One of the outspoken members of the New Patriotic Party, NPP, has made a shocking revelation about who the former Vice President, Dr. Alhaji Bawumia, wanted to choose as his running mate going into the 2024 election.
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According to the pundit, the Party realised that their stronghold, which did not need to campaign much to win their hearts, was gradually becoming a tough ground for them after the then opposition, National Democratic Congress, NDC, won the hearts of the youth in the Ashanti Region.
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He explained his revelation and said the party was becoming unpopular due to certain personalities in it, so the top guns were considering choosing a running mate who would’ve won votes for them without stress, and they settled on the former President, His Excellency John Agyekum Kuffour.
Ziega disclosed that this strategy was not going to be easy for the party because it was causing tension, but that was a great path to victory when all the possible running mates had “question marks” on their personas.
Before settling on one party member, the rumoured candidates were the
- MP for Abetifi Constituency and former Agric Minister, Honourable Bryan Acheampong
- MP for Bosomtwe and former Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum
- Former MP for Manhyia South and former Education Minister, Mathew Opoku Prempeh
- The late MP for Ejisu and former Deputy Finance Minister, Honourable John Kumah
The Kuffour factor was not about him serving the state, but it was a lure to the electorate to vote for the party because of his achievements in the past during his time as President of Ghana.
During the latter part of Zeiga, he also said President Kuffour would’ve been declared incapacitated if Bawumia chose him and they won, but unfortunately, that did not happen.
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