SPIO GABRAH’S ADVENTURE

Trade Minister, Ekwow Spio Garbrah

By Ekow Mensah

There can be no doubt that Ekow Spio Gabrah, now minister of Trade has nursed the ambition to become the President of the Republic of Ghana.

Indeed at one stage he thought and said that he would be a better President than Professor John Evans Atta Mills.

When he lost the contest and Professor Mills did not find him worthy of a ministerial post, he launched tirades against young appointees of the Government describing them as “Team B”.

Now Ekow Spio Gabrah says that he has given up that ambition at least for the present and is fully committed to the campaign to re-elect President John Dramani Mahama.

According to him it would be crazy for anybody to challenge President John Mahama at the party primary because of his achievements.

The truth however is that Ekow Spio Gabrah knows that he cannot challenge President Mahama and win.

The likely outcome of such a challenge would be a humiliating defeat for the man who continues to nurture groups around the country calling themselves Friends of Spio Gabrah.

If Mr Ekow Spio Gabrah is content with his position as Minister of Trade why has he formed or encouraged the formation of “Friends of Spio Gabrah”

Of what use are the Friends of Spio Gabrah to a minister who is truly loyal to the President and has no ambition of moving up?

Does he need that as a Minister?

It is refreshing that Spio has finally advised himself that any foray into the Presidential race will be nothing more than an adventure.

EDITORIAL

FROM INSIDE THE NPP

The messages that are coming out of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) clearly indicate that the party is not ready for power in 2016.

For, how can elements in a political party which is serious about capturing power in the next election claim that their leaders have been bought by the ruling party?

If indeed, the leaders of the NPP are so corrupt that they can be bought with petty gifts of Toyota Land Cruizers, then why should anybody vote for them?

The other day another group in the party which appeared determined to smear their own national organizer put out the false claim that he had stolen campaign funds to buy himself a car.

 It is from the centre of the same party that the false allegation that the national party chairman is a drug dealer is made.

 There have been even more serious allegations leveled against former President J.A Kufuor, Mr Kwadwo Mpianin, Nana Akufo- Addo and many others in the party by its own members and loyalists.

 What is worse is that it appears that some party leaders and activists have now mastered the art of secretly recording sensitive party meetings and discussions for public consumption.

It may even appear that they have turned this bizarre past time into a full time business.

 The NPP has to realize that with this strange conduct of some of its leaders and activists power will surely elude it in 2016.

If the NPP wants to win the elections then these mercenaries in its ranks ought to change or be changed.