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The running mate for National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer John Dramani Mahama, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has promised Mr. Mahama that she will never refer to herself as a simple “driver’s mate” in the event that they encounter difficulties while in office.
In articulating his vision as the leader of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia stated that he was only a “driver’s mate,” which hindered him from taking strong action against certain issues the government was facing.
However, Prof. Opoku-Agyemang gave former President Mahama an assurance at her outdooring at the UPSA in Accra on Wednesday that she would take responsibility for any losses and share in the party’s victories as a whole.
“I will share in our collective successes and share responsibility for our setbacks if any. And at the time of reckoning, Your Excellency John Mahama, I will not in advancement of self-serving ambition declare to the whole world that I was only the driver’s mate,” she stated.
“The election is not only about bringing the NDC back to power, which is indispensable in our current circumstances,” the former minister of education said.
“The upcoming elections and winning them is about winning elections for a purpose,” she went on. There is more to the goal than those listed above. The chance to mend our nation once more is the goal. It concerns the chance to save Ghana from the brink of devastation, the normalization of corruption, the inexplicable greed, and the profound sadness.
“It is to work towards a Ghana where citizens have confidence and hope and are determined to regain their independence of thought and of agenda. We must work towards a Ghana that at the very least, can feed itself; where the law truly works; where there is shared prosperity; where democracy has not become a fluke; where people are not abused and where the basic necessities of life are not denied the majority or eventually, anyone.
“It is a chance to work hard towards a country where citizens do not feel disrespected, are not intimidated, ignored because of the way they vote or the language they speak. The victory we seek as a party is to invite everyone to the onerous task of rebuilding a broken Ghana, of restoring hope, in a manner that the NDC is capable of doing by their history and achievements.”
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
