Pollster Ben Ephson has indicated that the only way to build
consensus on who succeeds Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the flagbearer of the
party in 2024 is for Akufo-Addo to step down a year to end his second term.
According to him, there is no
way the supporters of the two leading contenders Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and Alan
Kyeremanteng will be willing to support the NPP in the main election.
“There is the only one
possibility for consensus-building on a decision on who replaces Nana Addo
Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The President has to step down on health reasons for Dr.
Mahamudu Bawumia to be sworn in as a President. Then Bawumia will pick Alan
Kyeremanteng his Vice. I think Alan Kyeremanteng will then support Bawumia
during the party’s primaries.
He said apart from this, the NPP
will have a challenge if there is an open contest especially between John Alan
Kyeremanteng and Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
“Ashantis will not vote if
Bawumia wins the primaries. Also, if Kyeremanteng win, the people of the North
will also not vote. They will trigger the perception that NPP uses the North
and dump them like they did to Alhaji Aliu Mahama,” he said on Accra-based
Angel FM.
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