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0 Chairman of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Council of Elders, Hackman Owusu Agyeman has expressed strong disapproval of recent comments made by Alan Kyerematen regarding former President John Agyekum Kufuor’s endorsement of Dr Bawumia.
Speaking in an interview with JoyNews on Monday, 25th November, Mr Owusu Agyeman addressed what he described as uncalled for remarks by Mr Kyerematen.
The controversy follows Alan Kyerematen’s questioning how long former President Kufuor had known Dr Bawumia to be supporting him.
This remark sparked considerable debate, leading to Mr Owusu Agyeman’s criticism of Mr Kyerematen.
Mr Owusu Agyeman highlighted the significant contributions former President Kufuor has made to Kyerematen’s political career.
He emphasised that Kufuor’s support for Bawumia should not be a point of contention, especially from someone who has benefited immensely from the former president’s leadership and mentorship.
Mr Owusu Agyeman stressed that Mr Kyerematen’s critique of Kufuor was both unwarranted.
“What President Kufuor has done for Mr Kyerematen, I don’t think he has done it for anybody in this party. I can tell you that as Foreign Minister he was my ambassador to Washington and one of the biggest thing we did was HIPC and when we were taking that decision, the people who were there were President Kufuor, J.H Mensah, Osafo Marfo and myself and Ambassador Boris Chalker of the UK and it was President Kufuor who decided that we should go for it and it yielded the results,” he recalled.
Mr Owusu Agyeman further stated that, “I thought I had the capacity to be flagbearer for the party, but I don’t have the capacity now because what was needed at the time is different from this digital age with AI and all. So, if at that time, President Kufuor thought that Mr Kyerematen was the person for the moment, and he moved on after 20 years and he believes that this is the time to move forward and so it is somebody else to do it, to ask what has Bawumia done is the height of impunity and it was rude.”
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