{"id":276144,"date":"2011-02-17T14:54:40","date_gmt":"2011-02-17T14:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=52521"},"modified":"2011-02-17T14:54:40","modified_gmt":"2011-02-17T14:54:40","slug":"bagbin-must-goheld-talks-with-mrs-rawlings-about-possible-running-mate-slot-ndc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/17\/bagbin-must-goheld-talks-with-mrs-rawlings-about-possible-running-mate-slot-ndc\/","title":{"rendered":"Bagbin Must Go\u2026Held Talks With Mrs Rawlings About Possible Running Mate Slot &#8211; NDC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Honorable Alban Bagbin, the Minister  for Water Resources, Works and Housing is treading on an overstretched  tight rope which is in danger of snapping when least tampered with.<\/p>\n<p>According  to sources at the Presidency, Mr. Bagbin risk losing his ministerial  appointment because of his private discussions with Former First Lady,  Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings with regards to partnering her for the 2012  general elections when elected as presidential candidate of the  National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/p>\n<p>Though the Former First Lady  is yet to make a public statement on her ambitions, she has officially  told elders of the party that she would run. <strong>DAYBREAK<\/strong> sources say  Mr. Bagbin who sealed the legislature before he became a member of the  executive wants to start his presidential ambitions first as a Vice and  later as President of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, Mr. Bagbin has begun his move  secretly in making sure his long-time dream becomes a reality, and this  we gather, has put him in the bad books of the President and some of his  advisors.<\/p>\n<p>They contend that even though Mr. Bagbin has been  made a Minister by Professor Mills, he is still not loyal to him  {President Mills} hence campaigning for his removal and joining forces  with the Rawlingses\u2019 who have never seen anything good with the  Mills-Mahama administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen he was leader of Parliament,  did you see the type of statements he made\u2026..they were all triggered  because he has carefully planned his strategy and we never knew but it  is working to perfection and is time we kick him out of the executive so  that he nurses that ambitions of his in Parliament\u201d, the source said.<\/p>\n<p>Even though Mr. Bagbin has sworn  heaven and earth that the allegations are not true, his double tongue  creates a lots of problems for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs he not the same person  who said the President has surrounded himself with some sycophants, some  bootlickers, some old boys, and some old friends who timidly were  hiding somewhere suddenly decided to feel the appetite for political  office and have taken over the affairs of government?<\/p>\n<p>Is he now a  bootlicker like the others? Since he became a member of executive, can  he tell us a program he has put in place to achieve the aim of building a  better Ghana? He claims that he has courage that others don\u2019t have, he  should call a spade a spade, it is better to tell the truth and stop  throwing tantrums over his ambition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They have also accused him  of receiving a Mercedes Benz Saloon car from STX Ghana just for  facilitating the takeoff of the project and this has led to him not  talking with the second gentleman of the land.<\/p>\n<p>Source: DAYBREAK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honorable Alban Bagbin, the Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing is treading on an overstretched tight rope which is in danger of snapping when least tampered with. 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