The Member of Parliament for Yendi, Farouk Aliu-Mahama, has described Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as ‘competent’ and ‘visionary’ and described him as the only man capable of taking Ghana to the ‘promised land’.
Aliu-Mahama said during an interview on JoyNews that
Dr Bawumia has proven himself as a competent politician during his 16 years in
the public eye and is the right choice to lead the New Patriotic Party (NPP)
going forward.
“My support for Dr Bawumia is not
because my late father wanted to see him at some point. I have seen the vice
president, within the shortest possible time, become a force to reckon with in
this country.
“He has moved the country as a vice president; he has done a
lot. He has the vision to do more with the support of the president and has
carried himself to the admiration of everybody; he is very competent,” Aliu-Mahama
said.
The Yendi legislator added: “The vice president at least can lead
Ghana to the promised land… Dr. Bawumia is somebody who stands tall, in the last
16 years, everything is about Bawumia. Even those who don’t like Bawumia are
speaking about him,”
The MP said all the contestants in the upcoming flagbearer race
deserve to win but only one person will win and that is Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
The Veep is expected to face competition for the NPP flagbearer
from party stalwarts such as former Trade Minister Alan Kyeremanten,
Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong and others.
Meanwhile, a new delegates-based poll jointly released by the
Outcomes International Ghana and the Centre for Sustainable African Development
Initiatives (C-SADI) UK places Bawumia in a
‘comfortable lead’ in the race.
The poll surveyed circa 197,000 NPP polling station executives
(PSEs) in all 16 regions of Ghana.
“The most preferred candidate for
the NPP’s flagbearer position among PSEs is Dr Mahamudu Bawumia leading in all
16 regions… The closest contenders to Dr Bawumia are Alan Kyerematen and
Kennedy Agyapong respectively. It is worth noting that some PSEs (12.3%) indicated
they have not yet decided on whom to vote for, but that does not significantly
change the outcome,” the researchers said in their final report.
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