Former NPP general secretary and presidential candidate Kwabena Agyepong has urged party members to support vice president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in order to win the party’s nomination for president and legislature in the upcoming elections. This is especially important for those who took part in the party’s presidential and parliamentary primaries.
During Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s “Thank You” tour in the Ashanti Region on Friday, Kwabena Agyepong addressed the party faithful in Kumasi. She stated that the internal contest was merely a democratic exercise to choose a leader for the party and that what matters now is to fully and actively support Dr.Mahamudu Bawumia
“Our tradition is a very big tradition, and we believe in democracy and intraparty contests.
“The election was a process to choose the flagbearer of our party. And fortunately, God has blessed us with a flagbearer, so let us all come together and push him to win for the party”, he stated.
“We are done with the elections and Dr. Bawumia is now the property and project of the party and all of us must come together and rally behind him for victory in 2024,” he urged.
Showing off his historical knowledge of the NPP, Kwabena Agyepong declared that Dr. Bawumia’s victory as flagbearer was historic, pointing out that no one in the party’s history had ever won by the margin of votes Dr. Bawumia received in the presidential primary.
“Nobody in our tradition from Professor Adu Boahene in 1992 to J.A. Kufuor to Nana Akufo-Addo has won by 61% in their first attempt to lead the party. His victory is significant because it is big and the voice of the people is where the Lord’s blessing is”, Mr. Agyepong noted.
The former General Secretary also called on the party executives to exhibit the “spirit of sacrifice”, stressing “the party can only be stronger when you are stronger. And our flagbearer Dr. Bawumia can only be stronger if we all work hard and rally behind him”.
He added; “You are the frontline soldiers of our party; you are the main people to ensure victory. Your main job is that you are executives first right from the polling station level, so I want you all to come together.”
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Joseph Asare
