Kwesi Pratt Unleashes Fire on Misbehaving Mahama Appointees Amid NDC Flagbearer Race: "He's Mad"
- Kwesi Pratt Junior is upset with some of President John Mahama's appointees who are aspiring flagbearers
- The broadcaster described the posturing to succeed the Ghanaian President atop the NDC as misbehaviour
- Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu leads the field of potential successors, according to credible polling
Journalist Kwesi Pratt Junior is concerned with the posturing of some of President John Mahama's appointees ahead of the National Democratic Congress flagbearer race.
The Ghanaian broadcaster described the supposed posturing by certain appointees as misbehaviour.
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Speaking on Metro TV, he expressed concerns that some appointees were more concerned with the succession of Mahama.
Pratt further called on the President of Ghana to sack such appointees.
"There are a few people who are making statements that suggest they may be interested. My prescription has been clear and public."
"I've said that the president should sack those in his administration who have begun misbehaving because what they are doing actually amounts to misbehaviour."
Pratt singled out a minister for criticism, whom he stopped short of naming.
He added that he once read that said minister discussed leaders chosen by God and stated that if he was divinely chosen, he would become a leader.
"So, I said, what is wrong with this mad minister? He's mad! You can't even handle that ministry well now, and then God will make him president. What is wrong with him?"
"I don't know how he came to the conclusion that he too can be president, whether it is the reflection of himself he saw in the mirror or whatever."
The leading contenders for the NDC flagbearership
With the NDC in the unique position of having an incumbent who, for the first time, will not be seeking re-election, pollsters and analysts have culled names expected to feature prominently in the governing party's flagbearer race.
Drawing on polling data from Global InfoAnalytics, the five leading candidates in the race are Haruna Iddrisu, the current education minister; Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the NDC national chairman; Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson; Julius Debrah, the current chief of staff; and Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa.
President Mahama is currently in his second term, but just as he was the first incumbent to lose an election in 2016, he will also be the first to exhaust his presidential term limits without being in power for two consecutive terms.
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What else does NDC flagbearer polling say?
Global InfoAnalytics polling from June indicated that of those who voted for Mahama in the 2024 elections, 30% preferred Iddrisu, 22% preferred Nketia, 24% preferred Forson, 8% preferred Ablakwa, and 3% preferred Klottey Korley MP Zenator Agyemang-Rawlings.
However, among voters who did not disclose who they voted for in the 2024 elections, 30% backed Haruna, 15% supported Nketia, 24% supported Forson, 10% supported Debrah, and 12% supported Ablakwa.
Eric Opoku speaks on NDC flagbearership links
YEN.com.gh also reported that the Minister for Food and Agriculture had left the door open to become the NDC flagbearer.
Despite his admission, Eric Opoku also stated that he remained focused on his current mandate as a Ghanaian minister.
Proofreading by Bruce Douglas, copy editor at YEN.com.gh.
Source: YEN.com.gh
