{"id":121444,"date":"2026-05-28T10:02:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T10:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=121444"},"modified":"2026-05-28T10:02:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T10:02:05","slug":"cudjoe-warns-ndc-against-sidelining-haruna-iddrisu-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=121444","title":{"rendered":"Cudjoe Warns NDC Against Sidelining Haruna Iddrisu"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https:\/\/www.newsghana.com.gh\/cudjoe-warns-ndc-against-sidelining-haruna-iddrisu\/Founding President of IMANI Africa Franklin Cudjoe has entered the growing internal debate within the National Democratic Congress (NDC) over the political standing of Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu, warning party figures against targeting one of the NDC\u2019s most strategically important politicians in the race to position for the post-Mahama era.
\nThe intervention follows recent public remarks by NDC National Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketia, popularly known as General Mosquito, which Cudjoe interpreted as part of a push to diminish Haruna\u2019s standing within the party. Cudjoe rejected the premise and the timing, describing the campaign as counterproductive and factually misguided.
\n\u201cEvery NDC presidential hopeful needs a Haruna Iddrisu,\u201d Cudjoe wrote in a social media post.
\nHe credited Haruna with sustaining the NDC during its years in opposition, particularly in the Northern and Ashanti regions, and argued that the former Minority Leader\u2019s record of building relationships across party lines made him one of the most valuable political assets the NDC possesses. He also said Haruna mentored a significant number of individuals who later became government ministers.
\nCudjoe\u2019s sharpest challenge was to the claim that Haruna\u2019s removal from parliamentary leadership contributed to the NDC\u2019s 2024 election victory. He said that argument does not hold up to scrutiny, arguing instead that the NPP\u2019s defeat was driven by economic hardship and public frustration under the previous administration.
\nHe also dismissed any notion that Haruna poses an immediate threat to other aspirants, noting that Haruna has publicly denied any intention to contest the flagbearer race at this point. Cudjoe said attacking someone with no active candidacy amounted to political paranoia, and warned it was more likely to boost Haruna\u2019s standing with supporters than weaken it.
\nHis remarks close with a broader counsel to NDC figures with 2028 ambitions, advising them to concentrate on governance and delivery rather than settling factional scores while President Mahama is still in office.
\n NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https:\/\/www.newsghana.com.gh\/cudjoe-warns-ndc-against-sidelining-haruna-iddrisu\/<\/p>\n

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NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https:\/\/www.newsghana.com.gh\/cudjoe-warns-ndc-against-sidelining-haruna-iddrisu\/Founding President of IMANI Africa Franklin Cudjoe has entered the growing internal debate within the National Democratic Congress (NDC) over the political standing of Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu, warning party figures against targeting one of the NDC\u2019s most strategically important politicians in the race to position for the post-Mahama era. The intervention follows recent public [\u2026] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https:\/\/www.newsghana.com.gh\/cudjoe-warns-ndc-against-sidelining-haruna-iddrisu\/<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_2277560469115098_106292521332774":"","twitter_aToxNzczMzI3Njk4OTg4ODUxMjAxOw==_1773327698988851200":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18441,18442,18443,18444,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-asiedu-nketia-ndc","category-franklin-cudjoe-imani","category-ghana-opposition-politics","category-haruna-iddrisu-ndc","category-politics","post_format-post-format-link"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121444\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}