What the NPP must do if they really want to break the 8

There have been a lot of noise within the political circle about the probability of breaking the 8 year rule in the Ghanaian politics. However, the current economic crisis and the seeming anger among the populace has made the possibility of breaking the 8 very hard to achieve, though by a year ago, that possibility Was as bright as the sunshine.

That notwithstanding, all hope is not lost if and only if the npp plays her card very well by giving hope to the angry youth who constitute the mass of the population. It looks like the light of both Alan and Bawumia have dimmed a little and might require a bit of economic improvement to rekindle their fire. The 1D1F championed by Alan have not bore much fruit for the ordinary man to see, neither has the economic miracle touted by Bawumia been anything to boast of due to the ravages of Covid-19 and the subsequent Russia-Ukraine war that have together thrown all economic indicators out of balance. Had it not been these two major external shocks to the economy, the NPP would by now be cruising unchallengeably towards breaking the 8. It must be emphasized that the government has done quite well in all sectors of the economy only for the gains to be eroded by the aforementioned global catastrophes beyond anybody’s expectations.

As mentioned earlier, all hope is not lost because the party’s major contender is not credible and has a lot of cobweb in his closet politically and morally. Nonetheless, it must require serious political maneuvering to overcome that foe. Now that the top contenders for the NPP flag bearership race has been cut between three people to wit; Alan, Bawumia, and Kennedy, serious introspection has to be made within the party if the latter truly wants to break the 8.

We cannot forget that the Alan-Bawumia factions are still softly ravaging in the party like refuse dump fire. The potential for voter apathy if one wins the party nominee instead of the other is great. If there should be even 5% voter apathy among the NPP stalwarts, the chance for their opponent to cruise to victory becomes brighter. To overcome this challenge, I suggest that power brokers within the NPP must as a matter of urgency sit Alan and Bawumia down and sign agreement to the effect that, among the two, whoever wins the primaries must take the other as his running mate in order to unite their followers for victory. As for Ken, I don’t foresee any problem if he wins the primaries. The moment he wins the NPP primaries, he is automatically the next president of Ghana because it would be much easier to unite the followers of Alan and Bawumia and rally them behind him, and trust me, some NDC supporters would even campaign for him. So going forward, if the NPP is serious about their quest to break the 8, then it must take either Kennedy’s ticket or Bawumia-Alan ticket to do the miracle. Anything else has the potential of sending the party to opposition and it would be the elephant that would have shot itself in the foot.