On Monday 3rd October 2022 the respected Hon. Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen Celebrated his 67th Birthday in the same week on Friday 7th October 2022 the Vice president of Ghana also celebrated his 57th Birthday. Normally, there shouldn’t have been a need to compare but these two gentlemen are undoubtedly the front-runners for the NPP Presidential primaries and therefore we need to fish out the differences which stood out at both celebrations. Below is a list of the pointers:
1. Both Gentlemen were born on Monday (Monday, October 3, 1955) and (Monday 7th October 1963
2. Whereas Alan’s Birthday happened on his day of birth Bawumia’s own did not. This will happen again in 2025 after Alan is sworn in office as President (The beauty of it) but not so for Bawumia. This suggests that the sands of time agree with the assertion that ‘Aduru Alan So’
3. The Vice President’s Birthday was widely attended by Ministers and government appointees whiles Alan Kyerematens’ Birthday was attended massively by the party grassroots.
4. The Vice President financed his campaign and cut one cake, but Alan’s party was organized by supporters and had more cakes than can be counted with several parties across the country.
The Vice President chose the Birthday Celebration over Ghana’s economy (even as Chairman of the Economy Management Team), he had a lot of time at his disposal to be celebrating on a working day which possibly made him miss the Friday Ṣalāt al-Jumuʿah prayers, Alan Kyerematen sacrificed personal joy to go to work on Monday and serve the country all day. He chose Ghana over his birthday, a clear indication of his commitment to sacrifice for the country’s benefit.
6. Alan Kyerematen showed that he is a UNIFIER, by sending a birthday message to the Vice President. He did the same for the Vice President’s wife (Hajia Samira Bawumia on 20th August) but neither the veep nor his wife could reciprocate the gesture. A sign that some say shows the maturity of Mr. Kyerematen.
7. Both Bawumia and Vladimir Putin were born on 7th October. (Putin is the main cause of the Russian-Ukraine war, a war which has been blamed widely for affecting Ghana’s economy perhaps more than the combined effect of COVID-19 and the Ebola outbreak. The only known global Icon who also celebrates his birthday on 3rd October with Alan Kyerematen is
Zlatan Ibrahimović (One of the Greatest Football Strikers of All Time).
8. In the corner of birthday wishes, most of the open wishes we heard online and read on social media in line with the Vice President’s birthday; were by government appointees. Mr. Kyerematen however received an avalanche of birthday wishes from the party grassroots, market women, taxi & trotro drivers, and other regular citizens who could not hold their joy to witnessing another birthday of one of Africa’s finest gentlemen.
9. On Alan’s birthday, there was a massive celebration in Tamale, where Pro-Alan Groups in Tamale donated to an orphanage and also organized a big party. This was replicated at Asante Akyem with a clean-up exercise and a party after that. The Vice President’s party however took place at his residence, a small beautiful party that was attended by ministers and government appointees as stated earlier. He also spent some time with cured lepers as part of the celebration.
10. Our Vice President could not hide his joy but gave citizens a buga dance as part of the celebration. Alan Kyerematen, however, could not dance but was busy at work because he believes fixing Ghana’s economic challenges is more important than parties, music, and dance.
Whereas some may say this comparison means nothing, discussions on social media suggest that these pointers serve as a guide to delegates when anointing a candidate who will lead the NPP party to victory and break the eight.
Fellow Ghanaians, which of these two gentlemen would die for the good of the country as against the one who will fiddle even as ‘Rome burns’?
By: Citizen Ekow Abu Alidu
(Baobab Media Gh)
