Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has stated that the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) plans to end the eight-year period of political power transitions.
His remark comes after the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) predicted that the NDC will win the general election in 2024.
“The next presidential and parliamentary elections are set for 2024. Mr Akufo-Addo is not qualified to run for a third term because of constitutional term limits.”
“Mr Mahama is rumored to be considering a re-election bid, but we expect the NDC to seek re-election with a new nominee. We expect the NDC to win the 2024 presidential election and gain a small majority in parliament after two terms of NPP rule,” the EIU said in a recent study.
At a press conference on Sunday, March 21, 2021, the Minister confirmed that the ruling NPP has agreed to retain Ghanaians’ support in 2024 through viable economic policies.
“We are very much aware of this tendency [as observed in the EIU report], but we believe that this whole thing where every 8 years even when the country is making progress, power changes hands, it is something that can actually set us back. That is why this administration intends to work very hard to retain the confidence of the people by the time that our second term mandate is done. So that we can break the 8 years cycle.”
“So it will ordinarily be a risk but it is a phenomenon that we are akin to break and this expectation that every 8 years power changes hands, which is what is informing what they have put out there, is one that we intend to break,” the Minister added.
The Minister stressed that the NPP government is trying to re-engineer the economy’s recovery by generating employment and introducing other viable policies.
As President Akufo-Addo prepares to finish his final term, the NPP will have a new flagbearer for the first time in four elections.
While campaign activities are yet to be approved by the party’s National Executive Committee and National Council, there is currently an intensive campaign going on on social media and other platforms from the camps of the various flagbearer candidates.
Nana Obiri Boahen, a Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, has chastised those who have begun campaigning, calling their acts unethical.
Source: ATLFMNEWSROOM
