Miraculous Dennis Aboagye, a member of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s campaign staff, claims that the Vice President’s position on the ballot is irrelevant.
Delegates must be able to instantly identify his image in order to cast their votes for him to win, he claimed.
His remarks come after Dr. Bawumia chose position 10 on the ballot for the New Patriotic Party (special)’s delegates meeting on August 26 in Accra.
In an interview with Umaru Sanda Amadu on Eyewitness News on Citi FM, Mr. Aboagye was asked if the position chosen was a reason for concern or not. He responded, “For the Vice President, it is merely one of the procedures or phases. I really doubt that anyone in our nation will ever fail to see the Vice President’s photo. In terms of his placement on the ballot, he is not very concerned.
“Despite this, voter registration is important. To make sure that if there is even a 10% possibility that some delegates will miss the Vice President’s picture, they will be well-educated, we will start voter registration in accordance with the delegates.
Similarly, Kwadwo Poku, one of the 10 flagbearer hopefuls of the NPP, said that one’s position on the ballot paper does not really matter. However, having picked the number four means that whenever people urge delegates to ‘vote for’ a candidate, they will be referring to him.
“I didn’t go into this with a number in mind. But four means that from today onwards, nobody will say ‘vote for’. So I have now kidnapped that word. So between now and the super delegates conference, nobody will use ‘for’ because my supporters will now use ‘for for four’, which everyone says, and they will be talking about Kwadwo Poku,” he added.
Nana Ohene-Ntow, a spokesperson for Alan Kyerematen, who picked number two on the ballot paper, also said that the number does not really matter. However, he urged delegates to vote for the number two slot on the ballot.
He said Mr Kyerematen’s campaign was going well, adding that “nobody will say that this is an easy campaign. But I think that this is one of the fiercest campaigns that is ever going to happen in the NPP. 2007, yes, but I think that this has a different set of dynamics.”
