A former Managing Director of the Ghana’s Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Isaac Osei has categorically denied media reports suggesting that he is an eye to contest the country’s sitting President, Nana Akufo-Addo, for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flag-bearer slot for the 2020 general elections.
The report suggested that Mr Osei made his political ambitions known to some close confidantes during a meeting.
The report also said the former MP for Subin in the Ashanti Region, may break away from the NPP and form his own party should he lose the presidential primaries.
Mr Isaac Osei resigned as Managing Director of TOR in December 2019. The reasons for his resignation have since not been known.
He is the second person from the NPP who has been rumoured of planning to contest the President.
The first person who was rumoured of planning to contest the President from his party was the former Minister for Energy, Boakye Agyarko, a claim he had refuted.
Speaking on the issue for the first time, Mr Osei laughed off over the claims, describing them as untrue.
“How do I contest the leader of the political party that I belong to?” he quizzed, adding: “I have full confidence in Akufo-Addo and I know he is going to win the 2020 election. I will not be a contestant in the election.”
He further stated: “I believe firmly in the principles of which the New Patriotic Party was founded; I have been a member since 1992 and I’m not about to stop. I will not quit the NPP to go and form a party or join any other party because, in my view, it is the best party we have in this country.”
He expressed the strong conviction that some faceless elements are on a mission to tarnish his image.
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) slated its Presidential and Parliamentary elections for April 25, but the party has postponed it to a yet to be announced date due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus.
Source: www.energynewsafrica.com
