Mr. Godwin Edudji Tamekuro, NDC Legal Officer
National Democratic Congress (NDC) Legal Secretary Godwin Edudji Tamekuro has said that the speech delivered by NPP flag bearer Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia at the Accra University of Professional Studies (UPSA) was written by Gabby Asare Otchere Darko. He claimed to be Mr. ) on February 7, 2024.
According to Edudji, after writing the speech for the NPP flag bearer, Gabby Otchere Darko guided him through a simulation where he rehearsed what he was going to say.
“Gabby is the one who wrote the speech that Dr. Bawumia gave at UPSA. This is a fact. He had him do a simulation and Gabby came and denied it. He wrote 73 for Bawumia. “He was an integral part of Dr. Bawumia’s work,” he claimed.
In an interview on 3FM on Monday, February 19, 2024, the lawyer referred to old tweets by Dr Bawumia and President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo during their days in opposition and comments they made regarding sole procurement.
He accused Dr Bawumia of being hypocritical and inconsistent, contradicting his own statements and tweets made during the opposition, especially on the issue of sole sourcing.
“While in opposition, Mr. Bawumia tweeted that the overpricing of single source contracts is typical of this John Mahama NDC government.Today, the Auditor General told us that 87% of cocoa road contracts The Akufo-Addo and Bawumia watches were announced to have been concluded under the Act through sole procurement and restricted tendering.
“Akufo-Addo himself said on August 23, 2016 that the era of sole sourcing is over. This is Akufo-Addo and today he has won 87% of sole sourcing contracts at a value of GH¢9 billion.” ” he said.
Further explaining his point, Edudji added that the brains behind the government, Gabby Otchere Darko, had also tweeted about sole sourcing.
With this explanation, he stated that Gabby is making most decisions on behalf of the president.
However, Alfred Thompson, a member of the communications team of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), disagreed, saying Gaby was not part of the government and his opinions on government matters should not be taken as official. Stated.
“He’s not part of the government. So how can he be the brain box of the government? When you bring in certain things, we need to challenge them. He’s retired from local politics. “He said he did, but he didn’t say that. ‘He left the government,” Thompson said.
Mr. Thompson also pointed out that Mr. Bohmia was the one who prepared the speech.
“How could Gabby prepare such a speech for Bawumia? Was he there with Gabby? Dr. Bawumia himself prepared it. There were a couple of times when I thought, “And he was with the research officer, and they were struggling,” going over each page over and over again, making the necessary corrections.” added.
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