By Iddi Muhayu-Deen
Over the weekend, the NDC, as we all know, held its
9th National Annual Delegates Congress which came off at the Trade Fair Centre,
Accra. Of course, the Congress had a lot of talking points ranging from the
outright rejection of Volta (the most loyal region of the party), to the
triple-track system, to the election of “babies with sharp teeth”, to the
manifestation of gross incompetence, to mafia tactics against their own etc.
Come with me fellow political watchers, and let’s get talking about the various
talking points therein.
The
Volta Coup
If you ever doubted that the NDC, in this John Mahama era, does
not regard the Volta Region, then I’m sure after this Congress, all your doubts
were cleared. Despite the fact that the Volta Region is the single most loyal
region to the electoral fortunes of the NDC, the Region, when it comes to
recognition, receives the least attention from the party. It is not surprising
that not a single voltarian was elected to occupy any of the frontline
executive positions in the party. All the candidates from the Volta Region who
were hoping to get the blessing of the party’s delegates for the positions of National
Chairman, General Secretary, National Organiser and Communications Officer,
were let down.
As we have heard from some of them including Fred
Agbenyo and Anita Desoso, they are very bitter and have proceeded to suggest
that the NDC has been ungrateful and that, the party, had given Volta a raw
deal. I dare say, the situation is even worse whenever the NDC is in government
because they completely neglect the Volta Region. Simply put, the NDC has
consistently reduced the relevance of the Volta Region to what I call, “Voter
Region” where they only go to fetch massive votes when they need same and
nothing more.
The
“Sharp Teeth” Analysis
One clear outcome of the Congress is the election of “babies
with sharp teeth” as they are known in our political parlance. It is obvious
that the NDC continues to celebrate their members with acidic tongues who can
insult and spew much vitriol on their political opponents in the loudest of
voice. As far as the NDC is concerned, the sharper your teeth, the more likely
you can win internal elections in the party.
Anyway, congratulations
to Peter Otukunu, Sammy Gyamfi, Godwin Ako Gunn of the notorious montie trio,
Joshua Akamba, Hannah Louisa Bisiw, Kwaku Boahen and the others. We, in the
NPP, are ever ready for you guys if you want us to play ball. However, we will
never fire the first shot, but, we won’t sit unconcerned when provoked
especially if you begin visiting your usual unsolicited vituperations on our
political leaders. That, I can assure you, will not happen. After all, no one
has monopoly over abrasive effusions.
The
Clear Mafia Works Against Kojo Adu Asare
Honestly speaking, I do not know what Kojo Adu Asare
is still doing in the NDC. Hasn’t the party mafia him enough? Interestingly, he
is one of their finest communicators speaking for the party on radio and tv on daily
basis. But what does he get in return? Mafia here, mafia there, mafia
everywhere he goes. They began by “mafiaring” him at their parliamentary
primaries. He came to contest for a position at the International Olympic
Committee, they followed him there and mafia him. They again mafia him at the
GFA Committee for Brazil 2014.
Last four years, at the party delegates Congress,
Kojo Adu Asare contested for the Deputy General Secretary position of the
party, they mafia him leading to his 7-vote loss. He continued to serve the party
as if nothing had happened. He comes back, this year, to contest for the same
position, and upon sensing that he was likely going to win, the party
leadership deliberately ensured that his name didn’t appear on the ballot paper
as well as on the collation sheet. Such a mafia work! How can you be this machiavellian
and wicked to your own? Kojo Adu Asare [or should I say Justice Yeboah] should simply advise himself. The NDC doesn’t
just need him. Simplicita!
The
Triple-Track System
To the dismay of all, a Congress that is supposed to
last for just a day had gone not only into a 2nd day but a 3rd
causing so much inconvenience to everybody at the Congress ground including their
own supporters, observers and the media whose personnel had to spend 2 sleepless
nights covering the Congress and at great cost to the media houses. Incompetence
would not make them learn properly from the NPP which successfully held its 2018
National Delegates Conference in Koforidua without such issues. Incompetence
would not tell them that they could not accommodate over 9,000 people at the
Fantasy Dome of the Trade Fair.
Incompetence would not tell them that they needed
more than 5 polling centres for the Congress. Incompetence would not tell them that
they needed an open space with canopies to hold such a Congress. As it is
turning out, they are not only incompetent in government, but they are, perhaps,
even more incompetent in opposition. Well,
you shouldn’t expect anything to be well organized by a political party that
eats and drinks incompetence. Anyway, “congratulations” to the party delegates
for receiving not less than GHc7,000 each to vote for the various candidates. Ghanaians
certainly deserve better.
Assalamu alaik
Iddi
Muhayu-Deen
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