The NDC flagbeareship race is already heating up, with President John Mahama barely in his second year in office, with cracks already emerging within the ruling NDC government.
Haruna Iddrisu, the Minister of Education, in a video that has gone viral on X, was seen mocking the National Democratic Congress (NDC) National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, over his ongoing “Thank You” tour.
According to Haruna Iddrisu, President John Mahama’s ‘Thank You Tour’ is the proper one, not Asiedu Nketia’s curtain raiser one ‘Thank You Tour’.
Speaking in Sawla in the Savannah Region on Friday, May 22, 2026, Haruna Iddrisu remarked, “I recall when President Mahama came for his thank you tour, not the other thank you tour, the proper thank you tour of President Mahama as President and flagbearer.”
He added, “What cannot be said? We can say it. A proper thank you tour of President Mahama, not the curtain-raiser one.”
Haruna Iddrisu’s comment drew laughter from the audience whom he was addressing.
Netizens reacting to the comments by Haruna Iddrisu stated, “This man has just shot himself in the foot because he will make people start visiting his archives, especially in President Atta Mills’ regime, and it is not going to be good for him. Picking a fight with the chairman is digging ur own grave. This is needless and low of his standard”.
A netizen added, “I’ve always said if Asiedu Nketiah makes himself up to contest for the flagbearership position, the damage it will cause will be more than what we saw in NPP”.
“U alone have at most the northern section of the country, and behaving like this will only make you lose more, especially in the Akan-dominated areas”, one X user added.
Also, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, a Veteran journalist and political commentator, has said he feels very sad for President John Dramani Mahama.
According to Kwesi Pratt, the betrayal of President John Dramani Mahama is monumental.
He recounted that President Mahama came to solve Ghana’s problems, but many of the people he appointed do not care about the Reset Agenda.
Kwesi Pratt highlighted that President Mahama is being politically undermined by people within his own government who are more focused on succeeding him.
Meanwhile, Mustapha Gbande, the Deputy General Secretary for the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), has dropped an explosive bombshell concerning the relationship between the John Mahama government and the NDC party.
According to Mustapha Gbande, the relationship between the NDC and the John Mahama government is not the best.
He disclosed that since the NDC won back power, the relationship between the party and the government has been strained.
Speaking on Channel 1 TV, Mustapha Gbande stated, “The last time I checked, the national chairman said he was doing his thank-you tour. My opinion has always been that we could have done it together, but the national chairman is doing it because everyone is busy doing something else.
As stakeholders, since we won elections, the relationship between the party and the government hasn’t been the best, and it is not about jobs. I am saying the relationship between the party and the government to ensure that we succeed together has not been the best”.
Mustapha Gbande acknowledged that the strained relationship may not be deliberate since the government had a lot to do after taking over power,
He, however, stressed that the danger is that they are leaving the party behind, and as the officer in charge of operations, “I am concerned that we have to go back into conclave and assess what we have done and what we have not done so that we move,” he said.
Mustapha Gbande stressed that some elders of the political party have decided to be silent, which is not a good thing for the party.
“We have elders of the party, and we need to run back to them because they have decided to keep quiet and that is dangerous for every political party. So should want to bring everybody back, sit as a party and government, move concurrently and make sure we succeed together,” he stated.
Watch the video below:
🇬🇭 “ I recall when President Mahama came for his proper thank you tour… not the other thank you tour which was just a curtain raiser.”
— CDR AFRICA (@cdrafrica) May 22, 2026
— Haruna Iddrisu throws a subtle shade. pic.twitter.com/1t8UvgYdEg
