Lawyer Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie aka Sir John
FORMER GENERAL Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Lawyer Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie aka Sir John, has revealed that he’ll stage a comeback for the General Secretary position of the party, should there be an overwhelming call on him by the party supporters to do so.
According to him, as a party man, he remains committed to the NPP’s cause and would readily avail himself for service whenever he’s needed.
Sir John, who is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, was defeated by the suspended General Secretary, Kwabena Agyapong, during a keenly contested election at the party’s congress in 2014.
Soon after Sir John’s defeat, some political analysts conjectured that the defeat would be the end of his ambition to occupy any administrative office of the NPP.
Currently, the substantive National Organizer of the party, John Boadu, is acting as the General Secretary as Kwabena Agyapong remains on indefinite suspension.
Some political watchers anticipate that Mr John Boadu would run for the position during the NPP’s next congress after successfully leading the party to capture power from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2016 general election.
However, Sir John, in a chat stated that though he remains focused on his current job at the Forestry Commission, he can’t disappoint party supporters if the call for his return becomes intense.
“If there’s a general crave for me to be General Secretary, then I’ll have no option than to satisfy the wish of the party members. I’ll accept the challenge and ensure that Nana Akufo-Addo completes his second term, by which time his vision for Ghana would have been realized. Doing party work is a great service and I’ll continue to render invaluable service to the NPP at all times in whatever capacity I find myself,” Sir John pledged.
BY Daniel Bampoe