Former CEO of defunct UT Bank and UT Holdings, Captain Prince Kofi Amoabeng (rtd), has announced his support for former President John Dramani Mahama in the upcoming 2024 general elections.
Despite his past support for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Amoabeng stated that he believes it is time to give the former President another opportunity to lead the country.
In an interview on Kofi TV, the business mogul cited his seven-year experience since the NPP assumed office in 2016 as the basis for his decision.
“I wasn’t NDC as such. In fact, my sister was the MP for our area and she was Deputy Minister for Education until the recent reshuffle and of course I have to support my sister. So people in the NDC think I am NPP but the thing about this is that my genuine friends are in the NDC even though I didn’t support them in the past.
“I think we made a wrong experiment and next time I have to make the right choice. So now knowing Mahama and knowing what the NPP has done, I think I have to go fully behind NDC and Mahama to see what he can do for us in his second coming.”
Mr. Amoabeng’s recent statement echoes his previous remarks expressing disappointment in the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP).
During an interview on StarrFM, the businessman reiterated his belief that the NPP has failed to live up to expectations in governing the nation.
Captain Amoabeng, speaking as a retired military officer, emphasized that despite high hopes placed in the NPP by Ghanaians, the party has ultimately disappointed the nation.
“I think one thing most Ghanaians say and I agree with them is that we had high hopes for the NPP. Because we thought at the time that the NDC had disappointed us and of course it is easy to narrate all the problems that we were going through at the time.
“But certainly, the NPP has shown that they are not a better alternative and it is even worse. They will say it is because they took my bank, but forget it,” Mr. Amoateng stated.
In doing so, Mr. Amoabeng adds his voice to a growing number of chiefs, celebrities, and public figures who have thrown their support behind former President John Mahama’s candidacy since he declared his intention to run in the 2024 general elections.
Source: Tigpost