The Founding President of the UP Tradition Institute, Dr. Razak Kojo Opoku, has taken a swipe at what he describes as “cheap sloganeering” within the political space, particularly targeted at supporters of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
In a Facebook post, Dr. Opoku mocked the “Win With Bawumia” slogan, which some sympathisers of the Vice President have been promoting, adding that it has been reduced to the chant: “Aka 9 pɛ.”
He argued that political history does not support the over-simplified slogan, pointing to examples from past elections where narrow margins were not enough to secure victory for presidential candidates.
“Let’s educate them,” he wrote, before highlighting instances:
• In 2004, the late President John Evans Atta Mills needed 7% to defeat John Agyekum Kufuor but still lost.
• In 2012, Nana Akufo-Addo needed just 0.24% to beat John Mahama but lost.
• In 2020, John Mahama needed 6% to unseat Akufo-Addo but was unsuccessful.
• In 2024, he argued, Dr. Bawumia only had to maintain President Akufo-Addo’s 51.3% performance from the 2020 elections but “abysmally lost to John Mahama.”
Dr. Opoku concluded his post with the assertion that “#TRUTH over LIES” should guide political discourse rather than empty slogans.
Source: newsghana.com.gh
