Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, running mate to the flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has urged traditional leaders not to relegate political matters to only politicians.
Dr. Opoku Prempeh, also known as NAPO, has said that it is in the place of traditional leaders to speak to issues of national development since it is their counsel that will propel the political class to perform to expectation.
At a meeting with the Nungua Traditional Council in Accra, NAPO, highlighted the significance of the voices of the traditional authority in shaping the political discourse of the country.
He urged them to vote for the NPP and Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia during the December polls, stressing the need for the leaders to speak on national issues since they are agents of development.
The Energy Minister also reemphasised the role of the traditional authority in fighting for the independence of the country, reiterating the need to have their opinions on political issues.
“My campaign is different, I visit every royal house to tell them one thing. I tell them to help us, pray for us, guide us, counsel us, and give the direction to us. So, the Ghana that we’re developing is a Ghana that will be developed in freedom.”
“I implore every traditional leader, the elders that this game called politics, have you realised that the politicians have turned round to tell you not to do politics, if we didn’t do politics how did we come by independence? I’m not saying wear NPP colours or NDC colours.”
“I’m saying that whether it is NPP or NDC, it’s your right to tell us what is right. It is not our right to tell you not to be part of us, it is your right, to crave it. The people of Nungua should crave Nungua, it’s theirs. Everything God put on Nungua was for the development of Nungua,” he stated.
Source:onuaonline.com