Presidential candidate hopeful of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr. Kwabena Duffour appears to have begun his door to door campaign of realising his dreams of leading the party for the 2024 general elections.
The former Finance Minister has been holding meetings with party members in the Ashnati Region about the need for them to believe in the party and his vision.
Last weekend, he met with some branch and constituency executives of the NDC as part of efforts towards party reorganization.
Some of the issues discussed include matters relating to restructuring of the branch leadership, grassroot mobilization and coordination with constituents.
Dr Duffuor has already declared his intention to be President of Ghana although his party, the National Democratic Congress is yet to open nominations for the presidential race ahead of the 2024 elections.
According to him, he would welcome a decision of the delegates of the NDC to make him the presidential candidate for the party in the next general elections.
The former Governor of the Bank of Ghana, indicated that there were two people doing well in politics and cited the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin and Haruna Iddrisu who had been working hard to sustain the nation’s political dispensation.
He stated “There are two people who are doing very well in politics, they are lawyers, look at Mr Bagbin with over 30 years in politics, look at this young man, Mr Iddrisu, any of them, if I have Mr Iddrisu or Mr Bagbin, any could be my running mate, they are working hard, they are in politics and they will compliment me.
“I was the Minister of Finance, I was in politics but we have not started talking about the NDC presidential race yet, if we get there and I am given the nod why not? I am thinking of fighting for the position of the flagbearer for the National Democratic Congress and when people want a position, they are not contesting, rather they are fighting for that position and that is what I intend to do.”
He explained that though the party had not opened nomination for individuals interested in vying for the flagbearer race, he was thinking of taking up the challenge but stated that some people who had influence at a point in time asked him to contest and he did not take the decision earlier on.
By Vincent Kubi