The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Council of Elders Chair for South Africa, Benjamin Kofi Quashie, says the NDC is in the position to defeat the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in any future election.
He highlighted that from the 2024 elections defeat to the NPP, and the approval ratings the NDC is enjoying, the NDC stands to win against the NPP in any future election.
“I have said that anytime, any day, and in any election held between the NPP with Dr. Bawumia as their candidate, and the NDC, we would beat them hands down,” he stressed in an interview on Joy News on Wednesday, April 16, 2025.
Sharing his views on the possible leaders of the NDC post-Mahama, he counseled the party to stay focussed in delivering on their current mandate which puts them in a good stead in winning future elections.
Touching on the current Vice President leading the race post-Mahama, and without prejudice to the other names listed to lead the NDC post-Mahama, he said that the current Vice President leading the race would not be surprising.
Quashie emphasised that, as the first female Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast and the first female Vice President of Ghana, fortune might smile on her to make her lead the NDC.
Nonetheless, he indicated it was still early days in the government of President John Mahama. “He has still not completed forming his government. The party should not engage in such discussions but rather rally behind President Mahama to succeed,” he underscored.
The SA Council Chair noted that leadership of the NDC post-Mahama should be left for others to discuss, and not amongst NDC members who have a government to run.
The other potential names listed included the current Education Minister, Haruna Iddrisu, the Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, the Foreign Minister, Samuel Okudjeto Ablakwa, and the current NDC Chair, John Asiedu Nketia.
Reacting to how any of these persons would fare against the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Dr Bawumia, Quashie posited, with reference to the 2024 election outcome, that any of the candidates would beat Dr. Bawumia any day in a general election.
Quashie highlighted that the NDC was doing very well and their approval rating indicated that Ghanaians believed the country was headed in the right direction.
“The NDC is doing far better, and everybody in Ghana believes we are heading in the right direction. We should stay focused and forget about the naysayers”, he cautioned.