Owula Mangortey writes: A tactical move by Dr. Bawumia to pick as Running Mate an Oil and Gas Expert from the Ashanti-Akyem general area – DR BEN ASANTE OF GHANA GAS
From Bawku, I do note that Dr. Bawumia admits to his kitchen cabinet that he needs an Energy Expert as his Vice President and Chairman of the Economic Management Team.
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(1) Background Experience
From Kibbutz Mizra – located between Afula and Nazareth – to Sabongari and Sagabo, Bawku!
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In August, 2021, I was in the Bawku West and Binduri Districts to monitor the likely downstream human security impact of an expected spillage of the Burkinabe Bagre and Kompienga dams.
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Surprisingly, I started to pick INTEL on the signs and symptoms of an imminent deadly Kusasi/Mamprusi fratricidal struggle in the Bawku general area.
From August 2021 to August 2023, I was based permanently in Bawku, and I observed, monitored, gathered and shared freely timely information on the Bawku conflict – which escalated rapidly from factional mis-and disinformation warfare in November/December 2021, to actual real gun battles in early 2022!
Additionally, I have shared freely counter-terrorism analysis from border and near border communities in the five regions of the northern sector, as my citizen-and-not-a-spectator contribution to State Security and Intelligence Operations to counter and deter terrorists and other armed groups.
I always maintain that in spite of our different orientations, our National Stability/Security is like a mother we must NEVER betray!
(2). Dr. Bawumia’s Running Mate Matters
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From Bawku, I can once again point out to the Intelligence Agencies and Political Watchers that I do note the tactical move of Dr. Bawumia to select his Running Mate for the 2024 general election from the Ashanti-Akyem general area (and not from metropolitan Ashanti).
From Bawku, I do note that Dr Bawumia is picking a historical lesson from Chairman J.J. Rawlings, who picked a politically untainted Tax Expert/Technocrat – Prof J.E.A. Mills – as Running Mate (RM) in the 1996 Presidential election.
From Bawku, I do note that Dr Bawumia realises that the Energy Sector is the Achilles heel of the Ghana economy requiring urgent fixing.
From Bawku, I do note that Dr. Bawumia admits to his kitchen cabinet that he needs an Energy Expert as his Vice President and Chairman of the Economic Management Team.
From Bawku, I do note the tactical move by Dr. Bawumia to pick as his Running Mate, an Oil and Gas Expert from the Ashanti-Akyem general area – DR. BEN ASANTE, THE CURRENT CEO OF GHANA GAS!
I shall return.
Owula E.T. Mangortey
Permanent Representative and Ambassador Extraordinaire/Plenipotentiary to BAWKU
19th November 2023
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