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Victor Smith, Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States, has told the bigwigs of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to stop the jostling to replace President John Mahama.
According to Victor Smith, it is early days yet to make a move to be the successor to President Mahama, as his government has not even been in office for a year.
He highlighted that such moves are premature and distracting the current Mahama government.
Speaking in an interview on Channel One TV’s Face to Face on September 23, Victor Smith explained, “It’s normal for them, maybe they are trying to prepare the ground for themselves, I don’t know. I personally think that talks about preparing to replace John Mahama is too early because we haven’t even done one year since coming to office”.
“They have taken off too soon. If too many people are entering the thing right now, then instead of us focusing on building this nation or pursuing the agenda of John Mahama, we will be disturbing people with that campaign,” he stressed.
Victor Smith further added, “For now, we want to impress the people of Ghana. With this current administration, we want to do wonders for Ghana and for the world to see us as such”.
He further expressed strong support for President John Dramani Mahama’s vision.
According to him, Mahama’s vision goes beyond rhetoric.
“President Mahama has a beautiful vision, it’s not just talk, we’re determined, some of us are determined to make sure that we achieve the vision, what he sets out to do for Ghana,” he stated.
His comment comes following reports that the Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, the NDC National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, and other NDC bigwigs have silently begun jostling to replace Mahama as the next NDC flagbearer.
Julius Debrah and Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the two NDC bigwigs, have been accused by the netizens of only thinking of the next election rather than the 24-hour economy and the menace of galamsey.
Asiedu Nketia has been on a Thank You tour to acknowledge the contributions of party executives and grassroots for their role in the NDC’s victory in the 2024 general elections.
The Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, on the other hand, has been organising walks and calling on Ghanaians to embrace walking as a simple yet powerful tool for healthy living, unity, and national progress.
Meanwhile, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has emphasised 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.
Also, 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?”
Additionally, Dr Tony Aidoo, a National Democratic Congress (NDC) stalwart, has said President John Mahama’s success will create a wind for his successor to ride on.