On Monday, July 17, 2023, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, a flagbearer candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), gave the Volta region’s residents the assurance that, should they support him in his bid for the presidency, he would be willing to assume the role of the late President Jerry John Rawlings as their godfather.
Speaking to representatives from various constituencies who had gathered in Aflao in Ketu South, Dzodze in the North, and Sogakope in Central Tongu, respectively, Mr. Kyerematen urged representatives in the area to support him in the November NPP primaries and ultimately in the 2024 elections to become President of the country so he could continue the constructive role the late President had played in the development of the Region.
Popularly known as Alan Cash, Mr. Kyerematen claimed that the late President Rawlings’ charisma could be seen in him and pleaded with the people of Volta to love him as much as they loved the late President in order to help him lead the country and make sure that the Region receives its fair share of the national pie.
Despite the Volta Region being viewed as a “no go area” for the NPP, Mr. Kyerematen said, acknowledging the raucous applause from the delegates at Sogakope, that the political dynamics would change after he was elected to lead the NPP because he was convinced of the people’s love for him.
To help the NPP “break the eight,” the former Minister of Trade and Industry urged delegates to choose a leader who has been tried and tested and has broad appeal rather than the candidate who could only serve as the party’s flagbearer but failed to win the general election.
Hon. Kyerematen claimed that even in the NDC’s stronghold of the Volta region, he is still the only candidate in the NPP who can march them “boot-for-boot.”
He promised the delegates that, if elected as the flagbearer, he would implement a plan to pay the party executives monthly salaries, which would change both their and the executives’ fortunes.
Hon. John Peter Amewu, Minister for Railways and Member of Parliament for Hohoe, urged delegates to cast their votes en masse for Hon. Kyerematen.
He urged delegates to put an end to the fear factor and allow no one to intimidate them, adding that even though he has publicly supported Hon. Kyerematen in his capacity as a cabinet minister, the President has not reprimanded him for doing so.
Mr. Amewu urged attendees to vote for Hon. Kyerematen to become president and to be willing to make sacrifices for the betterment of Ghana.
Alhaji Boniface Abubakar, a former minister for Zongo development, Mr. Yaw Boabeng Asamoah, and a few NPP regional executives are touring with Mr. Kyerematen.
