Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings
Posted on: www.dailyguideghana.com
By William Yaw Owusu
Accra, Tuesday September 18, 2012
By William Yaw Owusu
It is
now clear that former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings will contest the
December general elections on the ticket of the newly-formed National
Democratic Party (NDP).
In
what looked like a declaration of her desire to take a shot at the presidency,
Mrs. Rawlings did not hide to her audience about her readiness to enter the
presidential race during last Saturday’s Legend and Legacy Ball that honoured
high life king, Abrantee Amakye Dede at the Accra International Conference Centre.
When
asked by ace broadcaster Kwame Sefa-Kayi of Peace
FM in Twi whether she was prepared to accept the call from the NDP (formed
out of the ruling NDC) to become its flag-bearer, Mrs. Rawlings gave a cool
response by saying, “Ebeba so” which literally means “It will happen!”
It
would be recalled that in late April 2011, a similar incident happened between
the same characters at a FAMOUS 5 musical
concert during the ruling NDC’s preparation towards the Sunyani congress where
the late President John Evans Atta Mills was elected as their flagbearer.
After putting
political observers in suspense, Mrs. Rawlings who had barely resigned her
position as a Vice Chairperson of the NDC told a cheering crowd that she was
going to contest President Mills at the time.
A
deafening “yes!.. yes!…yes!” had been the repetitive response from the packed
crowd when Sefa Kayi asked whether Nana Konadu would contest then President
Mills at the July 8-10 congress.
At the
weekend’s event, it was clear that the 63-year old former First Lady had received
an enviable endorsement from a packed audience when she responded “Ebeba So!”
Sefa Kayi
also asked for her opinion on what would happen to Nana Akufo-Addo and the
other flag bearers - as he pointed towards the other side of the VIP area where
the NPP flagbearer and his entourage sat - she jokingly replied: “We will push
them aside.”
About
the free secondary education being promised by the Nana Akufo-Addo and his NPP,
Nana Konadu was seen nodding in favour of the policy after the MC had asked
Minister of Education Lee Ocran if it was possible.
Mr.
Ocran was visibly not happy with the question and did not answer it as he went
dumb.
When
the same question was posed to Nana Addo, the crowd went ecstatic as they
answered for the NPP leader that it will happen live.
Already,
the NDP’s entry into the race has ruffled feathers in the corridors of power
and many political observers are of the view that the latest political
development would further dwindle the electoral fortunes of the ruling NDC
since the NDP has been formed by disgruntled members of the ruling party.
Just
last Friday, it officially received its certificate from the Electoral
Commission to enable them operate as a political party.
Former
President Jerry John Rawlings, founder of the NDC and his wife Nana Konadu are
believed to be behind formation of the NDP but the former first family has
always denied this claim.
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