Anomabu-Pomase (C/R), Aug. 29, GNA- The former first lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, on Friday declared that she has no ambition to become the running mate to NDC flagbearer Prof. John Evans Atta Mills. Nana Konadu, who is also president of the 31st December women's movement, said this during a chat with newsmen at her installation as 'Mpontuhemaa' of Anomabu-Pomase in the Central region.
"I have no interest in the position, neither have I been approached for it as is being rumoured in certain quarters," she said. The former first lady, who was installed under the stool name of Nana Apabah VI, had earlier been paraded through the village in a palanquin and had sworn the oath of allegiance to the chief, Nana Okwan VI.
She intimated that it is the prerogative of Prof. Mills to select his running mate and urged Ghanaians to "stop putting ideas in his head".
Commenting on the displeasure expressed in some quarters about the utterances of her husband, ex President J J Rawlings, Nana Konadu said that people should rather strive to be like him, and not to destroy him, and urged his opponents to make objective criticisms.
On the current political climate in the country, she described it "as a creeping dictatorship", saying that suggestions made by political parties in opposition, in their bid to contribute to the development of the country, are brushed aside as if they have nothing good to offer. She said the socio-economic situation in the country has worsened, citing the price of fuel, and asked newsmen to be their own judges.
