The former Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyerematen says he has resigned from the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and will contest in the upcoming 2024 general elections.
This follows the decision of the former Minister for Trade and Industry to withdraw from the Presidential race of the NPP three weeks ago.
At the time of announcing his withdrawal, Mr Kyerematen indicated that in due course, he will provide details of his future political career.
Addressing a section of the party members on Monday September 25, 2023, Mr. Kyerematen catalogued a number reasons for his decision to resign and go independent.
“Under the circumstances and given the context provided, I wish to use this platform to announce that I am honourably resigning with immediate effect from the New Patriotic Party to contest for the high office of the President of the Republic of Ghana in the 2024 General Elections, as an Independent Presidential Candidate,” Mr. Kyerematen stated.
He continued: “To actualize this goal I will establish a lead a new Moment for Change in Ghana. The brand logo for the moment is the Monarch Buttterfly, which politically symbolizes change and transformation, hope and positivity.
“It also communicates strength, endurance, spirituality, and trust, which are key traits that I cherish as a leader. In Akan, it is known as Afrafranto. The brand motto of the movement “Ghana Will Rise Again” which symbolizes hope for the future of Ghana
Former President John Dramani Mahama has urged members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who are lawyers to get ready for appointment to the bench if he returns to power.
He said the current constitution of the judiciary is New Patriotic Party-inclined as almost all the appointments made by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo are meant to do his bidding.
“You can see what the current president has done,” he noted in an address to the 3rd Annual Lawyers Conference of the NDC on Saturday, September 2.
“He has appointed the biggest number of judges onto the bench, it is more than 80 towards 100 and counting.
“He has packed the court and we know they have packed the court because they want to avoid accountability after they have left office.”
Mr Mahama, therefore, charged the lawyer members of the NDC to get ready for a balancing-out of this act by the President.
“We must be prepared as NDC legal persons to also go onto the bench so that we can balance out the judiciary.
“Currently, the judiciary is packed with NPP-inclined judges because this government has carried out a deliberate policy of putting their people on to the bench.
“So, I encourage some of you to look at careers on the bench so that we can balance out what the current situation is
The Alan 4 President (A4P) Campaign Team has served notice the former Minister of Trade and Industry will deliver a public broadcast on the way of his campaign this week.
According to a statement issued a day after he placed 3rd with 95 votes in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Super Delegates Conference, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen says he is currently analysing results.
Earlier in the statement, Mr Kyerematen expressed sorrow about the “brutal” assault on his Polling Agent in the North East Region.
Ali Zakaria was left with swollen eyes after he was allegedly attacked. He was treated and returned to the Nalerigu Senior High School, where the exercise was held.
But Mr Kyerematen says, “This is an indelible blot to the integrity of the internal democratic process within the NPP.
He wished Mr Zakaria well, assuring him and his family of “my unwavering support for his well being”.
The former Ghana Ambassador to the US expressed appreciation to his family and delegates who voted for him as well as the other aspirants for a successful process
For the 2nd time in the history of the NPP, specially selected delegates of the party go to the polls in a special conference, for a special exercise.
Ten members of the ruling party have successfully filed to be elected as the party’s flagbearer for next year’s presidential election, and as we may all be aware, Saturday’s exercise is a simple mission of whittling down the number of contestants from 10 to 5, in accordance with NPP’s Constitution.
The Special Delegates Conference, is also a platform, through which, we will have a clear indication of who-is-who in the contest; the pretenders, the empty noise makers, the saboteurs, the realists and the man of the people!
On Saturday, 961 delegates will have the privilege to take part in the special exercise, but the specially selected delegates is a representation of key stakeholders of the party, namely constituency, regional, MPs, diaspora and national levels of the party.
WHY A LANDSLIDE VICTORY WILL REPRESENT THE WILL OF THE GRASSROOTS
Yes, 961 people will be voting in the special delegates, but the direction of their votes, is largely influenced by the grassroot. For example, all 275 Constituency Chairmen of the party will be voting, and in 137 Constituencies where the NPP has sitting MPs, the Constituency Chairmen will be voting alongside their respective MPS, as well as all regional executives.
These three categories of voters are the biggest blocs voting on Sunday, representing over 70% of the votes, and these categories; Constituency Chairmen, MPs and Regional Executives, vote to reflect the interests of their respective constituents, the grassroots.
The grassroot, made up of polling station executives and electoral area coordinators, always make their choices clear to the Chairmen and the MP, who represent them at the Special Delegates Conference. The Constituency Chairmen and the MPs conduct broad consultations among their constituents, to vote for a candidate who truly represents their choice.
In fact, throughout the campaign leading to the special delegates conference, many constituencies have been calling on their leaders to vote for Vice President Bawumia, and the leaders – Constituency Chairmen, Regional Executives and MPs, have been echoing these sentiments that they will vote massively for Dr. Bawumia.
HISTORY SHOWS OUTCOME OF SUPER DELEGATES REFLECT POPULAR CHOICE
A number of the candidates contesting have attempted to rubbish the outcome of the Super Delegates election, even before the election is held. Their argument is that the super delegate election will not reflect the will of the people in the main contest in November.
Clearly, this is a defeatist strategy by the aspirants. They face impending defeat and they are aware of the big victory awaiting Dr. Bawumia on Saturday. So to keep their relevance and fading flagbearership dream alive beyond the Super Delegates Conference, they are trying to downplay the effects of the outcome if the super delegates.
But they are wrong. There is a direct relationship between the results of the Super Delegates and what will happen in the main election in November. History clearly supports this.
In 2014 when the NPP held its first ever Super Delegates Conference, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo swept the votes in the Super Delegates Conference and he even performed much better in the main Conference.
Out of 740 people who voted, Nana Akufo-Addo got 598 votes representing 80.78%. His main contenders Alan Kyerematen got a paltry 59 votes, representing 7.98%. Addai Nimoh and Joe Gahrtey both got 22 votes each representing 2.98. Osei Ameyaw managed 16 votes, which was 2.17% to make the top 5.
Just as what is happening now, with party executives and MPs saying they will vote for Dr. Bawumia to reflect the will of the grassroots, who have asked them to vote for him, same happened in 2014 with many chairmen and MP announcing they would vote for Nana Akufo-Addo to reflect the direction of their constituents.
Again, just as we are hearing now, those who list miserably in 2014 outrightly downplayed the effects of the Special Delegates election on the main election. But they were wrong! The overwhelming victory for Nana Akufo-Addo in the Special Delegates election was emphatically endorsed by the grassroot in the main Conference throughout the regions.
Indeed two contenders who made it to the top 5; Joe Ghartey and Osei Ameyaw, who understood the dynamics and the message of the grassroots, stepped out of the main race, leaving Nana Akufo-Addo, Alan Kyerematen and Addai Nimoh to go for the main election.
At the end of the main election, Nana Akufo-Addo, just as he did in the Super Delegates Conference, win the main election emphatically by 94.35%, which wad even better than the 80.78% he got in the super delegates election. His closest contender Alan Kyerematen, got another paltry 4.75%, which was worse than the 7.98% he got in the Super delegates. Addai Nimoh got 0.9%.
Clearly, what happens in the Super Delegates Conference is a reflection of the call of the grassroots, and it is a clear indication of what will happen in the main election.
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will win the Super Delegates emphatically, and it is an indication of his popularity, a reflection of the support he enjoys from all levels of the party, as well as the groundswell of support he enjoys from the grassroots, which will be overwhelmingly confirmed in the second phase of the election in November, to endorse Dr. Bawumia as the new NPP flagbearer.
However, as the results of the Special Delegates Conference come out with Dr. Bawumia in commanding lead, expect the lovers to increase their attempts to downplay the effects of the resounding victory for Dr. Bawumia innthe Super Delegates Conference.
It is just a face-saving tactic to keep their fading flagbearership ambition alive until the 2nd Phase of the elections in November.
Former President John Dramani Mahama has criticized the decision of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to spend half a billion cedis on the national cathedral project but refused to commit resources to the Saglemi Affordable Housing project for its completion.
Mr Mahama believes that the Saglemi Project if completed, would solve the housing needs of thousands of Ghanains yet the President has refused to complete it.
He said he knew the President would not touch the project because it was a National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration that initiated it.
Commenting on the new housing project that the president cut sod for its commencement last week, the flagbearer of the NDC said “It is unacceptable that President Akufo-Addo spent over half a billion Cedis on a national cathedral project that has ultimately failed due to corruption and is now abandoned, yet refuses to commit funds to complete a housing project that will help thousands of Ghanaian families.
“Knowing the NPP government they did not want to complete the Saglemi Housing project simply because it was initiated by John Mahama and NDC administration.”
During the sod-cutting ceremony for the new housing project on Tuesday, August 1, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo revealed that steps had been taken to complete the Saglemi Housing Project, which stalled since the ousting of the John Mahama-led government.
President Akufo-Addo said that the Minister of Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has been given the approval to search for a private entity with the financial and technical capability to complete the project.
The controversial Saglemi Housing Project began in 2012 in Prampram in the Greater Accra Region.
However, the new government led by President Akufo-Addo raised issues about the financial propriety of the project.
This led to criminal proceedings filed against some government officials including then Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Collins Dauda.
At the launch of a new affordable housing project in Pokuase on Tuesday, President Akufo-Addo revealed that Cabinet has tasked the Works and Housing Minister to ensure the completion of the Saglemi project in order to prevent it from deterioration.
He said aside the $198 million already pumped into the project, a total of $114 million is needed for the planned completion.
“Based on these assessments and having taken into account the project location and viability, Cabinet directed the resourceful Minister for Works and Housing, Hon Francis Asenso-Boakye, Member of Parliament for Bantama, to ‘explore the possibility of disposing of the Saglemi Housing Project covering 1,506 housing units at the current value to a private sector entity to complete and sell the housing units to the public and no further cost to the govt’,” President Akufo-Addo told the gathering at the sod-cutting ceremony of the new project.
He hinted that a technical working group was set up and already the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) has given approval for a transaction advisor “with the requisite technical and financial capability to complete the project”.
“Indeed the lessons learned from the Saglemi Housing Project have been invaluable in shaping the approach and execution of this new affordable housing initiative
New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer aspirant Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has cleared the air on comments he made purportedly targeted at Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
As part of his campaign tour in Kintampo East in the Bono East Region on Sunday, July 16, the Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP) is said to have used the word ‘strategist’ for the current managers of the economy, one of whom being Dr Bawumia, who is also in the race to lead the party in 2024.
“You call yourself a strategist but when we were taking over power the Dollar was GH¢4, today $1 is GH¢12 and yet you call yourself a strategist,” he told the NPP delegates he met.
“In March 2022, I had $40 million in Cedi equivalent, in August 2022 the value of the $40 million had dropped to $16 million.”
But Ken Agyapong has clarified that the term ‘strategist’ was not in reference to Dr Bawumia but a fellow NPP lawmaker.
“You see, they are not being fair,” he stressed.
“I did not hit the Vice President but I hit one MP because he said we don’t want somebody who will say I have done this for the party and I have done this for Ghana but we want a strategist,” he opened up in an interview on Wa-based Home Radio.
“So I asked ‘Who is a strategist?’”
Though he failed to name the said MP, the Assin Central lawmaker said that MP was in Parliament “shouting” Ghana was not going to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) but within two hours the country was there.
The businessman blamed the media for spinning his statement, chiding them for ignoring some of the admonition he gave about a clean campaign.
But he expressed disappointment politics has made some of the people he helped “my number one enemies”.
He said those he funded to retain their seats in Parliament have turned against him because he is being truthful
New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer aspirant Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has cleared the air on comments he made purportedly targeted at Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
As part of his campaign tour in Kintampo East in the Bono East Region on Sunday, July 16, the Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP) is said to have used the word ‘strategist’ for the current managers of the economy, one of whom being Dr Bawumia, who is also in the race to lead the party in 2024.
“You call yourself a strategist but when we were taking over power the Dollar was GH¢4, today $1 is GH¢12 and yet you call yourself a strategist,” he told the NPP delegates he met.
“In March 2022, I had $40 million in Cedi equivalent, in August 2022 the value of the $40 million had dropped to $16 million.”
But Ken Agyapong has clarified that the term ‘strategist’ was not in reference to Dr Bawumia but a fellow NPP lawmaker.
“You see, they are not being fair,” he stressed.
“I did not hit the Vice President but I hit one MP because he said we don’t want somebody who will say I have done this for the party and I have done this for Ghana but we want a strategist,” he opened up in an interview on Wa-based Home Radio.
“So I asked ‘Who is a strategist?’”
Though he failed to name the said MP, the Assin Central lawmaker said that MP was in Parliament “shouting” Ghana was not going to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) but within two hours the country was there.
The businessman blamed the media for spinning his statement, chiding them for ignoring some of the admonition he gave about a clean campaign.
But he expressed disappointment politics has made some of the people he helped “my number one enemies”.
He said those he funded to retain their seats in Parliament have turned against him because he is being truthful
Four constituencies in the Greater Accra Region on Sunday threw their weights behind the flagbearership bid of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
The four constituencies – Ashaiman, Tema East, Tema Central and Tema West – minced no words in publicly declaring their unflinching support to Dr. Bawumia’s bid to be elected New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer for next year’s presidential election.
Dr. Bawumia, who submitted his nomination forms to party officials to contest the flagbearership last Friday, has been on a campaign tour of the Greater Accra Region since then.
His visit on Sunday took him to the Ashaiman and all three Tema constituencies, where party faithfuls came out in their numbers to welcome him with massive receptions.
In front of their executives – from polling station level to constituency executives – respective Chairmen of the four constituencies, namely Gbeku Amanor of Ashaiman, Nene Ofoe Teye Agbadiagba of Tema East, Charles Boateng of Tema Central, and Kwesi Poku Bosompem of Tema West, declared support for Dr. Bawumia on behalf of their people.
Each declaration at every constituency was met with rapturous reaction of endorsement by the delegates.
The respective chairmen explained why their constituencies are throwing their weights behind the Vice President.
Each of them spoke about his loyalty to the party, hard work both in opposition and in government, his support of the party and his good character.
At Dr. Bawumia’s last engagement with party stakeholders at Tema West, the Constituency Chairman, Kwasi Poku Bosompem, summed up all the day’s endorsement with an emphatic comment.
“We know what Bawumia has done, we know what is good for the party and we know what is good for Ghana. It is Bawumia we want,” Kwesi Poku Bosompim said to a thunderous applause
Four constituencies in the Greater Accra Region on Sunday threw their weights behind the flagbearership bid of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
The four constituencies – Ashaiman, Tema East, Tema Central and Tema West – minced no words in publicly declaring their unflinching support to Dr. Bawumia’s bid to be elected New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer for next year’s presidential election.
Dr. Bawumia, who submitted his nomination forms to party officials to contest the flagbearership last Friday, has been on a campaign tour of the Greater Accra Region since then.
His visit on Sunday took him to the Ashaiman and all three Tema constituencies, where party faithfuls came out in their numbers to welcome him with massive receptions.
In front of their executives – from polling station level to constituency executives – respective Chairmen of the four constituencies, namely Gbeku Amanor of Ashaiman, Nene Ofoe Teye Agbadiagba of Tema East, Charles Boateng of Tema Central, and Kwesi Poku Bosompem of Tema West, declared support for Dr. Bawumia on behalf of their people.
Each declaration at every constituency was met with rapturous reaction of endorsement by the delegates.
The respective chairmen explained why their constituencies are throwing their weights behind the Vice President.
Each of them spoke about his loyalty to the party, hard work both in opposition and in government, his support of the party and his good character.
At Dr. Bawumia’s last engagement with party stakeholders at Tema West, the Constituency Chairman, Kwasi Poku Bosompem, summed up all the day’s endorsement with an emphatic comment.
“We know what Bawumia has done, we know what is good for the party and we know what is good for Ghana. It is Bawumia we want,” Kwesi Poku Bosompim said to a thunderous applause
Four constituencies in the Greater Accra Region on Sunday threw their weights behind the flagbearership bid of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
The four constituencies – Ashaiman, Tema East, Tema Central and Tema West – minced no words in publicly declaring their unflinching support to Dr. Bawumia’s bid to be elected New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer for next year’s presidential election.
Dr. Bawumia, who submitted his nomination forms to party officials to contest the flagbearership last Friday, has been on a campaign tour of the Greater Accra Region since then.
His visit on Sunday took him to the Ashaiman and all three Tema constituencies, where party faithfuls came out in their numbers to welcome him with massive receptions.
In front of their executives – from polling station level to constituency executives – respective Chairmen of the four constituencies, namely Gbeku Amanor of Ashaiman, Nene Ofoe Teye Agbadiagba of Tema East, Charles Boateng of Tema Central, and Kwesi Poku Bosompem of Tema West, declared support for Dr. Bawumia on behalf of their people.
Each declaration at every constituency was met with rapturous reaction of endorsement by the delegates.
The respective chairmen explained why their constituencies are throwing their weights behind the Vice President.
Each of them spoke about his loyalty to the party, hard work both in opposition and in government, his support of the party and his good character.
At Dr. Bawumia’s last engagement with party stakeholders at Tema West, the Constituency Chairman, Kwasi Poku Bosompem, summed up all the day’s endorsement with an emphatic comment.
“We know what Bawumia has done, we know what is good for the party and we know what is good for Ghana. It is Bawumia we want,” Kwesi Poku Bosompim said to a thunderous applause
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