C/R: You’re special to the NDC but you don’t support us always – Mosquito tells residents

National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketiah alias Mosquito has lamented that even though the NDC has consistently included a person from the Central Region either as its Presidential Candidate or Vice-Presidential candidate, the region has not shown consistent support in terms of votes for the party.

He lamented that for some regions once a flagbearer or running mate comes from there, people of the region vote for the party in question but the Central Region has not shown the same support for the NDC despite the party’s loyalty to the region.

Mr Asiedu Nketiah urged the people of the region to reconsider their inconsistent support for the party given the “valuable assets” the region regularly has in the NDC.

He made the comments when he met with some residents recently.

 He noted: “In our first election, we chose someone [Kow Nkensen Arkaah] from the Central Region as our running mate. In our second election, we selected Prof. Mills as our running mate. And in our third election, Prof. Mills became our flagbearer.

 In our fourth and fifth elections, Prof. Mills was our flagbearer. He won and became President. When he died, John Mahama took over and selected someone ( [Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur] from the Central Region to be Vice President.

After Amissah-Arthur, today, we have Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang from the Central Region as our running mate and soon-to-be Vice President. So, you have a lot of valuable assets, but you are discarding them. Why are you throwing out your intestines and replacing them with rubbish? There are regions in Ghana where the flagbearer of a party comes from.  And ever since, the people of those regions have consistently voted for that party.

But you, the people of the Central Region, who helped form the NDC, in all eight elections held in this Fourth Republic, there has not been one in which a person from the Central Region wasn’t a flagbearer or running mate. Yet, during elections, you vote against the NDC. Think about this carefully. If you don’t make it to Heaven, don’t blame Jesus,” Mr Asiedu Nketiah stated.

The Central Region is a typical swing region. Since the inception of the Fourth Republic, the party that has typically won the majority of votes in the Central Region has won the national elections.

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