2024 Ghanaian Elections: Stars Who Mahama Could Appoint If NDC Wins Including Dumelo, Rex Omar
- The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has intensified its campaign ahead of the 2024 general elections
- As the campaign intensifies, many stars have joined and also showed potential to get leadership positions
- John Dumelo, KOD, and Rex Omar are among the Ghanaian stars with a good chance if the NDC wins and TV3's Owusu Worae has shared his excitement with YEN.com.gh
In only a few months, Ghanaians will head to the polls to elect President Nana Akufo-Addo's successor.
The campaign trail is heating up ahead of the general elections on December 7, and voters are being wooed.
Some Ghanaian stars are attempting to swing opinion on behalf of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
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In this article, YEN.com.gh looks at entertainers who could be appointed to political positions should the NDC win power.
Possible celeb appointments if NDC wins
1. John Dumelo:
John Dumelo is an actor, farmer, and politician. Having previously supported the NDC, he entered mainstream politics in 2020, contesting the Ayawaso West Wougon parliamentary seat as the party's candidate.
Despite losing narrowly to the New Patriotic Party's Lydia Alhassan, he has come back strongly to contest again in 2024. An influential figure for the NDC and the youth, Dumelo is highly tipped for a key appointment should the party win power.
Below is a video of Dumelo on a door-to-door campaign:
2. KOD:
Celebrated broadcaster, events host, and fashionista Kofi Okyere Darko, known as KOD, has always had a soft spot for the NDC but only officially declared his support for the party after saying the NPP disappointed him.
KOD has already received his first appointment with the NDC, after being named as the party's spokesperson on Creative Arts, and it would not be surprising if he landed a key appointment if the party won the 2024 election.
3. Rex Omar:
Legendary highlife musician and GHAMRO boss, Rex Omar, born Rexford Owusu Marfo, has identified with the NDC for a long time. He campaigned for John Mahama during the 2020 general elections.
Rex Omar was appointed one of the party's spokespersons on Creative Arts, and with his wealth of experience and consistent support, a political appointment would be a suitable reward if the NDC wins.
4. Ebi Bright:
Actress Ebi Bright contested the Tema Central parliamentary seat in 2020 and lost to NPP's Yvess Hanson Nortey. She then won the NDC's parliamentary primaries in 2023 and will contest again in the 2024 general elections.
The actress has also been appointed as one of the spokespersons on Creative Arts for the NDC. Some believe she has all it takes to grab an appointment in case her party wins the December 7 polls.
5. Baba Sadiq:
Baba Sadiq Abdulai Abu, the founder and former CEO of 3Music, won the NDC's parliamentary primary at Okaikwei Central in the Greater Accra Region. He has the daunting task of unseating NPP's long-serving MP, Patrick Boamah.
With his work as a leader in the entertainment industry, he has the potential for a political appointment. Below is a video of Sadiq speaking at NDC's 2024 Manifesto launch:
6. Dzifa Gomashie:
Veteran actress and producer Abla Dzifa Gomashie is the NDC MP for Ketu South in the Volta Region. She won her party's primaries and is expected to retain her seat.
Having served as a deputy minister for Tourism and Creative Arts, she has a big chance of becoming a minister should her former boss, John Mahama, win again.
It's good for Creative Arts sector
Seeing the list of celebrities who have the potential to get appointments should John Mahama win, seasoned entertainment journalist Owusu Worae is excited.
In a chat with YEN.com.gh, Worae stated that it is good for the creative arts and entertainment industry to have such a number of its main players at the forefront of politics.
"I think every one of them deserves any appointment that may come to them, and it is all good for the industry. The more numbers you have, the more impact you will likely make. With all these people in there, the interest of the creatives will considered. It is no more cool to sit on the fence and wait to be led because their best interests would be served if they are part of the decision-making process at the very top of government business," the head of TV3 entertainment news said.
Prince David Osei backs Dumelo to win
Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh reported that Prince David Osei has backed John Dumelo's campaign to take the Ayawaso West Wuogon seat.
The actor said in an interview that the incumbent Lydia Alhassan was ungrateful to him last time, so he would not back her re-election.
Proofread by Bruce Douglas, senior copy editor at YEN.com.gh
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Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah (HOD Entertainment) Jeffrey is the Head of the Entertainment Desk and a graduate of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) with over 10 years of experience in journalism. He started as a reporter with Ghana News Agency (GNA). He joined Primnewsghana.com in 2016 as an editor. He moved to YEN.com.gh in 2017 as an editor and has risen to his current position. You can contact him via e-mail: j.owusu-mensah@yen.com.gh
Owusu Worae (Entertainment journalist) Worae is an entertainment journalist with over 13 years of experience and now serves as the head of entertainment news at TV3. He has acquired vast knowledge of Ghana's entertainment industry through his work. He led a campaign to bring the spotlight to the plights of old and ailing Ghanaian entertainers like Super OD, Jewel Ackah, William Addo through his series of interviews. He has also been the leader of TV3 News' coverage of major entertainment shows like the VGMAs, GMB for the better part of the last decade
