The head of the Political Communications
Department of the University of Cape Coast, Dr Eric Opoku Mensah, has heaped
praises on the wife of New Patriotic Party (NPP) vice-presidential candidate, Dr
Mahamudu Bawumia, for her role in the campaign of the party ahead of polls in
December. According to Dr Mensah, it would not be far-fetched to refer
to Mrs Samira Bawumia as Ghana’s version of Michelle Obama, wife of the
president of the United States of America.
Mrs Bawumia has been touring
the country preaching the message of change to the electorate.
In his
assessment of Mrs Bawumia’s role in the NPP campaign, Dr Mensah told Class News’
Naa Deedei Tettey on Thursday October 27 that she had developed into a great
asset for the NPP and had the ability to make political gains for her party and
its candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
“So far as the NPP’s campaign
is concerned, I think that she’s been quite articulate, and if you want to say
Ghana’s version of Michelle Obama, you might be right to some extent. She has
grown over the period. Her husband, Dr Bawumia, has grown tremendously in terms
of his stature and he’s come along with wife Samira. I think she brings a lot of
credibility to Nana Akufo-Addo’s ticket, particularly being a Muslim woman. I
think that she has a great potential of connecting with the teeming masses,
especially in the Zongos,” he stated.
“She has the potential of easily
connecting with the ordinary people because they look up to her as one of their
own. She comes from the north and secondly she is a Muslim, and I think that if
she continues this way, she brings a lot of political capital to the NPP and I
think it will only be to the advantage of the NPP.”
He continued: “This
is something I haven’t seen on the other side, particularly in the NDC, and it
adds a lot to the ticket of Nana Akufo-Addo. …She has age on her side, she is
young, she is energetic, and this is the time she can do a lot more and I’m not
surprised at what she is doing. …This is not a competition between her and Nana
Akufo-Addo’s wife, but she is young and she has all the zeal and energy. When
you look at the other side, sometimes, you will find the First Lady going on her
own trips, but most at times what is visible to me is not more of her oratory
[skills] but sharing [of] gifts, but Samira has really shown the difference by
her ability to articulate clearly her message.”
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