The NDC has used any chance they have had to reply Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia to remind the whole nation on how the NPP is using him for propaganda and would later drop him for an Akan candidate to succeed president Akufo-Addo.
The NDC believe that NPP will never allow a Northerner or Muslim to lead the party. They always remind the nation of how Aliu Mahama failed to secure the votes of the delegates and how Afoko was removed after he was voted as the national chairman.
In fact, a section of Ghanaians doubts whether Bawumia would be elected the presidential candidate of the NPP despite his relevance in contemporary Ghanaian politics.
He would be ignored for an Akan candidate as the main opposition party has so well propagated for many Ghanaians to believe. In opposition, the party’s delegates voted for Afoko to lead the party as the national chairman and in government, they will equally choose the vice president Bawumia to lead the party as their presidential candidate for the 2024 general elections.
This is bound to happen and the NDC would be proved wrong. The novelty of Bawumia’s candidature would endear the party to the floating voters.
Incidence in the political arena in the country since Dr. Bawumia became the vice-presidential candidate to the NPP’s candidate, Akufo-Addo have all worked in favor of Dr. Bawumia leading the NPP in 2024.
A man who received a cold welcome as a novice in NPP and Ghanaian politics has learned the game so fast and so well that, he has become a household name in Ghanaian politics. The Bawumia factor cannot simply be ignored.
The sterling performance during the election petition in 2013, the various public lectures, his visible performance as vice president and the Bawumia factor in the 2020 election, especially, in the regions of northern Ghana, the zongos and the settler communities have made Bawumia the inevitable presidential candidate for the next general elections in 2024. Mr. pink sheets, you and I were not there, Mr. digital are some of his popular accolades.
Many Ghanaians believe he has outperformed all vice presidents in the fourth republic. His tech-savviness has been brought to bear in the Akufo-Addo led government. His visibility, vibrancy and dedication to digitizing the Ghanaian economy and operationalizing various initiatives has received admiration and goodwill from many Ghanaians.
The growing affection towards vice president Bawumia signifies he is bound to lead his party in 2024 and the party delegates cannot afford to block his ascendency to the throne of President. The democratic principles of the Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition would be upheld again at the primaries through voting, but Dr. Bawumia is bound to lead the party.
The cost of proving the opponent right that NPP will never allow a Northerner/ Muslim to lead the party would be so damaging to the party for many years to come.
Many Ghanaians believe he has outperformed all vice presidents in the fourth republic. His tech-savviness has been brought to bear in the Akufo-Addo led government. His visibility, vibrancy and dedication to digitizing the Ghanaian economy and operationalizing various initiatives has received admiration and goodwill from many Ghanaians.
The growing affection towards vice president Bawumia signifies he is bound to lead his party in 2024 and the party delegates cannot afford to block his ascendency to the throne of President.
The democratic principles of the Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition would be upheld again at the primaries through voting, but Dr. Bawumia is bound to lead the party. The cost of proving the opponent right that NPP will never allow a Northerner/ Muslim to lead the party would be so damaging to the party for many years to come.
Samira Bawumia, the wife of Dr. Bawumia is also a very powerful campaigner. She dazzles whenever she mounts the campaign platform. Besides Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, no spouse of a presidential candidate or vice-presidential candidate has been as eloquent as Samira on political campaigns.
She remains that beautiful, youthful and exuberant lady, who is ever ready to shake the nation with her husband with their powerful campaign messages.
Should the former president Mahama and his vice-presidential candidate Jane contest again in 2024, Mrs. Bawumia would be very instrumental in her husband’s campaign.
She could compete for space with the woman vice-presidential candidate of the NDC. No other spouse of the other main NPP contenders could match Samira.
She would also be very excellent first lady following how well she has partnered the first lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, in the advancement of Ghanaian women and children. Her beauty and fashion would only be comparable to Michelle Obama. This is only a plus to her.
Source: Ghana/otecfmghana.com/ Ebenezer Johnson
