Today, the former presidential candidate of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP), Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom, has chartered his own course. Dr. Nduom has announced his resignation from the party and it is obvious he will stand as an independent in the 2012 general elections.
There is not much to say at the present moment. I must confess that I have been an admirer of Dr. Nduom, his personality at least. I like his discourse. And his current decision, though leaves much to be desired by many CPP hopefuls (except, of course, those calling for his head to be severed for their own sakes), we cannot judge him too quickly.
With foresight, I can say that Dr. Nduom is quite aware of the extreme repercussions of his decision on his political lifespan. It is a Ghanaian proverb that says "if a blind man says he'll stone you, he know what he stands on." I believe Dr. Nduom had the choice of choosing comfortable politics and he decided against it. For that alone, he deserves some credit. He has been engaged with many youths nationwide, CPP and non-CPP. That is an asset he still could utilise. I know he is the only presidential candidate who ever used social media seriously--setting up discussion forums on his facebook page and following up on it with an actual meeting with young people. He has a twitter page now. he cannot be a joke.
For those who think the CPP was better without him, they should prove to Ghanaians what they can achieve.
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3 comments:
It does look like he's engaged a lot of youth nationwide. The question is, how influential are these youth? It's gonna be interesting.
i think it will be fascinating to watch.
If he's able to keep connecting, he might get very lucky with youths.
He speaks of a new political order/movement. The media is miscontruing that for the setting up of a political party (our media thinks small). Remember, Nduom speaks as if there political divide is irrelevant to Ghana's politics, and that's a good thing for the country!
Politics is always funny, if not a presidential candidate aspirant wouldn't have pulled one vote though he was promised he was going to win hands-down.
I hope he knows what he is doing.
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