Naana Opoku-Agyemang is a threat to Ghana’s development – NPP

The governing New Patriotic Party says former President John Dramani Mahama’s running mate, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang is a threat to Ghana’s growth and development.

At a press conference in Accra, Communications Director of the NPP, Mr. Buaben Asamoa concluded that  Mr. Mahama’s running mate poses a serious danger to the country’s development because she has nothing relevant to offer Ghanaians.

“We wonder what message candidate Mahama is sending to Ghanaians by picking Opoku-Agyemnag as Vice Presidential candidate when her stewardship in the past brought hardship to teachers and trauma to her colleague women. While we wish the NDC well in this regard, we also wish to tell the NDC that we are ready to tell Ghanaians about the dangers she poses to our growth and development as a country”, he said.

According to him, Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang performance while holding the educational ministry years ago is proof that she is not the best person for the job.

“We can only conclude that the choice of Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyeman by Mr John Dramani Mahama is a clear indication that he does not take the Ghanaian electorate seriously.

“But then as our own Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has famously said, it does not matter who the running mate is, if the main man himself is indecisive and incompetent, we still have a problem. It is our view that after having looked so long and wide, the NDC still has a problem,” Mr Asamoa added.

It comes after former President John Mahama settled on the academician as his running mate for the 2020 elections.

In a post on Facebook to confirm the announcement, Mahama described Madam Opoku-Agyemang as “God-fearing, a distinguished scholar, a conscientious public servant, and a role model.”

“The National Executive Committee of our great party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) this afternoon, unanimously, endorsed my nomination of Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang as my Running Mate for the December 2020 election. Naana Jane is God-fearing, a distinguished scholar, a conscientious public servant, and a role model,” he wrote.