The attempt by the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, maiden speech to the public has nothing to offer Ghanaians, but an attempt to decouple himself from the failures from the President Nana Akufo-Addo’s abysmal performance for the seven years as the leader and president of government business.
Going forward the flagbearers has nothing to offer rather, adopting a political marketing strategy of branding to repackage himself traying to depart from the economic failures from the laudable economic policy; such as “Taxation to Production”.
Prof. Kobby Mensah a lecturer at University of Ghana Business School said this on Adekyee Mu Nsem morning show on Ahotor FM 92.3 and hosted by Citizen Kofi Owusu in Accra.
He is of the view that, the political brand of Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia has been damaged, in respect to the failures of the NPP to pursue and deliver on their economic political policies they promised Ghanaians.
In another development the Vice-President and NPP Presidential candidate major speech to the general voting public, with a theme for the speech; Ghana’s Next Chapter: Selfless Leadership And Bold Solutions For the Future.
It’s on record that, political observers will recall his public lectures in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential elections and agree that he successfully prosecuted the case against former President John Mahama on economic management grounds.
Leading to the party primaries that he stayed away from direct media engagements. After his acceptance speech on the day he won the party’s nomination, there has not been any significant direct public engagement on his part.
Going down the memory lane he is likely ready to speak directly to the Ghanaian people. His past public lectures made the case for the Akufo-Addo presidency with him as Vice-President. This time he faces his own defining moment – making the case for a Bawumia presidency.
There is no denying fact that Dr. Bawumia and his party are going into this election facing a very challenging political terrain. It is the end of the eight-year rotational cycle Ghanaian voters have been giving our two main political parties. The key economic indicators such as GDP growth, debt levels, exchange rate, inflation, etc. have seen some very difficult times.
Granted, inflation has been on a downward trajectory and growth is projected to rebound to at least four percent (4%) by Fiscal Year 2025. However, there is no denying that Ghanaians have felt some real economic pinch points over the last several years.
AYM Kukah.E:mail:kukahalexander7@gmail.com
