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Oliver Barker-Vormawor, the private legal practitioner and activist, has urged the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to protect Malik Basintale, the Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) natural street-mobilising talent.
According to Vormawor, the appointment of Malik Baintale to a bureaucratic role was a strategic blunder.
He noted that Basintale has been a revelation for the NDC during the run-up to the 2024 elections by earning street credibility and mobilising the youths.
In a post on X, Vormawor wrote, “I have been thinking of writing this post for a while. I haven’t found the right time to do so. It’s been a busy few weeks. But yesterday’s events at PAC and the comments by the Chair has precipitated it. Because it is precisely everything i recommend against.
Now, i know that for non-deep thinkers, this might be taken as a controversial take. But when have I ever not tried to think outside, in fact, against the box?
I think that Malik Basintale’s appointment as a bureaucrat was perhaps one of the least strategic decisions the NDC has ever made”.
He added, “It doesn’t matter where anyone sits; we can all agree that Malik has been a revelation. Particularly in the run in towards the election. Great street credibility with mobilising enthusiasm.
The challenge with most political parties is that as soon as they get into government, they begin to crumble into managerial and bureaucratic speak. They begin to see the tsooboi as the task of opposition candidates. They start to think facts and figures only is what drives credibility. No! It never has”.
Vormawor asserted that the Basintale boy should have been kept from outside Government and given a full-time job to mobilise support for the NDC 24/7.
He added, “Malik should have been kept outside the Goverment. His full-time job should have been deploying him accross the country to continue to rally young people behind the government and government policies. He should have been supported and resourced to continue to rally up the base. 24/7.
That’s how you build a mass political party! You don’t let up, or lull for a moment.
Now, it is true that in the process, Malik would have been built a massive national profile. He would become extremely popular. Jerry Rawlings-esque, almost. For me, that’s exciting. I know for some people, that would be threatening to their personal political ambitions”.
Vormawor further detailed, “But think about it. A barely 30-year-old young man supported to build massive enthusiasm for the party is a long-term win. So it allows it to build a platform for the presidency? And so what?
Unfortunately, the NDC has taken its foot off the pedal. Its massive mobilisation infrastructure is now demobilised. Young men line up their party offices with half-literate half half-formatted CVs; they will never get.
Malik sits in Accra sorting between Zoomlion contracts and per diem allowances. His true talent was wasted; shelved to be deployed just a few months to the elections. When it is too late”.
He further cited the Ashanti Regional Minister’s work so far in the region, “See what Dr Frank Amoakohene is doing in Ashanti? That’s the energy (x 16) you need to maintain generational enthusiasm.
This is why Nkrumah was different. The CPP never stopped mobilising. They defined high-energy politics. This is why they won elections by a landslide always”.
Vormawor boldly urged the NDC to get Malik Basintale back to the streets with a budget to mobilise the base 24/7.
His comments come after Malik Basintale faced the Public Accounts Committee on Friday, August 22, 2025.
Meanwhile, PAC Chair Abena Osei Asare commends YEA CEO Malik Basintale for his prompt and dedicated embrace of public service, demonstrating commitment to serving all Ghanaians.
Abena Osei Asare stated, “Sometimes it is good to taste power; your language and everything change. It is not all about tsooboi; rather, it is about serving your people with diligence, respect, and humility.
I am glad you have embraced that public service role so quickly”, she added.
See the post below:
Let’s talk Malik Basintale.
— Osagyefo Oliver Barker-Vormawor (@barkervogues) August 23, 2025
1. I have been thinking of writing this post for a while. I haven’t found the right time to do so. It’s been a busy few weeks. But yesterday’s events at PAC and the comments by the Chair has precipitated it. Because it is precisely everything i…