The President during a meeting with traditional leaders from Ekumfi at the Jubilee House, explained that, he excluded Ekumfi from national development initiatives because they voted against the the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary candidate, Francis Kingsley Ato Cudjoe in the 2020 general elections.

But in a statement on X, Professor Opoku-Agyemang said she is not surprised.

According to her, President Akufo-Addo consistently attribute his failures in his administration to those who did not vote for him.

The former Education Minister said even the people Ashanti region which is the stronghold of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) are also complaining of neglect.

She said NDC “welcomes the votes of all people in the country”.

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Mr. President, please do something, say something different before you go.

But come to think of it, our president has been consistent in blaming his failures and woes on those who he claims do not vote for him.

No one has forgotten his response to Torgbui Adzonu-Gaga Amenya… https://t.co/5Zgbudbkws

— Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang (@NJOAgyemang) January 18, 2024

The regions are Central, Eastern, and Ashanti, Asaase News sources within the NDC have confirmed.

The preferred candidate from the Central region is Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyeman. She was the running mate of John Dramani Mahama in the December 2020 general election but they failed to win the elections.

Julius Debrah, former Chief of Staff during the erstwhile John Mahama administration (January 2013 – January 2017, is the potential candidate of choice for the NDC ticket. He hails from the Eastern region and he is said to be tops on the list.

Kwame Awuah-Darko, a Ghanaian politician, entrepreneur and a banker, is the 3rd son of the late Nana Awuah-Darko Ampem I, who reigned as the Nkosuohene of Asante Juaben traditional area in the Ashanti region. He is the potential vice-presidential candidate for the NDC from the Ashanti region.

It is a widely-held view within the rank and file of the NDC that, the choice of Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyeman as running mate to John Mahama in 2020, failed to deliver victory for the NDC in the Central region and the nation at large.

To this end, many a faithful of the NDC believe that maintaining her as the party’s running mate will add very little to the party’s ticket and may not yield any political benefits to the fortune of the NDC in the December 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections.

In recent time, the argument for a running mate to John Mahama to be chosen from the Eastern region, has dominated the political discourse in the NDC. Some NDC party faithful point out that the Eastern region has a multi-ethnic mix and only 50% of the region are “Akans” who traditionally vote for the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

Others argue that since the current President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who hails from the Eastern region, will no longer be on the ballot paper, it will be strategic for the NDC to choose a running mate from the Eastern Region.

In the case of Ashanti region, elements in the NDC believe that it is time to take the fight for power to the stronghold of the NPP by choosing a candidate from the region.

They argue further that, if the NPP does not choose either their presidential candidate or running mate from the Ashanti region, the NDC can put up a strong showing in the region should they choose their running mate from there.

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