Independent thinker Bagbin will never make NDC, Mahama’s offer; says ET Mensah, member of the Ghana News State Council

– Alban Bagbin is considered by many to be the right fit for the post of NDC president

– According to ET Mensah, veteran politician will prioritize nation development over party agenda

– Bagbin was sworn in on Thursday, January 7, 2021.

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The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, “will never” nominate the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its defeated flag bearer in the 2020 elections, John Dramani Mahama, ET Mensah stressed.

According to the former MP for Ningo-Prampram, he knows Bagbin is an independent thinker.

Independent thinker Bagbin will never make NDC, Mahama’s offer; states ET Mensah, member of the Council of State. Photo credit: Parliament of Ghana
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“No one can use Bagbin, no one can ever do it,” ET Mensah told Accra-based Citi TV.

Bagbin took the oath of allegiance and office as speaker of Ghana’s eighth parliament on Thursday, January 7, 2021.

Bagbin won the presidential election with 138 votes against the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate Professor Mike Oquaye, who managed 136 of the votes.

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Former President Mahama is believed to have played a crucial role in Bagbin’s appointment as president.

According to Builsa Sud MP Clement Apaak, Bagbin’s appointment for the post was a “decision taken by our NDC leader, John Dramani Mahama”.

Despite this, it took about two weeks for the NDC leadership in parliament to secure the post of seasoned lawmaker, the post of president.

Chief Minority Whip and Asawase MP Muntaka Mubarak told Joy News on Sunday January 10, 2021 that a lot has been done to ensure that Bagbin is accepted by every NDC MP.

He said he had spoken to all 137 NDC deputies individually for two weeks to support Bagbin’s nomination.

“We were trying to make them understand that it was in our national interest to have a President on the other side so that we could put control over the executive,” he said.

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A prominent member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, said Bagbin was “the best person” in the NDC to be president under an Akufo-Addo presidency.

He said, “If the nation is to have an opposition chairman who can be expected not to unduly hamper the work of the government, then Bagbin is him.”

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