Former majority leader in Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has laid the blame for the NDC’s 2016 elections loss squarely at the foot of party flagbearer John Dramani Mahama.
The former President lost by over 1m votes to Nana Akufo-Addo in their 2016 elections face off, kicking him out of power after serving only one term, the first President in the 4th Republic to suffer such a fate.
In a rare moment of honesty (for a politician), MP for Nadowli-Kaleo, hon Alban Bagbin, admitted that the Ghanaian political system is corrupt and everyone within it is corrupt.
His logic was simple, politicians take money from businessmen to run their expensive campaigns and the businessmen get policies they want in return.
Former majority leader in Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has described the Ghanaian politician as a corrupt being, simply due to the fact that our system itself is corrupt.
Speaking on Starr chat Wednesday, the longest serving MP in Ghanaian history said no matter the good intentions one has in entering into politics, the system would corrupt you.
Long time NDC leader in Parliament Alban Sumani Kingsford Bagbin, has announced a run for President in 2020.
According to an aide to the long serving legislator, Bagbin’s name would be in the hat when nominations for 2020 opens.
Military leaders ascending to power is a age old tradition in post colonial Africa, often with dire results.
Like any one thing in this life, it’s a mixed bag. Most of the United States’ Presidents once served in the military, and it was no guarantee of how they would perform in office.
