Suame’s New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, has acknowledged that the 2024 general election will be difficult for the ruling party.
He said the party would struggle to stay in power if current economic conditions prevail.
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He is speaking to Captain Koda on the Kumasi Nyansapo-based OTEC 102.9 FM morning show on Monday, February 13, 2023.
“Retaining power in the 2024 general polls is not farfetched but the party will have to do more to make the living condition of the ordinary Ghanaian a bit easier “.
“I strongly believe breaking the eight is doable, however we all must accept that, there is hardship in the country and as the adage goes ‘a hungry man is and angry man’, and so we must work hard to turn things around if indeed we want to remain in power”, he said.
Likewise, Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku, an aspiring flag bearer of the NPP, has announced that he is the next successor to Nana Addo President Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Speaking to Accra-based GHOne TV, he said the party believes in a hierarchy where people are lined up to take on available positions within the party.
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“… there is this sense in our part of the world that this older and this the one whose turn has come and that is the one.
“For me and Nana Akufo-Addo we come from Prof Adu Boahen. And I have always been behind Nana Akufo-Addo, his excellency the president. We have had excellent relations both in Parliament and as ministers.
“It has always been the case that he will go before I go… and I think when he finishes, I will inherit him,” he said.
