Ras Mubarak, a former Member of Parliament for Kumbungu, has bluntly told the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, not to hide behind his Thank you tour” to advance your premature presidential ambitions.
The former lawmaker highlighted that Asiedu Nketia is setting a dangerous precedent with his Thank You Tour across the country.
According to Ras Mubarak, never in the NDC’s history has a National Chairman after an election victory decided he is going on a “Thank You Tour”.
He emphasised that, thank you, tours are led by Presidential or Parliamentary candidates.
Ras Mubarak, in a post, wrote, “Thank you, tours are led by candidates (Presidential or Parliamentary candidates if it’s a constituency tour) who lead a party into an election in partnership with party executives.
Never throughout NDC’s history has a National Chairman after an NDC victory decided he is going on a “Thank You Tour” aside what the flag bearer in collaboration with the party has done or is doing”.
Ras Mubarak also accused Asiedu Nketia of creating an unnecessary distraction to the ruling NDC government.
“This is a dangerous precedent and an unnecessary distraction to the government. Nobody must be allowed to hide under a “Thank You Tour” to advance their premature presidential ambitions. It’s intolerable, and the Chairman must be bluntly told”, Ras Mubarak added.
Ras Mubarak’s remarks come after Asiedu Nketia officially announced an appreciation exercise to acknowledge the contributions of party executives and grassroots for their role in the NDC’s victory in the 2024 general elections.
Johnson Asiedu Nketiah’s three-day tour, scheduled for September 17 to 19, 2025, will cover 16 constituencies in the Eastern Region.
NDC officials claim the planned thank-you tour is strictly meant to celebrate and encourage the NDC’s base for their efforts; however, some Ghanaians are not convinced.
Also, a netizen on social media has fired shots at the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government for subtly focusing on who takes over from President John Mahama after he exits office in 2028.
The netizen on the social media page X highlighted that the National Chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, is thanking voters while the Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, is walking.
He noted that the NDC’s flagship program, the 24-hour economy, is nowhere to be found, and the galamsey menace is getting worse.
The netizen further labelled the NDC as a Qnet Party, accusing them of only focusing on the next election.
In a post on X, the netizen wrote, “Eiii, these People are they serious Aseidu Nketiah is thanking. Julius is walking. But 24 24-hour economy is nowhere to be found.
Galamsey is worse than ever. Qnet Party, all they think is elections”, he wrote.
Some Ghanaians have claimed that Asiedu Nketia and Julius Debrah’s thank-you tour and walks are a subtle attempt to position themselves for a possible presidential bid.
Meanwhile, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has reiterated that whoever succeeds President John Dramani Mahama as NDC flagbearer will ride on the achievements of the current government.
Asiedu Nketia called for calm and urged persons interested in contesting for the NDC flagbearer to be very careful about the way they express their ambitions.
Speaking on Channel One TV’s Face to Face on Tuesday, August 26, Asiedu Nketia detailed, “The party has not declared anything,” he noted. “I keep repeating my caution that we have to be very careful about the way we express our ambitions. Whoever succeeds President Mahama will ride on the achievements of the current government.”
He added, “If you conduct yourself in ways that will disrupt the activities of this government in ways that will make the government less successful, then you have a bigger problem,” he said. “President Mahama is only about eight months in office now, and you want to struggle to decide who will replace him—you know what it can cause.”
“If all of us decide today that, ‘Well, people say I can be president, so let me start organising,’ then everybody will be going across the country appointing campaign coordinators. How do you think that President Mahama can focus on achieving anything?”
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