The ex-MP for Adentan from the NPP, Yaw Buaben Asamoa, has declared that the leader of the ruling party is incompetent.
Yaw Buaben Asamoa
He warned that choosing Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as the leader of the party will affect the outcome of the 2024 polls.
Mr Asamoa, who has effectively left the party after backing Alan Kyerematen, an NPP veteran who has split to run on his own, said he doubts the party picked the right leader for the challenge ahead
“I doubt the leader they have selected to select because they were forced to select [him]. I doubt that leader is up to the mark. I doubt he can achieve it.”
And it’s not personal, I have no issue with his character or traits. It’s about the situation. It’s about who Ghana wants to have as their leader now,” he stated on JoyNews’ PM Express on Wednesday.
He also said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has hijacked the NPP.
According to him, the government led by Nana Addo has taken over, adding that the personality of the president is overbearing and he controls the party.
In an interview with Citi TV on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, the former Communications Director expressed concern that the party had strayed from its original ideals.
Dr. Bawumia at Teshie
He said "The NPP that I knew in the beginning is not the NPP that exists now. The party has become divided by heavy factionalism. Essentially, it's become divided by the executive."
His reactions come after the party accused him, along with three others, of openly canvassing support for defeated flagbearer aspirant Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen and had their membership revoked for breaching the party’s constitution.
The four, Hopeson Adorye, a defeated parliamentary candidate; Nana Ohene Ntow, a former General Secretary; Boniface Abubakar Saddique, a former Zongo Minister; and Yaw Buaben Asamoa, are reported to have declared their support for Alan Kyerematen, a former NPP presidential aspirant who cut ties with the ruling party to form the "Butterfly Movement," following his dismal performance at the NPP Super Delegates Conference to elect its flag bearer for the 2024 general elections.