Dr Ayine cautions NDC against early flagbearer jostling

The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, has cautioned members of National Democratic Congress (NDC) against engaging in early internal maneuvering over the party’s future flagbearership, describing it as a needless distraction from national development.

According to him, the immediate priority of government officials and party members should be the effective delivery of governance programmes, rather than premature debates about succession.

Speaking in an interview on Bolgatanga-based A1 Radio, Dr Ayine stressed that President John Dramani Mahama has served only one year of his mandate and should be given the space to focus fully on governing without political speculations.

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“I am more interested in working to be a good Attorney General and serving the people of this country. I am not very keen on who succeeds the president. In fact, it is not something I think about regularly because I believe it is a distraction. The president has done just one year. We should allow him to continue working,” he said.

Dr Ayine explained that discussions about succession should only arise at the appropriate time, after the party has concluded its internal elections at the branch, constituency, regional and national levels.

He further urged party members to concentrate on policies and programmes that improve the welfare of Ghanaians, rather than speculating about who may succeed President Mahama in the future.

“We should be more interested in the welfare-enhancing programmes of the government than in who is going to succeed His Excellency,” he emphasised.

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