrace” to the North, he need not look further than in his party, as testified by a Northern NDC politician.” 

    Justifying this unusual reaction, Nana Akomea explained that it was just necessary for him to correct Fiifi Kwetey to do better next time regarding his choice of words. 

    “I am a Tiger, and the like of these must be straightened….and the only way to straighten them is to show them that where they are headed to is not the best,” he clarified.

  • Bawumia is a disgrace to the North, don’t vote for him – Fiifi Kwetey tells Northerners

    Bawumia is a disgrace to the North, don’t vote for him – Fiifi Kwetey tells Northerners

    General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fiifi Kwetey, has issued a stern warning to the people of the Northern Region against supporting Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s presidential ambitions.

    In a stirring address, Fiifi Kwetey branded him as a disgrace to the North. 

    Kwetey’s impassioned plea comes amidst a charged political atmosphere as Ghana gears up for the upcoming presidential elections.

    Addressing a gathering at Tamale, Kwetey minced no words in denouncing Bawumia, asserting that his candidacy would bring shame upon the entire Northern Region. 

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    “…Northern Region, you owe it to Ghana to make sure that son, that represents not your best image, that son that represents a disgrace to the North should never rise to the leadership of this country because that would be a disgrace to the whole of the Northern Region,” he said. 

    “Northern Region, you need to do everything possible to ensure that that son of yours (Dr Mahamudu Bawumia), who is an absolute disgrace and a humiliation to all of you, never rises to become the President of this country. You have been blessed to have a son who can be trusted (in the person of John Dramani Mahama),” he added. 

    Highlighting the need for regional pride and integrity, Kwetey emphasized that the Northern Region deserves a leader who embodies its values and virtues. He urged the people to reject Bawumia’s candidacy and instead throw their support behind John Dramani Mahama who truly represents their interests.

  • Inexperienced, wealth-seeking youngsters should not exploit Parliament as money-making avenue – Fiifi Kwetey 

    Inexperienced, wealth-seeking youngsters should not exploit Parliament as money-making avenue – Fiifi Kwetey 

    General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, has expressed the need for a shift towards considering experience when selecting individuals to represent the public in Parliament. 

    He argues that Parliament should not serve as an avenue for inexperienced individuals to quickly access financial resources.

    In his statement to the media, Kwetey emphasized the importance of encouraging individuals with significant experience to enter Parliament. He urged a departure from the trend where young people with limited or no work experience enter Parliament, potentially driven by a desire for quick access to financial resources.

    “Parliament should stop being an avenue where young people who have never worked can get quick access to money and therefore had no experience and rushing into it. It is not bad,” remarked Kwetey.

    He further asserted that public service should ideally be entered into from a position of experience, enabling individuals to contribute meaningfully by bringing their accumulated knowledge and skills to the table.

    As Ghana looks toward the future of its parliamentary representation, Kwetey’s perspective raises considerations on the qualifications and experiences that should be prioritized in selecting representatives. The debate on the criteria for parliamentary eligibility continues, with a growing emphasis on the value of experience in contributing to effective governance.

  • Stop the cheap tribal politics – Adomako Baafi fires Fiifi Kwetey

    Stop the cheap tribal politics – Adomako Baafi fires Fiifi Kwetey

    Former Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party, Yaw Adomako Baafi has accused the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fiifi Kwetey of inciting tribes in the country against each other.

    Speaking in an interview on Angel FM, Mr Adomako Baafi said the NDC scribe is still a ‘neophyte’ in the political game hence his tendency to always play the tribal card.

    “Some of us used to be like him but we have now mature so he should also learn to grow in the game and stop always inciting one tribe, especially the Ewes against the other, particularly the Akans because of cheap politics…,” he said.

    The former Ketu South Member of Parliament (MP) has since his election as General Secretary of the NDC been inciting his tribesmen (Ewe) against the Asantes and Akyems insisting that the NPP belongs to the later tribes and hence there is no need for the Ewes to support such a party.

    Fiifi Kwetey in a viral video had claimed that the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, would be ‘dreaming if he thinks the NPP is going to make him, a Northerner, their flagbearer since he is neither Akyem nor an Asante’.

    He again called on the people of the Volta Region to do everything within their power to stop their children and the youth of the Volta Region from making independent political choices and to compel them to accept the NDC in spite of all the challenges that are confronting the party that may make it unattractive to the new generation in the region.

    “It looks as if it is wrong for us, Volta people, to take NDC as a religion. There is nothing wrong with that. Some of our young people from Volta, think it is something of pride to say as for us we are not like our fathers and uncles, we believe we should not [just accept something they believe in, and that it is something of pride to choose to be independent minded].

    “This party [NDC] may not be the perfect party. It may not be a party that has always delivered on all its promises, but it is our responsibility to ensure that our children remain loyal to this commission to be able to make it better, Fiifi Kwetey is heard saying in a voice recording.

    “If you watch what happens in Ashanti and the Eastern Region, they understand that their party must be their party, and nothing changes. Somehow, they appreciate that they must not forsake their party because this must become a religion. Your religion may not be the best, but that is your religion, and it is your responsibility to make sure you fix it,” the NDC chief scribe added.

    “I think we must let our people [Voltarians] appreciate that this is who we are. If you go to America today if you go to New York State, the democratic party is like a religion, through rain or shine, that is your political party. If you go to California, it is the same. If you go to places where the Republicans are, it is the same. There is nothing wrong with it, Mr Kwetey further stated in an audio recording.

    The sentiments of Fiifi Kwetey, Yaw Adomako Baafi told host, Okatakyie Afrifa Mensah were shared by some Ewe politicians who were once leading members of the NDC party.

    Citing the books authored by the late Captain Adabuga and late Prof Kofi Awoonor to buttress his point, Yaw Adomako Baafi said the time is ripe for Ghanaians to nip tribal politics in the bud.

    “The comments of the likes of Fiifi Kwetey must not be entertained…he is too immature but like I said, the time is up for him to grow in politics because the leaders of the various political parties are friends and have eschewed all forms of tribal differences…,” he opined.

  • Okatakyie Afrifa criticizes Fiifi Kwetey over tribal remarks on Dr. Bawumia’s candidacy

    Okatakyie Afrifa criticizes Fiifi Kwetey over tribal remarks on Dr. Bawumia’s candidacy

    Media personality Okatakyie Afrifa has strongly rebuked Fiifi Kwetey, the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), for his recent tribal comments.

    Afrifa condemned Kwetey’s statement suggesting that Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia couldn’t be the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer due to his Northern heritage, deeming it reckless.

    Afrifa went on to question Kwetey about his assertion that the NPP is an Akan party and challenged him on why the NDC has never chosen an individual from the Ashanti region as a running mate.

    The controversy stemmed from Fiifi Kwetey’s remark, which ignited a heated exchange between the two figures.

    “Is Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia dreaming that in the unlikely event of NPP winning power, somehow after Akufo-Addo has run his term he [Bawumia] will be made the candidate of the NPP, Bawumia are you dreaming? You don’t the party in which you are? You don’t know that if you are not an Ashanti or Akyem you have no chance?”

    Following Fiifi Kwetey’s remarks about Dr. Bawumia becoming the NPP flagbearer, Okatakyie Afrifa criticized him, stating that such tribalistic comments contribute nothing positive to the political discourse.

    Afrifa highlighted that, by the same logic, others could accuse the NDC of being an ‘anti-Ashanti’ party since they have never appointed an Ashanti person as their running mate.

    “What Fiifi Kwetey said there is no sense in it. What is the meaning of this? Fiifi Kwaetey’s party [NDC] asked him if from 1992 to date they had even selected an Ashanti as his running mate. Even the NPP at least used to choose Northerners as running mates. We are asking him even the party chairman, if have they elected an Ashanti person before. These kinds of reckless statements politicians make in this country and they think it is normal.

    “For politics’ sake, we crush our heads. He said he can’t be today Dr. Bawumia is the flagbearer of the NPP. Is the conversation supposed to be about tribes? You are the ones campaigning for Akan votes yet from 1992 to date you have not selected an Ashanti as running mate before. So should we say your party is anti-Ashanti? Going into the 2024 elections we are going to police the political arena,” he said during his show on Angel FM.

    His remarks follow the victory of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in the NPP Primaries, officially securing the flagbearer position for the party in the upcoming 2024 elections.

    Official results revealed that Dr. Bawumia clinched the victory with 118,210 votes, representing 61.47% of the total votes cast. Kennedy Agyapong, the closest contender, secured the second position with 71,996 votes, constituting 35.52% of the total valid votes.

    Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto received 1,459 votes, while the fourth contender garnered 781 votes.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfm3E050zZE
  • NDC criticizes Akufo-Addo’s administration for making assertions that economy has stabilized

    NDC criticizes Akufo-Addo’s administration for making assertions that economy has stabilized


    The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has challenged the government’s claims of stabilizing the economy, asserting that President Akufo-Addo is avoiding responsibility for his administration’s fiscal irresponsibility, which has led to the current economic challenges.

    The NDC argues that the government cannot boast of economic stability without acknowledging its own role in causing the current state of the economy.

    Fifi Kwetey, the General Secretary of the NDC, criticized the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, accusing him of attempting to cover up the government’s mismanagement of the economy.

    “The kind of collapse we have seen in terms of the economy is one that requires a certain amount of humility. To rush quickly and want to start beating your chest and applauding, it indicates that somehow they have not learned as quickly as they should,” he said.

    He said, “by no means can you call this ‘turning the corner.’ In the first place, you can’t even call it turning the corner. A situation where inflation has gone up to over 50 per cent, and now they are trying to bring inflation down to some 30 or a little below 30, you call it turning the corner?”

    Mr. Kwetey further pointed out that the government is claiming to have stabilized the economy because it is desperate to look good.

    “The very fact that they still allow the country to believe that the Russia-Ukraine war and Covid-19 are the real reasons why we are where we are tells me that this is a group that simply has not accepted responsibility,” he continued.

    Although he accepts that there were external economic shocks during the period, he believes, “those obstacles have been faced by other countries, but no country in West Africa or Africa has gone through what we’ve gone through.”

    Mr Kwetey added that the government not accepting responsibility shows that they have no genuine remorse.

    “There’s not even an acceptance of the real acts of irresponsibility, fiscal irresponsibility, and moral leadership irresponsibility that have brought us here. So to jump quickly and start celebrating worries me because it’s like you haven’t really learned. And therefore, if you are given an opportunity, you quickly run it down again.”

  • Election 2024: Do not vote based on influence – Fiifi Kwetey to Ghanaians

    Election 2024: Do not vote based on influence – Fiifi Kwetey to Ghanaians

    Fiifi Fiavi Kwetey, the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), emphasized that the practice of vote-selling and buying undermines good governance, fosters corruption, and hampers Ghana’s democratic progress.

    During a rally in Assin-Bereku to express gratitude to the people, Mr. Kwetey praised the people of Assin North for their overwhelming support for the party in the recent by-election held on June 27.

    He expressed particular joy that the voters remained guided by their conscience and truthfulness, despite the enticing incentives offered by the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP).

    He urged all political parties and state institutions not to dismiss the silent opinion of the people of Assin North but rather embrace it as a national call to uphold integrity and professionalism.

    Particularly, he reminded political parties to be guided bearing in mind that “the people cannot be taken with fiction of development and bribes for votes.

    “That is the message Ghanaians from far and near must imbibe. If they come to you to buy your conscience, tell them I will not sell my conscience and integrity for the country to suffer.”

    Mr. Kwetey also appealed to the Electoral Commission, Supreme Court, and media to adhere to the resounding message conveyed by the people of Assin North and remain dedicated to their respective mandates.

    In addition, James Gyakye Quayson, the Member of Parliament for Assin North, expressed appreciation to his constituents for the trust they have placed in him.

    “I am deeply humbled by the confidence the people have expressed in what I stand for and what I have done.

    “I am also fully aware of the reciprocal responsibilities that this massive show of confidence imposes on me. My solemn pledge is to work as hard as I can for the people who have made this possible,” Mr. Quayson assured.

    Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the MP for Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam and leader of the Minority Caucus in Parliament, expressed the group’s commitment to stand in solidarity with Mr. Quayson during his court trial on charges of forgery and perjury. Dr. Forson assured that the Minority would provide full support to the embattled member whenever he is scheduled to appear in court.

    During the election, Mr. Quayson secured victory with 17,245 votes, representing 57.56% of the valid votes cast. The NPP candidate, Mr. Charles Opoku, placed second with 12,630 votes, accounting for 42.15%. The candidate from the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Madam Sefenu Bernice Enyonam, received 87 votes, representing 0.29%.

    In comparison to the 2020 results, Mr. Quayson garnered over 1,300 more votes in the by-election. In the previous election, he obtained 17,498 votes, surpassing the former MP, NPP’s Abena Durowaa Mensah, who received 14,193 votes.

  • Haruna Iddrisu, Muntaka, others missing from ‘loyal NDC MPs list’

    Haruna Iddrisu, Muntaka, others missing from ‘loyal NDC MPs list’

    Former Minority leader Haruna Iddrisu and his Chief Whip, Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak, have been exempted from the yet-to-be completed list of loyal MPs belonging to the National Democratic Congress.

    It is reported that the party’s General Secretary, Fiifi Kwetey, is compiling a list of NDC MPs who adhered to the leadership’s directive to reject the six ministerial appointees presented by President Akufo-Addo.

    On March 24, out of the 135 NDC MPs, 116 voted against the approval of K.T. Hammond, 98 opposed Bryan Acheampong’s approval (the least opposition), Stephen Asamoah Boateng garnered 122 “No” votes.

    Mohammed Amin Adams received 117 “No” votes, 120 NDC MPs voted against Osei Bonsu Amoah’s approval and 123 rejected the ministerial nomination of Stephen Amoah.

    About 39 MPs are said to have betrayed the NDC. Ahead of the secret ballot voting, the Minority pledged to reject the nominees as part of efforts to reduce the size of the government to reflect the current economic challenges.

    So far, the identities of 46 loyal NDC MPs have reportedly been released by Mr Fiifi Kwetey via Whatsapp.

    Kobla Mensah Wisdom Woyome (South Tongu MP), Gizella Akushika Tetteh-Agbotui (Awutu Senya West MP), Ernest Henry Norgbey (Ashaiman MP), Edward Abambire Bawa (Bongo MP), Yusif Sulemana (Bole Bamboi MP), Richard Kwame Sefe (Anlo MP) and Yao Gomado (Akan MP) are among those viewed as loyalists.

    The Tamale South and Asawase MPs’ names are yet to appear on the said list.

    It is being speculated on social media that the duo went against the party’s directive out of spite over the change of leadership in Parliament.

    The legislators are yet to comment on the matter.

    At the beginning of the week, it was reported that some ‘traitor NDC list’ circulated on social media. Reacting to the news, former President John Dramani Mahama urged all and sundry to reject the said “fake” list.

    “I am urging all NDC supporters to ignore it,” he said while engaging delegates at Kanokoare during his tour of the Ellembelle Constituency in the Western Region on Sunday, March 26, 2023.

    Meanwhile, it is believed that Mr Fiifi Kwetey is yet to add about 51 names to the ‘loyal NDC list.’

    Source: The Independent Ghana

  • Check out list of loyal NDC MPs by Fiifi Kwetey

    Check out list of loyal NDC MPs by Fiifi Kwetey

    Reports making round is that General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fiifi Kwetey, has released a list of NDC MPs who did not betray the party during the approval of President Akufo-Addo’s ministerial nominees.

    On Friday, March 24, 2023, the Minority failed to halt the approval of six ministerial nominees (K.T. Hammond, Brian Acheampong, Amin Adam, O.B. Amoah, Stephen Amoah and Asamoah Boateng) as directed by the party as part of efforts to reduce the size of the current government.

    Out the 135 NDC MPs in Parliament, close to 40 are said to have approved the nominees.

    According to sources, Fiifi Kwetey, who together with other party leaders have condemned the recent incident, has provided the identities of 46 NDC MPs who adhered to the party’s directive via Whatsapp.

    The said list is however incomplete as it is believed that about 38 NDC MPs betrayed the party. More names of loyal MPs are expected.

    Below is the list of the 46 loyal NDC MPs:

    1. Kobla Mensah Wisdom Woyome – South Tongu MP
    2. Gizella Akushika Tetteh-Agbotui – Awutu Senya West MP
    3. Ernest Henry Norgbey – Ashaiman MP
    4. Edward Abambire Bawa – Bongo MP
    5. Yusif Sulemana – Bole Bamboi MP
    6. Richard Kwame Sefe – Anlo MP
    7. Yao Gomado – Akan MP
    8. Richard Gyan-Mensah – Gomoa West MP
    9. Geoffrey Kini – Nkwanta South MP
    10. James Klutse Avedzi – Ketu North MP
    11. Kwame Governs Agbodza – Adaklu MP
    12. Andrew Dari Chiwitey – Sawla-Tuna Kalba MP
    13. Mark Kurt Nawaane – Nabdam MP
    14. Rockson-Nelson Etse Kwami Dafeamekpor – South Dayi MP
    15. Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah – Ellembelle MP
    16. Peter Kwasi Nortsu-Kotoe – Akatsi North MP
    17. Ablah Dzifa Gomashie – Ketu South MP
    18. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings – Klottey-Korle MP
    19. Angela Oforiwa Alorwu-Tay – Afadjato South MP
    20. Theresa Lardi Awuni – Okaikwei North MP
    21. Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah – Ho West MP
    22. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa – North Tongu MP
    23. Cassiel Ato Baah Forson – Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam MP
    24. Alexander Roosevelt Hottordze – Central Tongu MP
    25. Della Sowah – Kpando MP
    26. Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed – Tamale Central MP
    27. Bernard Ahiafor – Akatsi South MP
    28. Peter Yaw Kwakye-Ackah – Amenfi Central MP
    29. Clement Abas Apaak – Builsa South MP
    30. Joseph Appiah Boateng – Afram Plains South MP
    31. Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare – Techiman North
    32. Linda Obenewaa Akweley Ocloo – Shai-Osudoku MP
    33. Kofi Iddie Adams – Buem MP
    34. John Oti Bless – Nkwanta North
    35. Sampson Tangombu Chiragia – Navrongo Central
    36. Peter Lanchene Toobu – Wa West MP
    37. Agnes Naa Momo Lartey – Krowor MP
    38. Betty Nana Efua Krosbi Mensah – Afram Plains North
    39. Thomas Nyarko Ampem – Asuogyaman MP
    40. Francis-Xavier Kojo Sosu – Madina MP
    41. Bismark Tetteh Nyarko – Upper Manya Krobo MP
    42. Alhassan Bashir Fuseini – Sagnarigu MP
    43. Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe-Ghansah – Ada MP
    44. Helen Adjoa Ntoso – Krachi West MP
    45. Ahmed Ibrahim – Banda MP
    46. Joycelyn Tetteh – North Dayi MP

    Source: The Independent Ghana

  • Haruna Iddrisu makes ‘first public appearance’ since replacement as Minority Leader

    Haruna Iddrisu makes ‘first public appearance’ since replacement as Minority Leader

    Immediate-past Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu was captured on January 29, 2023 engaging in sporting activities in Accra.

    It is the first time he has been seen publicly since his replacement as Minority Leader in Parliament, a decision that has split the caucus he had led for six years.

    Photos circulated on social media of the Tamale South Member of Parliament purportedly engaging in early morning excercise at the Accra Sports Stadium.

    Later in the day, photos shared on Twitter showed Haruna interacting with players of Karela FC, a club that he owns.

    He was also spotted at the Accra Sports Stadium later in the afternoon watching Karela play Accra Great Olympics in their Ghana Premier League fixture.

    Unfortunately Karela lost the game by a lone goal to their hosts. It was the fifth defeat in six games for the Western Region based side.

    The NDC, through its General Secretary Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, wrote to the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to announce the replacement of three members: the Minority Leader, the deputy Minority Leader, and the Minority Chief Whip.

    The NDC picked Ato Forson to replace Haruna Iddrisu as leader of the Minority Caucus.

    Other changes included Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, MP for Ellembele, who is the new deputy Minority Chief Whip.

    While Kwame Governs Agbodza, MP for Adaklu, will replace Asawase MP Muntaka Mohammed as the Chief Whip.

    Ahmed Ibrahim, MP for Banda, has been maintained as the First deputy Minority Chief Whip, while Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe-Ghansah, MP for Ada, is also retained as second deputy Minority Chief Whip.

    Source: Ghanaweb

  • Minority Leadership: We consulted John Mahama, others – Fifi Kwetey clarifies

    Minority Leadership: We consulted John Mahama, others – Fifi Kwetey clarifies

    The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, has explained that in deciding to change the leadership of the party in parliament, they consulted the former president, John Dramani Mahama.

    Describing it as an apt decision that would inure to the long-term benefits of the NDC party, Fifi Kwetey said that contrary to claims that some key persons were not consulted over the decision, they actually did.

    According to a report by myjoyonline.com, the NDC General Secretary explained that John Mahama was informed and he is aware of why there was the need to make those changes.

    “This decision was taken after wide consultation. If you look at the apex leadership of the party, that consultation was done. In terms of parliamentary, the group that is widely consulted, that consultation has been done.”

    “What needed to be done about this reshuffling was done and the people duly consulted. All the key leaders have been consulted. The former President, Mahama was consulted and his views were duly reflected. The new and old leaders were informed and consulted,” he said.

    In a release signed by Fifi Fiavi Kwetey on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, it stated the new changes that had been made to the leadership of the Minority in parliament.

    Replacing Haruna Iddrisu, who has been Minority Leader since 2017, the NDC named Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, while Mohmammed-Mubarak Muntaka, who was the Minority Chief Whip, has been replaced by Kwame Governs Agbodza.

    Emmanual Armah Kofi Buah will now be the new Deputy Minority Leader, replacing James Klutse Avedzi.

    Source: ghanaweb

  • Minority leadership changes: There is no turning back – Fifi Kwetey to critics

    Minority leadership changes: There is no turning back – Fifi Kwetey to critics

    The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Fifi Kwetey, has stated that the party’s leadership will not modify the changes it has made to the leadership of the minority in parliament.

    Speaking in an interview with Citi News on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, Fifi Kwetey said that the decision was made after consulting with party members and national executives so the party will not reverse the decision.

    He added that the party will proceed with the leadership changes when parliament resumes in February.

    “The leadership of the party at the highest level has taken a decision and that is just what it is. You cannot set up a precedent where decisions by the leadership of the party are now going to be an issue of the caucus. The leadership of the party in parliament is appointed by the leadership of the party. It is not something that is done by the caucus of the party,” he said.

    The NDC in a statement signed by the General Secretary, Fifi Kwetey announced that it has made changes to the leadership of the minority in parliament.

    The former Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has been appointed as the Minority Leader in the 8th Parliament of Ghana’s Fourth Republic.

    Kofi Armah Buah is also the Deputy Minority Chief Whip. Kwame Agbodza takes over as Chief Whip.

    Ahmed Ibrahim, MP for Banda, has been maintained as the First Deputy Minority Chief Whip, while Comfort Doyo Cudjoe-Ghansah, MP for Ada, is the Second Deputy Minority Chief Whip.
    Meanwhile, The Tamale South Constituency Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abdul Rauf, has said that he and his constituents will not accept the decision of the national executive of the party to replace Haruna Iddrisu as the minority leader.

    According to him, if the party fails to rescind its decision, he will lead the party’s faithful in his constituency to vote against it in the 2024 general elections.

    Source: Ghanaweb

  • Fifi Kwetey succeeds Asiedu Nketia as NDC General Secretary

    Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, a former Ketu South NDC MP, won by a landslide at the party’s 10th National Delegates conference on Saturday, and will succeed Johnson Asiedu Nketia as general secretary.

    The former Propaganda Secretary ran against Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, a former Sports Minister, and Dr. Peter Boamah Otukunor, Mr. Nketia’s deputy.

    Dr. Otukunor received 2,595 votes, and Mr. Afriyie Ankrah received 1,408 votes, while the NDC firebrand received 4,543 votes.

    Johnson Asiedu Nketia bowed out as General Secretary after 17 years of service in order to run for a more senior position within the party.

    For the Chairmanship position, General Mosquito, as he is more commonly known, faced off against Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, the current occupant.

    Confirming his victory in a Facebook post, the jubilant former Deputy Finance Minister in the Mahama administration, said one of his contenders had called to congratulate him.

    “My Brother and Comrade Boamah Otokunor called me a few minutes ago to congratulate me. Very gracious of him. I had earlier told him yesterday that I was proud of his competitive campaigning and I repeated same this morning. I reassured him of my complete readiness to work closely with him to make our party greater and stronger,” he wrote.

    Fifi Kwetey takes over from Asiedu Nketia as NDC's General Secretary

    According to the 55-year-old, “he looks forward to working closely together with him” as the party gears up to wrestle power from the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP).

    While applauding his competitors for the healthy competition, Mr Kwetey said he checks all the boxes the delegates wanted.

    “I was not being complacent when saying what I was saying on the back of travelling to all 275 constituencies; spoken to them and listening to them. Therefore, I could feel exactly what they were yearning for so I knew what I was talking about when I said I was confident of winning,” He told Joy News’ Kweku Asante.

    “I was not underrating my opponents, they also conducted a very strong campaign as well but I just felt that the mood of our teeming party supporters and delegates here wanted a different kind of leader and I fitted that pedigree far more,” he said on Saturday.

    Mr Kwetey said uniting the members of the NDC after the internal election is pivotal to the party’s victory in the 2024 elections.

    Regarding returning the NDC to IPAC Meeting, he said all the options are on the table for consideration.

    “We are not going to be doing things the same way we have been doing them in the past,” the incoming General Secretary said.

  • Ketu South NDC backs Fifi Kwetey’s General Secretary bid

    Some members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Ketu South have backed the General Secretary bid of their former Member of Parliament (MP), Mr Fifi Fiavi Kwetey.

    Mr Kwetey, a former Minister of Food and Agriculture and of Transport, declared his intention to contest the NDC General Secretary position following the decision by the incumbent, Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah (known as General Mosquito), to exit the position to join the chairmanship race.

    The members who spoke in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) touted the credentials of Mr Kwetey saying, there was no better and perfect replacement for General Mosquito, especially in a critical time when a trusted hand was needed to deliver victory for the party to rescue Ghanaians from the “misrule of the current Akufo-Addo’s rule.”

    Mr Bright Dzila, Communication Officer, Ketu South Constituency, who is seeking re-election, said he would embark on a project in both Volta and Oti Regions after their Constituency Executives elections next weekend to campaign for Mr Kwetey whose competence he said was critical ahead of the 2024 elections.

    Mr Dzila said: “He is a very competent man. His track record as a propaganda Secretary of the party is there for all of us to refer to and when he became an MP, he did a lot in Ketu South. He has what it takes to replace General Mosquito.

    “We all know what he did in the strongroom in 2008. He is very firm, and I can assure you, he has everything it takes for the job.”

    Mr Joseph Kwasi Nyavi, aspiring Chairman, NDC Ketu South said the former Deputy Minister of Finance could be trusted to be the Chief Executive Officer of the NDC believing, he would champion the cause of party and country.

    Mr Daniel Sorokpo, Research Officer, Ketu South NDC said knowing the unforgettable role he played in the success of the NDC in both 2008 and 2012 elections, the “Nogokpo Lion” as NDC’s General Secretary was a sure bet for victory 2024.

    “Some may mistake Nogokpo Lion’s passion for the NDC, fiery and confident posture as arrogance but the truth is that he is very down to earth, respectful, and humble. His rich experience in politics and his ability to listen to all and play well in a team are all very important going into the 2024 elections,” he added.

    Mr Kwetey told the GNA that as a political economist/financial analyst with practical “understanding of the workings of the economy and financial markets,” becoming the General Secretary would make the campaign even easier for the NDC by breaking down the most complex economic issues to the understanding of the ordinary person.

    “These days when the people are interested in how they can put food on the table for their families, not just any general talk and empty claims of being consultants on democratic issues are needed. The NDC needs a campaign that is going to hinge on economy, economy and economy and I am the man for that.

    “I have done it before, and I can do it again and again,” Mr. Kwetey said.

    Source: GNA