A group called Active Ladies of NPP has tipped the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, as the best candidate to lead the New Patriotic Party to victory in the 2024 presidential elections.
The group reckoned that Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto is a highly performing minister who has won massive support and love sincerely expressed in support of his possible candidature.
Their comments follow a publication on www.ghanaweb.com in which pollster Ben Ephson is quoted as saying Dr. Afriyie Akoto stands no chance of winning at age 75.
In a rejoinder, the Active Ladies of NPP said that “the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto remains the best candidate thus far to lead the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to break the Eight (8). This has been proven nationwide by the massive support and love sincerely expressed in support of his possible candidature. Such sincere love and support for him cannot be tarnished by some misleading commentary passed by well rehearsed attention seekers such as Ben Ephson”.
The statement further read as follows: “it should additionally be put on record that, Ben Ephson, a self acclaimed pollster and the originator of the mischief which seeks to suggest that Ghanaians will reject Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto as President of Ghana on the basis of his age has long lost credibility as the pollster he so claims to be”.
The group also asked that comments made by the pollster should be disregarded and considered as politically naive and nonfactual.
According to the NPP ladies the ages of presidential flag bearers, as far as Ghana’s political history is concerned has never been an issue for the consideration of Ghanaian voters.
They reechoed that the “Active Ladies of NPP do stand firm to disprove his illogical assertions against the possible candidature of the highly performed Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto. We maintain, without mincing words that, Dr. Afriyie Owusu Akoto remains the best candidate to lead NPP to victory come 2024”.
