“If you don’t make it to Heaven, don’t blame Jesus” — Asiedu Nketiah tells C/R residents

The National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, popularly known as General Mosquito, has called on residents of the Central Region to ignite their love for the party.

According to Asiedu Nketiah, despite the inclusion of persons from the Central Region either as presidential candidates or vice presidential candidates, the region has not shown consistent support in terms of votes for the NDC.

He claimed that for some regions, once a flagbearer or running mate is nominated from there, people of the region vote for the party in question, but the Central Region has not shown the same support for the NDC despite the party’s loyalty to the region.

He further urged the people of the region to reconsider their inconsistent support for the party, citing the “valuable assets” the party has made for the region.

“In our first election, we chose someone [Kow Nkensen Arkaah] from the Central Region as our running mate. In our second election, we selected Prof. Mills as our running mate. And in our third election, Prof. Mills became our flagbearer.

“In our fourth and fifth elections, Prof. Mills was our flagbearer. He won and became president. When he died, John Mahama took over and selected someone [Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur] from the Central Region to be Vice President,” he noted while addressing some residents in the Central Region.

He continued, “After Amissah-Arthur, today, we have Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang from the Central Region as our running mate and soon-to-be Vice President. So, you have a lot of valuable assets, but you are discarding them. Why are you throwing out your intestines and replacing them with rubbish? There are regions in Ghana where the flagbearer of a party comes from. And ever since, the people of those regions have consistently voted for that party.

“But you, the people of the Central Region, who helped form the NDC, in all eight elections held in this Fourth Republic, there has not been one in which a person from the Central Region wasn’t a flagbearer or running mate. Yet, during elections, you vote against the NDC. Think about this carefully. If you don’t make it to Heaven, don’t blame Jesus”.

The Central Region is a swing area which could determine who wins the elections.