Statesman Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakole has rejected Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia's assertion that he [Bawumia] is just like a driver's mate in the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government and should be made president – the driver – so he can implement "his own vision".
Speaking in an interview with veteran broadcaster Kwaku Sintim-Misa (KSM) on the Friday, April 26, 2024, edition of the KSM Show, Dr. Nyaho-Tamakole indicated that Dr. Bawumia, the flagbearer of the ruling New Patriotic Party, cannot exonerate himself from the failings of the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government.
He said that if the vice president was not happy with what was happening in the government and was ignored, the proper thing for him to do was to resign.
The statesman, who made these remarks while answering a question on whether Ghanaians should give Dr. Bawumia a chance to lead Ghana, added that any person who cannot step down from his position to uphold his or her principles is not worthy of being made a leader.
"If you're working with the Head of State, you are his vice. If he does something that you disagree with, I believe you should take your pen and paper and resign. That is the culture of resignation… the black man hasn't got the culture of resignation; it happens all the time in the Western world.
"You must have that culture. You don't think about what you are going to eat if you resign or what people would say and all that," he said.
Dr Nyaho-Tamakole, a founding member of the NPP, added, "Such persons cannot lead the nation, and they should never get close to power. People without the culture of resignation should never get close to power".
What Bawumia said:
"I am like a driver's mate," Vice President Dr Bawumia reiterated in his first major speech as flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Dr Bawumia outlined his vision for Ghana in an address at the UPSA auditorium in Accra on Wednesday, February 7, 2024.
During the presentation, he stressed that despite being the driver's mate, "if, by the Grace of God, you make me president, I will be in the driver's seat with constitutionally mandated authority to pursue my vision and my priorities".
He added: "My vision is to create a tent big enough to accommodate all our people, to tap into the resourcefulness and talents of our people irrespective of our different ethnic, political and religious backgrounds, to channel our energies into building the kind of country that assures a food self-sufficient, safe, prosperous, and dignified future for all Ghanaians, to create sustainable jobs with meaningful pay for all, and for Ghana to participate fully in the fourth industrial revolution using systems and data."
Bawumia, in his address, also spoke about several taxes he would abolish when elected president and plans and policies he would roll out while pointing to the successes of the Akufo-Addo government.
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