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Bawumia star of NPP — Bin Salih

Dr Mahamadu Bawumia

Despite receiving some flak from some members of his party, the second petitioner in the ongoing Supreme Court hearing, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has received thumbs up from the Upper West Regional Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Hafiz Bin Salih, for being the star of the party.

Mr Bin Salih stated that Dr Charles Wereko-Brobby and other like-minded people who criticised Dr Bawumia see him only as a potential flag bearer of the party and were therefore scheming to put spanners in his wheels.

Contributing to discussion on Radio Upper West Morning Show, a local radio station based in Wa, Mr Hafiz described Dr Bawumia as the combination of Lionel Messi, Christiano Ronaldo and Robert Lewandoski.

‘‘In order to prevent him from scoring, you need to involve rough tactics to foul him otherwise you will laugh with the wrong side of your mouth.

All those who want to be flag bearer of the party will start throwing mud at him in order to succeed. For me, he has done well and will have my vote if he decides to contest for the party’s flagbearer position,’’ he added. 

The Upper West NPP Vice Chairman, however, was not happy about the alleged suspension of Dr Charles Wereko-Brobby from the party and said it wasn’t the best.

Although he does not share in the views of Dr Charles Wereko-Brobby, he said, the party could have handled the issue differently.

“Several people have criticised the party but the party didn’t have the guts to suspend them”, he added.

‘‘Dr Arthur Kennedy in the aftermath of the 2008 elections wrote a book and criticised the party, he was not suspended. Mr Kwame Pianim criticised us on the same petition and we didn’t do anything.

Why should we suspend Dr Wereko-Brobby?,’’ he asked.

Mr Hafiz said he expected the party to use its communication team to address the issues raised by Dr Wereko-Brobby and bring the merits of the case to light.

‘‘From now it looks as if our party has problems with people who have dissenting views, care should be taken in addressing some of these dissenting views,’’ he posited.

The other panel member on the show, Alhaji Hissan Tindaanba, in the same measure was not happy with the way the NPP was handling the Charles Wereko-Brobby issue.  

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