Adom-Otchere wanted me to get him a job in NDC gov’t – Ato Ahwoi

Ace broadcaster and Metro TV’s Good Evening Ghana host, Paul Adom-Otchere, wanted help getting a job in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government, founding member of the party, Ato Ahwoi, has said.

Calling into the Good Morning Ghana show on Metro TV Friday morning, he accused Mr. Adom-Otchere of peddling inaccuracies about the NDC in an attempt to cast the party in a negative light.

According to him, such a strategy was not going to bode well for Adom-Otchere who has long described himself as a right-wing commentator and pro-Akufo-Addo.

“This is the Paul Adom-Otchere, when NDC was in power, who came to my office and wanted me to create a position for him, but let him do the mischief that he’s trying to do. He’s on a mischief assignment and it’s not going to help him in any way, shape, or form,” he said.

Mr. Ahwoi said the party’s old guard will not allow Mr. Adom-Otchere’s narratives to succeed.

“Tell Adom-Otchere that whatever bad things he wants to do to NDC, he won’t succeed, and some of us who are old members of the party will not allow him to succeed,” the NDC elder stressed to the host of the show.

The political veteran said that the ruling NDC had a way of electing its leaders, which has consistently stood the test of time. The strategy has paid off as the party has got the likes of Professors Mills and Opoku-Agyeman, amidst intense misgivings at the time, he remarked.

“You know very well that NDC, we have a way of doing our own thing. Do you remember that when [President] Atta Mills was selected as running mate by the NDC, as flag bearer by NDC, nobody thought he was going to get it, but he got it, and he got it.

“The same thing, when people were fighting about who should be the running mate to Mahama, all sorts of names were mentioned, but the NDC went and brought Naana Jane, and Naana Jane is now the vice president,” Mr. Ahwoi said.

Adom-Otchere, who was also present on the show as a panelist, responded to the claim by stating that although he used to visit Ahwoi frequently, he doesn’t recall asking him for the favour of serving in the government.

Mr. Adom-Otchere welcomed the NDC veteran’s contributions on the show, adding that he did not mean “evil” for the ruling party.

“I do not wish the NDC evil. That’s also perhaps it’s not, it’s a bit too harsh. I mean, I have friends in the NDC,” he disclosed. “I am generally a political animal.  So I like to follow politics a lot.”

In recent times, Paul Adom-Otchere has been appearing on the show on Fridays to express views on the topical issues as part of the newspaper review.

After barely nine months in office, conversations about who succeeds John Mahama have erupted with favourites taking the lead in early polls, including ones published by Global Infoanalytics, a renowned pollster, Mussa Dankwah’s outfit.

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Same names that have come up very early in the NDC flag bearer succession race include Education Minister, Haruna Iddrisu; NDC Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, and Chief of Staff at the Jubilee House, Julius Debrah.

The party has yet to draw a roadmap for its internal elections.