{"id":436454,"date":"2017-11-12T08:04:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T08:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/12\/ndc-reg-chairmen-endorsement-of-mahama-a-self-interest-agenda-baako\/"},"modified":"2017-11-12T08:04:10","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T08:04:10","slug":"ndc-reg-chairmen-endorsement-of-mahama-a-self-interest-agenda-baako","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/12\/ndc-reg-chairmen-endorsement-of-mahama-a-self-interest-agenda-baako\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC Reg. Chairmen endorsement of Mahama a self interest agenda \u2013 Baako"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Kweku-Baako-Jnr-475x267.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Veteran Journalist, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has said the 10 opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) Regional Chairmen who have endorsed ex President Mahama\u2019s as the party\u2019s Flagbearer for the 2020 election are engaged in a crude form of politics.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the chairmen whom he described as \u2018endangered species\u2019 took that action which is a self interest move in order to better their chances of retaining their position in the impending NDC primaries.<\/p>\n<p>At a meeting held Thursday, November 9, 2017 between the former leader and the Regional Chairpersons of the NDC party at Cantonments in Accra, the ten officials said Mr. Mahama must \u201cconsider the requests of the teeming supporters\u201d and lead the party into contest in the next elections.<\/p>\n<p>Their action has been roundly condemned by a section of the public including political analyst saying that move has the potential of dividing the party as they\u2019ve effectively shut the door on other potential flagbearer aspirants.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the matter on Joy FM\u2019s News File show, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako who\u2019s also the Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper said the Regional Chairmen action is premature.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cThese ten Regional Chairmen I think they are endangered species within the context of the NDC primaries which will be coming on, they see John Mahama as very popular within the NDC politics. They know the primaries are coming, their position are not secured, that\u2019s the game they\u2019re playing. So they\u2019re tagging themselves to the John Mahama ticket to hope against hope perhaps, because some of them are casualties, they lost the elections so abysmally that right now their capacity is endangered that\u2019s why they could do such a desperate thing. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThat\u2019s so premature, why worry yourself? but that\u2019s the game they\u2019re plying. It\u2019s to gather their own strength, regenerate some support for them. They\u2019re not tactful, the two things they asked president Mahama to do\u2026to embark on a thank you tour, wouldn\u2019t it have been more appropriate if it came from the national leadership with a programme?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Abdul Malik Kweku Baako added that, the Regional Chairman by their action have not engaged in smart politics as their move has the potential of hurting the party.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if (d.getElementById(id)) return;js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&appId=1136575713042949&version=v2.3\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script>(function(d, s, id) {var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if (d.getElementById(id)) return;js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.6\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran Journalist, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has said the 10 opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) Regional Chairmen who have endorsed ex President Mahama\u2019s as the party\u2019s Flagbearer for the 2020 election are engaged in a crude form of politics. 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