National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has lashed out at residents of the Central Region for refusing to remain faithful to the party during elections.
At a campaign rally in the Central Region, Asiedu Nketiah indicated that the party has always been faithful to the region but the region has always failed to do same for the NDC, by failing to strongly support the party during elections.
According to Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the people of the Central Region should embrace their own in elections and give them their full electoral support. “Why are you throwing out your intestines and replacing them with rubbish?” he said. “Think about this carefully. If you don’t make it to Heaven, don’t blame Jesus,” he added
According to General Mosquito, the NDC has always made it a point to have someone from the region on the party’s presidential ticket, citing the later Professor Evans Attah Mils, Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang.
He said the region held a special place in the NDC and urged the people to reciprocate the same energy for the party.
In the first election of the fourth republic, the NDC selected Kow Nkensen Arkaah from the Central Region as the party’s running mate.
In their second election, the party selected Professor John Evans Atta Mills, who became vice president and subsequently became President of Ghana.
Following the death of John Atta Mills, John Mahama assumed the presidency and selected Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, also from the Central Region, as his running mate.
Presently, Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang who is the running mate of John Dramani Mahama is also from the Central Region.
