Bryan Acheampong, a candidate for the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential primary, has declared he has seized Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s steering wheel.
Speaking in an interview with GHOne TV, the NPP flagbearer aspirant, the former Vice President’s famous campaign slogan, “Give me the steer,” which dominated his 2024 presidential bid.
Dr Acheampong made the statement in a light-hearted manner while he outlined his plans to lead the New Patriotic Party into the next general elections.
It will be recalled that Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, in the run-up to the 2024 election, used the slogan, “Give me the steer and I will drive Ghana to the next level”, which he used to symbolise his readiness to take charge of the country’s leadership from then-President Akufo-Addo.
In related news, Bryan Acheampong has dismissed polls putting him at just 1% support among delegates ahead of the party’s primary.
According to Dr Bryan Acheampong, polls putting him at just 1 per cent are sponsored and meaningless.
He asserted that on January 31st, that is the only poll that truly matters.
Speaking at his campaign office on Wednesday, October 15, Dr Acheampong stated, “I mean, I’ve seen some polls that put me at 1% and some aspirants who have not even left their bedrooms at 20%, and it’s quite interesting,” he said.
“So please, I’m not concerned about that at all. The day of the election, January 31st, we will see what the real polls look like.”
He added, “Many people come with the proposal that, ‘Oh, you are winning, you are at 90%, you are at 70%, give us money so that we can go and put it in the papers, put it on online posts.’ I’m not interested in any of that,” he stated.
Also, he has said he fears no candidate in the party’s flagbearer race.
According to Bryan Acheampong, he is not afraid of the so-called establishment, as the establishment is the entire party architecture, the delegates, and the workers of the party.
Speaking to the media on Wednesday, October 15, Dr Acheampong stated, “I have no fears at all about any so-called establishment. And there’s really no establishment in this. It is the establishment that is going to vote – the entire party architecture, the delegates, and the workers of the party.”
He noted, “National executives themselves are 17 out of 250,000. Constituency executives, who are about 5,000 people, are only a small part of the whole. One person may have most of them, but that does not determine the final outcome.”
“I’ve been around this party for a long time. I know the influence of these people on the delegates. I’m hoping it’s going to be free and fair”.
“I’m running a solid campaign, and I know that nothing – except the delegates – can influence their way”, he added.
He further added that job creation will be a key focus of his campaign and future government if elected.
According to Dr Acheampong, his private sector experience gives him the foundation to deliver meaningful employment opportunities for young people.
Dr Acheampong added, “I assured party people that the key areas I would focus on, should we win power, would be jobs,” he said. “It allows them to look at what I have done for myself in the private sector, and I will be able to leverage that with government policy to create more jobs, meaningful jobs for young people.”
“What I have done in my personal life will also inspire a lot of young people, which will bring them to vote for us in 2028,” he said.
He further promised, “Our future government will focus on infrastructure, health, education, and roads everywhere that we go. The Eastern Region, when I started, we were just talking about roads.”
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