News:
December 6, 2010
The Member of Parliament for Fanteakwa, Kwabena Amankwa Asiamah, has urged the NDC party to accommodate continuous attempts by a group of people who have begun a campaign to project the former first lady Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings as the viable option for the NDC presidential candidate in the 2012 general elections.
The group known as Friends of Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings (FONKAR) has launched a website endorsing the former first lady’s bid.
The website, www.fonkar.org has a large portrait of Nana Konadu with the slogan “Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings…The Presidential Candidate for 2012” boldly scripted next to the portrait.
It also catalogues the various schools the NDC founder’s wife attended, and her political achievements. Part of the CV reads: “As first lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings accompanied her husband, President Jerry John Rawlings, on official and state visits. In 1995, she travelled with President Rawlings on his extensive tour of the United States to promote investment and trade.
Few months ago the same group and Nana Konadu were condemned by some NDC members and a section of the public for hoisting banners and posting posters that projected Nana Konadu as a possible flag bearer aspirant on the ticket of the NDC for the 2012 elections, as it was believed the action contravened the rules of the NDC party since it was not time for people to declare their presidential intentions.
Speaking on Peace FM’s morning show today, Hon. Kwabena Amankwa Asiamah stated that rather than people condemning Nana Konadu for her presidential ambitions, she should be encouraged to contest the elections as a way of empowering women in Ghanaian politics.
“This woman may well be on her way to making history as the first woman flagbearer of a political party in Ghana and she needs our support’’, he said.
He further wondered why the very people in the NDC who believe Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings will not win the party’s primaries are themselves worried about her presidential ambitions.
Story by : Kwadwo Anim/ghanamps.gov.gh