Ghana Deserves A serious VEEP Not A Jocular, Comedian — Otokunor Jabs

The Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Boamah Otokunor has described Dr. Bawumia as a comedian and a jocular vice President who cannot be compared to Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyeman.

During a phone-in interview on the Egyaso Gyaso Show hosted by Afua Pokua aka Vim Lady on Okay FM, the renowned Economic expert explicitly stated that Ghana does not need a talkative and a jocular vice president since government is a serious business.

“If comedy was the yardstick for selecting a vice president, we would have gone in for Lil Win to be our running mate and that is not what we need. We don’t need a talkative and jocular vice president. Government is a serious business and we need a serious minded person,” he stated.

He added, if Dr. Bawumia had been used as the yardstick for selecting a Vice Presidential candidate for the NDC ahead of the 2020 polls, he would have resigned as the Deputy General Secretary of the NDC.

The NDC firebrand stressed, “This is a bet I threw ahead of the selection of President Mahama’s Running mate. I stated that should Bawumia be a measuring rod for which we choose our vice presidential candidate, I will resign as the Deputy General Secretary of the NDC."

The NDC has broken the glass ceiling by becoming the first among the two largest political parties in Ghana to choose a female vice presidential candidate.