The Deputy National Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen has said that he prefers watching the match between Manchester United (ManU) and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) than responding to the manifesto amendment of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Mr. Obiri Boahen told Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen of Apexnewsgh.com in exclusive interview on December 2, 2020. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Tuesday, December 1 announced an amendment to their manifesto and has since promised to absorb the fees of students who will be admitted to the various tertiary institutions across the country in the next academic year. According to Mr. Obiri Boahen, “NDC manifesto amendment is a clear indication of a bunch of politicians who don’t read through whatever they present to Ghanaians. They are confused from the flag bearer to their constituency office, they are all confused. I have never heard throughout my life as a politician, I have never heard of an instance where you can amend your party Manifesto, I mean you don’t do an amendment to party Manifesto, assuming that is even practicable, it will come when they are implementing the Manifesto but not when you are in opposition, you have not had the opportunity to be in power and you are yet to go into elections, then you come out to amending portions of your manifesto. That is irresponsible tactics.” “The NPP has never done such thing in the party history, as for NDC is a novelty. Do I even need to waste my time with such discredited and unreliable politicians when in the next hours or minutes I will be ‘watching Manchester United and PSG’, I don’t need to be wasting my time on them.” He stressed Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/ Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please forward your stories to Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications
Why NPP picks Northerners as running mates
Nana Obiri Boahen, the Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has re-echoed the party’s stance that it is not against Northerners, contrary to some assertions. According to him, the party recognizes the contributions persons from that part of the country have made to the growth of the party. This acknowledgment, Nana Obiri Boahen says, is the reason the party has consistently picked people from the northern part of the country as running mates. He said on Okay FM that the NPP abhors tribalism and is opened to people from all parts of the country. “When people say the NPP does not like Northerners, I start the education from August 1947 to 1949 and then to when they formed the United Party. I also talk about when Busia left for Holland in 1969 and Dombo took over. If anyone says the NPP does like Northerners, then he or she is lying”. “The people who defended this tradition are Northerners. That is the more reason why at any point in time, starting from 1979, they pick a running mate from the north. Professor Adu Boahen picked a running mate from the north. Kufuor and Arkaah had an arrangement but later he picked a Northerner. Akufo-Addo also picked a Northerner”. Nana Obiri Boahen also spoke about his role in the NPP’s campaign for the 2020 elections. He disclosed that while others have been assigned to speak at rallies and door-to-door campaigns, his major task is to trumpet the achievements of the Akufo-Addo government on media platforms. “Most of my works are centered around FM and TV stations. Once in a while, I join the health walks but I don’t do door-to-door. What I say carries weight so I only speak on radio and TV. When I get the opportunity and speak on TV, it means everyone in Ghana is listening to me”, he said. “There are certain issues that our young communicators are unable to explain well. Ghanaians also deserve to hear from us on certain topics so I have dedicated myself to speaking on radio stations”, he concluded. Ghanaweb Please kindly contact Apexnewsgh.com on email:apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications.









