Supporters and members of the Alan Kyerematen campaign team in the Northern Region have declared their support for Ghana’s vice President, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia.
The group in a press conference indicated that they cannot follow Alan Kyerematen to wherever he is going since their love for him was because of his ties with the New Patriotic Party.
Their press engagement follows announcement by Mr. Alan Kyeremateng to resign from the New Patriotic Party and contest the 2024 election as independent candidate. He alleges the party has not been fair to him and that some recent executives have hijacked that party. He is now leading the movement for change.
Administrator of the Alan campaign team in the Northern Region, Chibate Moses Moye indicated that the team was shocked to have heard the decision taken by Alan Kyerematen.
“Alan chose to withdraw from the race without prior notice, citing isolated incidents of violence after our special delegates’ conference. This decision has inflicted unnecessary hardship on us because we firmly believe that the grassroots was firmly behind him. We were shocked and dismayed when he withdrew from the November presidential election”, he indicated.
They believe Alan Kojo Kyerematen has betrayed their trust and as such they would not follow him.
“We can only describe this action as cowardly, and a betrayal of his loyal supporters. Today, we think of the party first, our support for him was rooted in NPP and not as an individual. We were shocked by his resignation from NPP, and some of us were disappointed. We will not betray our party, we remain NPP”, he added.
The group adds that they now believe in the message of Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia and would campaign for him.
“All signs show that the vice president, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia who is also contesting will win. We have to work for the party. We will surely work with him and make sure that he gets the nod and continue to work for NPP to win power in 2024,” he added.