Yaw Boateng Gyan, a former National Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has urged the party and its supporters to consider a fresh presidential candidate for 2024 general elections. According to Yaw Boateng, NDC is likely to lose again if the former President John Mahama will be the party’s flagbearer.
Speaking on Angel’s FM morning show hosted by Anopa Bofo, on Wednesday June 29, 2022, the NDC member Gyan analyzed Ghana’s political history and expressed some of the reasons as to why Mahama may fail the party. Gyan stated that Mr. John Mahama led the government for 8 years, which has been the usual term for presidents to serve. For this reason, he believes Mr. Mahama has nothing new to offer the country, Ghana. Gyan clarified that the mentioned Mahama’s 8 year term involves the combination of being Vice President and succeeding as President when John Atta Mills died.
Sharing his statement;
We lost power in 2016 when we were in control of all the opportunities. In 2020, we lost again and we have had to sit down and ask ourselves if it is God who is controlling our fate…Since the Fourth Republic, no one has been to the presidency for more than eight years. Mahama has been vice under Mills for four years making eight. When he stood in 2016, what happened? He lost.
Mr. Gyan is rooting for Kwabena Duffour, a former Finance Minister, as a presidential candidate for NDC.
