{"id":46787,"date":"2014-09-12T06:37:58","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T06:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=46787"},"modified":"2014-09-12T07:08:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T07:08:00","slug":"i-still-want-to-be-flagbearer-someday-osei-ameyaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/i-still-want-to-be-flagbearer-someday-osei-ameyaw\/","title":{"rendered":"I still want to be flagbearer someday \u2013 Osei Ameyaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former flagbearer aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kofi Osei Ameyaw has told <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, despite bowing out of the flagbearership race, he still has the desire to lead the party someday.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/09\/11\/osei-ameyaw-also-drops-out-of-npp-race\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>Osei Ameyaw<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>on Thursday announced he was dropping out of the race and declared his support fellow aspirant, Nana Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n<p>After escaping the elimination stage and making it onto the list of final five aspirants to contest the position, Osei Ameyaw on\u00a0<strong>Eyewitness News<\/strong>\u00a0explained that this is not the time for him to lead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still want to be the flagbearer and the presidential candidate if those who matter; the delegates, will afford me the opportunity,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, it is not my time and that is why I am so grateful to the delegates who positioned me in the first five,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;77fvjfqGvIRl31dzNIeVNJhbw9aXinTy&#8221;]He mentioned that his decision to bow out of the contest was informed by the wishes of the delegates who said to him during his campaign rounds that \u201cthe party wants to win 2016 and they believe that Nana Addo is the person that they want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a related development, a political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr. Evans Aggrey Darko, has described Osei Ameyaw\u2019s decision as \u201cspot on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201c\u2026sometimes, if it\u2019s not your turn, you will be swimming against the tide so I think that his analysis of the situation for me is spot on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the former flagbearer aspirant is relatively young and his decision to quit the race is aimed at securing his political future in the NPP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, it\u2019s pragmatism, that is what works, it is a realist perspective and it is what really works.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Darko however urged the remaining contestants to engage in a very healthy competition \u201cif they indeed they want to enjoy the future within the political party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osamidan\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @osamidan<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former flagbearer aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kofi Osei Ameyaw has told Citi News, despite bowing out of the flagbearership race, he still has the desire to lead the party someday. 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