Professor Albert Adu -Boahen, the 1992 flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has stated that his political career is not over. 'It would only be wishful thinking for anyone to say or believe that my political career is over .This is farther from the truth ,' the retired professor stressed .
He was refuting claims in certain political circles and sections of the media that he was , in the light of the present circumstances within the NPP and the country as a whole , a spent force in an interview in Accra at the weekend.
Professor Adu Boahen explained that in the aftermath of the party's unsuccessful bid for power in the recent elections , he had taken the decision to maintain a low political profile and , especially to refrain from issuing statements and interviews to the media before a clear policy from the party on its future plans emerged . The leading member of the NPP has also stated that he was currently preoccupied with a lot of work as chairman of the planning committee for the celebration this year of 50th anniversary of the founding of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC).
The UGCC was the first political to be founded in the then Gold Coast in 1947 by a group comprising the intelligentsia and local merchants to lead the struggle for self - government and later served as the the foundation for the Danquah - Busia political tradition in Ghana politics .
According to Professor Adu Boahen , the fact that he has not in recent times publicly unveiled his political plans , did not constitute sufficient grounds for any one to hasten to write him off.
He recalled his role in helping to break the culture of silence in the country in the early 1990s as well as during the last general elections on the side of the NPP and said he remained a useful force in the country's bid to entrench democracy , human rights and fundamental freedoms . Asked whether he would still contest the presidential nomination of the year 2000, the emeritus professor steadfastly refused to be drawn saying he would rather discuss that subject at a later date.
