MFWA to Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu: Stop tribal politics and focus on selecting competent leader
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) boss believes the selection of a successor for the president must be based solely on competence
- “More than anything else, your arguments reveals your focus on one thing this is killing Ghana - how to win power. It doesn't matter if Ghana is led by 10 successive Akan or Dagomba leaders. And the same should apply to political parties. What matters is leadership qualities and competence that can help make such leaders lead Ghana into prosperity for all."
Sulemana Braimah, the executive director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has stated that leadership and competence must be the guiding principle to selecting a potential flagbearer for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the next election.
It follows comments by Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, that the NPP needs a non-Akan like the Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, to lead the party for the 2024 elections.
The MFWA boss believes the attempt by the majority leader to prioritise ethnicity over competence in the selection of a presidential candidate is unfortunate.
He questioned why Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has not relegated his position to a non-Akan to lead the NPP caucus in Parliament all these years.
“More than anything else, your arguments reveals your focus on one thing this is killing Ghana – how to win power. It doesn’t matter if Ghana is led by 10 successive Akan or Dagomba leaders. And the same should apply to political parties. What matters is leadership qualities and competence that can help make such leaders lead Ghana into prosperity for all,” he posted on Facebook.
“If someone should have those essential qualities, it shouldn’t matter where they come from in Ghana. You are an Akan from Ashanti. You have been Minority leader for a number of years and Majority leader for the last four years and continuing. Why have you not given way for someone else from the North or West to lead the NPP in Parliament to help deal with the Akan factor you have been talking about? Let leadership and competence be the guiding principle, not ethnicity.”
Below is the full post:
Dear Hon. Osei Kyei Mensa Bonsu, please stop the ethic-based arguments on who deserves to become the Presidential candidate of the NPP for the 2024 elections. If your choice is from the North or Volta, tell us why you think the fellow will be the best to lead the party and potentially the nation.
Be preaching to us about competence, leadership qualities, etc that should make one a leader rather than your focus on which part of Ghana the next leader of your party should or shouldn’t be hailing from.
We have one Ghana. What we need is competent, selfless and patriotic leadership, not leadership on the basis of ethnicity or which part of the country a person comes from. Your argument on this matter has been disappointing to say the least. More than anything else, your arguments reveals your focus on one thing this is killing Ghana – how to win power. It doesn’t matter if Ghana is led by 10 successive Akan or Dagomba leaders.
And the same should apply to political parties. What matters is leadership qualities and competence that can help make such leaders lead Ghana into prosperity for all. If someone should have those essential qualities, it shouldn’t matter where they come from in Ghana.
You are an Akan from Ashanti. You have been Minority leader for a number of years and Majority leader for the last four years and continuing. Why have you not given way for someone else from the North or West to lead the NPP in Parliament to help deal with the Akan factor you have been talking about? Let leadership and competence be the guiding principle, not ethnicity.
Fred Dzakpata
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