Former president John Agyekum Kufuor has urged the populace to grant Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the NPP’s flagbearer, an opportunity to prove his worth as president for the benefit of the nation.
He claimed that Dr Bawumia has what it takes to be successful and pull the nation out of its current economic and social crisis.
“He is hallmarked by humility and the temperament requisite for the job leading the country in search of a way forward,” Mr Kufuor said.
The former president referred to the “Dr. Bawumia Speaks” event, which took place on Wednesday at the University of Professional Studies (UPSA) in Accra. During the event, the flagbearer presented his plans for the nation if he were elected president in the elections scheduled for December.
Mr. Kufuor observed that competent leaders who were aware of the most recent technology advancements and the present geopolitics were hard to come by on a global scale.
He emphasised that in the current complex environment, Ghana needed a leader who could harness new technology and had vision. to select the necessary workforce to drive the nation’s progress.
According to the former President, Dr. Bawumia was exceptional because he was aware of the technology needed to address the problems of the day and grasped the concerns that were pressing.
Mr Kufuor said: “We happen to be living in times where the whole world is in flux. leadership is very, very scarce, quality leadership.
“If anybody aspires to be a leader without command of the new technologies, like digitalisation and also without a deep grasp of geopolitics, I tell you, he may be a good man in terms of mastering some of the old disciplines like economics, politics and all that, but I tell you very likely they will be found wanting sooner than later.
He added that the Vice President had “this instrument under his belt digitalisation, geopolitics, and additionally, we have seen him perform loyally under President Akufo Addo and has been also in the public view since he got selected as the vice presidential candidate in 2008.”
Former President Kufuor also described the Vice President as a man with the right “humility and temperament” for the job as President, and appealed to Ghanaians to give the Vice President a chance.
“Ghana has come to a crossroads and I’m serious here, It’s not the normal regular politics we want, we want a leadership with vision even in the complex world I have talked about, the leader that will be able to marshal the new technologies to pick the requisite manpower,” he said
