The Commander in Chief of the Economic Fighters League has opined that the prospect of a Kennedy Agyapong or Asiedu Nketiah presidency terrified large sections of the public.
This fear, he noted, was the reason for what he described as “strange campaigning” for former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, even from individuals who had been quiet for some time.
In an opinion piece, he noted that the panic was also shaped by uncertainty within the National Democratic Congress (NDC), as they were yet to decide who would succeed President John Dramani Mahama.
”That lack of a visible succession path has fed elite nervousness and encouraged the view in some circles that, at the very least, the NPP should settle on a candidate considered “safe”, predictable, and acceptable to power brokers, even if uninspiring to the wider public.”
He stated that Dr. Bawumia had no message and that his communication to delegates during the campaigning period lacked clarity. To him, Kennedy Agyapong—despite his contradictions—presented and articulated a more concrete vision of what he believed was possible for Ghana.
”But what exactly was Bawumia’s message? Beyond vague assurances, there was little clarity. In fact, Kennedy Agyapong, for all his contradictions, articulated a more concrete sense of what he believed was possible for Ghana. By contrast, Bawumia’s campaign often drifted into symbolic gestures, such as promises of pilgrimages to Israel, even as urgent, winnable policies like proportional representation, which could have energized young people and women, were completely ignored. The primaries themselves revealed that money, not ideas, was the decisive currency.”
The Commander in Chief asserted that the NDC’s yet-to-be-organized presidential primary will not be different from what was witnessed within the NPP. Describing Ghana’s democracy as a “choiceless democracy,” he indicated that the NPP’s contest proved that money, not ideas, was the decisive currency.
For him, the NPP cannot be treated as a serious option for national renewal, a fact he believes has manifested in how they have conducted themselves after losing the 2024 general election.
”Under these conditions, it is irrational to continue treating the NPP as a serious option for national renewal. This is precisely why the party has struggled in every by election since the 2024 general election. Lingering in the public mind is a simple but damning question: after everything they have done to this country, on what moral or political basis are we still expected to consider voting for the NPP?”
Below is the full statement
If the recent wave of unsolicited prophecies achieved anything at all, it was to force many Ghanaians to look again at the New Patriotic Party with fresh unease. The mere prospect of a Kennedy Agyapong or Asiedu Nketia presidency terrified large sections of the public. That fear helps explain the sudden panic campaigning we witnessed from strange and previously quiet quarters, all scrambling to rally behind Bawumia at the last minute.
This panic is also shaped by uncertainty on the other side of the political divide. No one sees clearly who will take over from Mahama when his term expires. That lack of a visible succession path has fed elite nervousness and encouraged the view in some circles that, at the very least, the NPP should settle on a candidate considered “safe”, predictable, and acceptable to power brokers, even if uninspiring to the wider public.
But what exactly was Bawumia’s message? Beyond vague assurances, there was little clarity. In fact, Kennedy Agyapong, for all his contradictions, articulated a more concrete sense of what he believed was possible for Ghana. By contrast, Bawumia’s campaign often drifted into symbolic gestures, such as promises of pilgrimages to Israel, even as urgent, winnable policies like proportional representation, which could have energized young people and women, were completely ignored. The primaries themselves revealed that money, not ideas, was the decisive currency.
This will not be different in the upcoming flag bearish race in the NDC, and all of this once again exposes the shameful nature of Ghana’s democracy, a system that increasingly presents voters with choices that are no real choices at all. We are a choiceless democracy.
Under these conditions, it is irrational to continue treating the NPP as a serious option for national renewal. This is precisely why the party has struggled in every by election since the 2024 general election. Lingering in the public mind is a simple but damning question: after everything they have done to this country, on what moral or political basis are we still expected to consider voting for the NPP?
All of this once again exposes the shameful nature of Ghana’s democracy as it is currently constituted, a system that increasingly offers citizens the illusion of choice without real alternatives. A choiceless democracy.
But history does not end with the duopoly. In moments like this, when the old parties recycle fear, panic, and uninspiring candidates, space opens for something new. For those of us who do not belong to the NPP–NDC cartel, this is not a moment of withdrawal but of clarity. It is precisely because the dominant parties can no longer speak convincingly to the future that a new paradigm must emerge, one rooted in ideas rather than money, in citizens rather than delegates, and in courage rather than convenience.
Ghana’s political renewal will not come from managing elite anxieties or choosing the “least frightening” option. It will come from organized citizens who refuse to inherit a broken system and instead insist on reimagining it. Beyond the duopoly lies the hard but necessary work of building an alternative political culture, one that speaks to justice, dignity, and collective possibility. That task belongs to us.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
