Newly elected New Patriotic Party (NPP) Communications Director Dennis Miracles Aboagye has launched a strong defence of the party’s First Vice Chairman, Kojo Fosu Boadu, popularly known as Kojo Bamba, following criticism from the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Dennis Aboagye dismissed comments by NDC Deputy General Secretary Mustapha Gbande, who described the NPP’s decision to elect Mr Bamba as First Vice Chairman as “backward politics.”
According to him, Mr Bamba possesses the political experience, intelligence, creativity and organisational ability required to occupy a senior position in either of Ghana’s major political parties.
Speaking in an interview, Mr Aboagye said he was particularly surprised by Mr Gbande’s criticism, questioning whether the NDC official could win a comparable position if he contested an internal election within the NPP.
He argued that Kojo Bamba’s recent electoral performance demonstrated his political strength, noting that he secured 3,116 votes to emerge first among 13 candidates contesting for three vice-chairmanship positions.
Mr Aboagye said the election involved more than 7,100 delegates and therefore represented a significant test of Mr Bamba’s ability to mobilise support.
He went further to suggest that Mr Bamba could rise to the highest levels of the NDC if he were a member of the party.
“Bamba could be a chairman in the NDC any day, any time, without competition,” he said, attributing the claim to Mr Bamba’s intelligence, innovation and creativity.
Mr Aboagye also rejected suggestions that people from less privileged backgrounds should be excluded from political leadership.
He cited NDC MP Francis-Xavier Sosu, who he said overcame a difficult childhood before entering Parliament, as evidence that political leadership should remain accessible to people from diverse backgrounds.
He warned that ordinary Ghanaians, including traders, artisans and young people in disadvantaged communities, were closely watching the debate.
Dennis Aboagye maintained that Kojo Bamba’s election should be viewed as recognition of his political abilities and not as evidence of a return to what he described as outdated politics.
He concluded by insisting that Mr Bamba would play a key role in protecting the NPP and its votes.
