Ernest Yaw Anim, a candidate for the NPP, has received congratulations from the most credible Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia after being elected as the representative for the Ashanti region’s Kumawu seat. In the by-election held on May 23 to fill the vacancy left by the passing of Philip Basoa, the former NPP MP for the constituency, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) kept the seat. Kwesi Amankwah, a candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), received 3,723 votes, falling short of Ernest Yaw Anim’s 15,264 votes.
With 2,478 and 62 votes, respectively, the independent candidates Kwaku Duah (1) and Kwaku Duah (2) won the race. The Vice President asked the NPP MP to use his time in Parliament to benefit the people of Kumawu and the country as a whole in a tweet sent out in the wake of the election results. “We are happy to announce this triumph for Ernest Yaw Anim and Kumawu. Make Kumawu proud, Anim, and leave a lasting impression on Parliament. Kumawuman, thank you!” the Vice President wrote.
The NPP has maintained its dominance in the Kumawu constituency since 1996, and the party’s victory in the by-election confirms this. Because of the involvement of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), George Akuffo Dampare, and his police officers, the by-election was held without any major events being recorded.
In order to assist Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the vice president, in his campaign for the NPP flagbearership, an organization calling itself the Bawumia Fan Club has raised $50,000.
The group claimed that all of its members across the nation’s diverse constituencies contributed to the fund-raising effort.
Dr. Bawumia, the vice president, has formally announced his desire to compete in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential primary elections.
The NPP’s candidate for the pivotal general elections of 2024 will be chosen in the primaries scheduled for November 2023.
Dr. Bawumia is the best candidate to lead the party due to his leadership qualities, according to the group’s National Chairman, Eric Kwabena Twumasi Ankrah, during a gathering at the Cultural Centre in Kumasi.
He claimed that the vice president is inherently superior to all other contenders because of his humility and regard for regular Ghanaians.
He said that Dr. Bawumia “has all the qualities to lead the country. He is very respectful and knowledgeable.”
The vice president, according to Mr. Ankrah, has been able to start a number of projects, the most notable of which is his ability to digitalize nearly every industry in the nation.He came to the conclusion that none of the contenders has the skills necessary to challenge and defeat Dr. Bawumia.
“Bawumia’s knowledge greatly aided the NPP. He helped us see things differently in nearly everything, including elections, thus he is the ideal candidate to lead the party and Ghana in general following the 2024 elections, the speaker said.
He declared that the group is ready to support the vice president in any way.
Upon their return from the Kumawu by-election, he said, “We will wait for them at the party’s office in Accra and hand over the money to him, any amount we are ready to pay for him.”
Millicent The group’s Ashanti Regional Chairman, Elizabeth Boateng, said that people shouldn’t believe that the vice president gave them the money because it was actually raised internally among the group’s members.
She said the group has long backed Dr. Bawumia and will do all it takes to ensure his success.
Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia has emphasised the necessity for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to overcome internal obstacles including petty disagreements, animosity, selfishness, and greed in order to accomplish their objective of “breaking the eight.” Dr. Bawumia stressed the significance of translating the party’s goals into concrete action during his speech at the regional seminar of the Tertiary Students Confederacy of the NPP (TESCON) conducted at the University of Cape Coast.
Dr. Bawumia admitted that it is insufficient for the party to merely declare its goal to end the eight-year cycle of political power. He emphasised the importance of a cohesive party that addresses problems impeding both national and party advancement. The Vice President declared that by 2024, they will be able to end the eight-year cycle and expressed confidence in the government’s accomplishments.
Dr. Bawumia fully thought that Ghanaians would give the Nana Akufo-Addo government the chance to continue in power through 2024 if they built on their strong foundation, finished current projects, and kept the promises made in the 2020 manifesto. He reassured the populace that the NPP government is dedicated to keeping its commitments.
He said, “I bring you the assurances of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo that we will do our best not to disappoint Ghanaians and you, our gallant soldiers.” Dr. Bawumia mentioned the appointments made by President Akufo-Addo, notably those granted to the youth and TESCON members, in order to highlight the government’s priorities. He emphasised the importance of the NPP ending the eight-year cycle because of the significant advantages that Ghana and its people stood to gain by holding onto power. “We are aware of the appointments of Nana Addo that have gone to the youth and TESCON members during the previous term and this term. He added, “What this means is that, as we continue to work hard and hold on to power, the benefit that would accrue to Ghana and by extension to all of us would be enormous, and this is why it is important for us to break the 8.” The Vice President reaffirmed the government’s dedication to creating an effective public sector, encouraging private sector expansion to create jobs, fighting bribery and corruption, and ensuring a prosperous future for the young and the following generation.
He proudly mentioned the government’s initiatives to increase opportunities in the quickly developing field of technology and digital innovation by offering free Wi-Fi to educational institutions, such as senior high schools, colleges of education, universities, and district education offices.
“We are committed to expanding their opportunities for the fast-emerging world of technological and digital innovation. I am proud that over the last years, we have set free Wifis to 722 Senior High Schools, 13 universities, 46 colleges of education and 216 district education offices,” the Vice President explained. In order to show that the government is capable of overcoming obstacles, Dr. Bawumia also enumerated a number of issues that they have dealt with or are presently dealing with. These include employment creation, strong economic indicators, social intervention programmes to lessen suffering among citizens, and the digitization of the economy for the benefit of the populace.
Dr. Bawumia’s observations provide insight into the NPP’s priorities and the procedures required to accomplish their goal of ending the eight-year cycle.
The Ashanti Region’s Kumawu electorate has been urged by Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia to cast their votes for Mr. Ernest Yaw Anim, the NPP’s parliamentary candidate in the next by-election.
At the late MP Philip Basoah’s funeral on Saturday, President Nana Akufo-Addo and other senior government officials were there. Dr. Bawumia afterwards told NPP supporters: “In this by-election, we want the whole of Ghana to know that Kumawu is NPP’s territory.”
“With love, come out in your numbers to vote for our parliamentary candidate Ernest Yaw Anim to win this by-election,” said Dr. Bawumia.
The applicant, according to him, “will ensure Kumawu is developed” and is “humble, hard-working, and intelligent.”
I really like him, let’s all vote for him, boom boom, Dr. Bawumia said.
The main opposition National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) Kwasi Amankwa, well known as Tom Cee, would face off against the NPP candidate.
Philip Basoah, the Kumawu MP, passed away in March of this year.In 2012, he was first elected to the legislature.
During his talks with New Patriotic Party (NPP) stakeholders in various Regions, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia received a resounding backing for his ambition to be the party’s flag bearer.
Dr. Bawumia has started consultations with important party members and outside parties over the past few weeks to let them know of his intentions and then to ask for their support before he formally announces his candidacy for the vacant NPP Flagbearership for the 2024 election.
Before meeting with important party blocks, including the crucial Majority Caucus, to formally advise them of his decision, sources claim he first contacted President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Former President J.A. Kufuor, and other stalwarts of the NPP.
The Vice President is claimed to have informed and sought the permission of numerous traditional and religious officials around the country in order to show respect for these institutions, a critical step that his rivals skipped over.
By engaging with important stakeholders from throughout the Regions over the past two weeks, Dr. Bawumia has moved his focus to honoring the NPP’s regional structure, and the responses have been overwhelmingly positive.
He recently traveled to the Western North, Western, Central, Volta, and Oti Regions where he encountered ecstatic party members who were unreserved in their support for him.
Dr. Bawumia visited the three Bono and Ahafo Regions, the Ashanti and Northern Regions, as well as other places this week.
The Vice President has received a ton of support in each of the regions he has traveled to.
A former campaign manager for Alan Kyerematen, a candidate for the position of flagbearer, shocked the ebullient Regional party stakeholders in Volta Region when he announced his support for Dr. Bawumia.
Kofi Dzamesi, a former close associate of Alan Kyerematen, stated that “Dr. Bawumia is the only one who can break the 8 for the NPP and I support him.”
Numerous people charged outside in the Bono Region when Dr. Bawumia was locked in a meeting with the party stakeholders, yelling his name and demanding he address them.
The Vice President complied, but he stopped short of openly announcing his ambition to be the flagbearer.
Instead, he praised the tense audience, urged party cohesion, and reassured them that the administration would continue to function.
In the Ashanti Region, which is the NPP’s heartland, nothing changed.
Major players in the Region, including constituency executives, publicly screamed Bawumia’s name and vowed their unwavering support for him while praising his dedication and fidelity to the party.
Anthony Amankwaa, the constituency chairman for Oforikrom, summarized the feelings of his fellow Ashanti Regional constituency chairmen when he noted that they had long recognized Dr. Bawumia’s major contributions to the party and government and had been working hard for him.
“Dr., the campaign (to elect you) didn’t begin today. Together with our Chairman, Wontumi, we started the initiative a long time ago. Since we are already working, there is even no need for us to speak today. May God bless you,” Chairman Amankwaa said to thunderous applause from his colleagues. “We will see you through, and we trust you will go and break the 8 for us.
Collins Addai of Atwima Mponua, a different chairman, praised Dr. Bawumia for his enormous contributions to the NPP’s electoral success, highlighting in particular the areas where the NPP had historically struggled until the rise of Dr. Bawumia.
As he continued with his important stakeholder engagements in the Upper West, Savannah, and Northern Regions, the pattern of widespread stakeholder endorsement, favorable testimonies, and enthusiastic grassroots support for Dr. Bawumia persisted in the North.
Only time will tell what lies ahead as the NPP opens nominations for the presidential race the following week and Vice President Bawumia prepares to make a formal public declaration to start what promises to be a historic journey.
However, the early signs indicate that he will lead the NPP into the upcoming elections as the front-runner and the supporter.
In this write-up, I would like to bring to bare the sacrifices, loyalty, dedication and commitment exhibited by H. E. Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) from the time of his nomination as a running mate in 2008 to the victory won in 2016. The previous write-up unearthed some of the untold contributions of Dr. Bawumia to the NPP government and by extension NPP in the former president J. A. Kufuor’s government.
Dr. Bawumia was working at the Central Bank of Ghana as a deputy governor. He was appointed by former president Kufuor. He was enjoying his work there as he was contributing his quota to the development of that sector and Ghana as a whole. Little did he know that he will be selected as a running mate to the then candidate Nana Akufo-Addo in 2008. However, he made a very risky but important decision by leaving his job at the Bank of Ghana and accepting a running mate slot that was not a guarantee that he will automatically become the Vice President of Ghana. This decision he took, marked the beginning of his sacrifices for NPP.
The New Patriotic Party went into the 2008 general elections with Dr. Bawumia as its running mate. He toured the length and breadth of the country, canvassing for votes for the party to retain power and possibly break the eight then. Unfortunately, the party lost power to the then largest opposition party.
After the 2008 general elections in Ghana, Dr. Bawumia had many high-profile job opportunities and among them was Resident Representative of the African Development Bank for Zimbabwe. He worked there for some time until he was called by his boss, Nana Akufo-Addo again to partner him for the 2012 Ghana’s general elections for the second time. Dr. Bawumia answered the call again to serve NPP by leaving that enviable position again at the AfDB. The love of Dr Bawumia for NPP is undoubtedly unquantifiable evidence by the critical sacrifices he has made so far for the party.
The delegates saw how Dr. Bawumia campaigned vigorously in 2012 general elections. He committed himself to the course of the party and as usual travelled across the whole country severally until the D-Day where he cast his vote in Kperiga in the Walewale constituency. The declaration of the results was not in favor of the NPP.
The NPP as a law-abiding party did not resort to violence but rather filed a petition at the Supreme Court to challenge the electoral process and the results of the elections. A very important question is that, who was the key witness to the NPP’s petition in court? Dr. Bawumia! It will interest you to know that no one was ready to enter the witness box but Dr Bawumia availed himself despite the potential political risk associated with it. I am aware he was advised against the decision to enter the witness box but for his love and loyalty to the party, he opted to defend the party. He defended the party creditably well while in the witness box at the Supreme Court.
Interestingly, National Democratic Congress (NDC) also went to court in 2021 following the declaration of the 2020 general elections after unsuccessful street protest amidst burning of car tyres on major roads in parts of the country. There was a clear difference between Dr. Bawumia as a key witness to the 2012 general elections’ petition and Mr. Asiedu Nketiah (General Mosquito) as a key witness to the 2020 general elections’ petition. The famous calculations by General Mosquito and I did not bring any figure to court in mind. Dr. Bawumia as a witness exposed a lot of flaws in the electoral process in the Ghanaian elections in 2012 and there is no doubt that it helped in shaping and guiding subsequent elections in Ghana. He sacrificed his time, family, job, resources, among others and stayed to the course of NPP until the final judgement was made. It must be stated clearly that the 2012 general elections’ petition ran for a period of eight months continuously. This kind of sacrifices can only be made by the only and only delegates’ choice, Dr Bawumia.
The undesirable results of the Supreme Court judgement in 2013 did not dampen the spirit of Dr. Bawumia at all as he continued his efforts in getting NPP back to power. In fact, he did not even look for any job again but devoted his all to the party’s course. He fought hard in 2016 general elections and finally, God delivered victory to the party. It is a common knowledge that the victory of NPP in the 2016 elections was largely attributed to the ever loyal, dedicated, committed and hard-working Dr. Bawumia.
As a result of the sacrifices and unflinching loyalty of Dr. Bawumia to the party and Nana Akufo-Addo, he has been selected as a running mate for four consecutive times to partner Nana Akufo-Addo. This is unprecedented in the history of the fourth republic of Ghana if not the whole of Africa. This rare opportunity can only happen to a rare gem like H. E Alhaji. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
In conclusion, it is evident that Dr. Bawumia’s sacrifices and loyalty to the NPP is noticed by both majority of delegates and non-delegates alike within the party. The delegates are saying that, the massive support Dr Bawumia is enjoying today is earned through the many sacrifices he has made and continue to make for the party. Hence, the delegates are ready to reward him with a resounding victory on 4th November, 2023 to lead NPP in the 2024 general elections to break the eight.
H. E. Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, president of Ghana, 2025. It is possible, In Sha Allah. Thank You
I have served and worked for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and I am yet to find someone who is in a better position to excel and succeed as leader of our party and country at this point in time.
The Vice President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, is such a towering figure in our political space who is endowed with huge and enormous potentials needed to lead our country at a time that the world is going through economic turmoil.
I make this bold statement as a grassroot politician who knows our political climate very well, and as a political aide to wontumi.
It is against this background that I urge all in the region and beyond to support our hardworking Vice President for him to be elected as the president of Ghana
The majority of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) legislators and government officials are in favor of the most credible Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia running for president because he is the delegate’s choice, according to Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong, the deputy minister for foreign affairs and regional integration.
According to 3new.com, he disproved claims that the vice president is simply the party’s “official candidate” and does not have the support of the party’s grassroots.
The party delegates have reportedly threatened to vote against the MPs and party in the polls if Dr. Bawumia is not chosen as the presidential candidate for the 2024 elections, according to Ampratwum-Sarpong, the member of parliament for Mampong.
“When he met our Caucus, the support was massive and it was so obvious. I can say over 100 of us support him and we demonstrated that by giving him an overwhelming acclaim when he met us. It was tumultuous and the upcoming victory will be earth-shaking.
“It is the grassroots that tell us what we should do. We are only following their direction. For example, delegates in my constituency came to me and said ‘Honourable, Bawumia is the one we want so if you don’t go in for Bawumia, we will remove you as our MP’.
“Yes, that’s what my people told me. I don’t want trouble. If the people I lead say this is the direction they want, I have to meet their aspirations and lead them to where they want to be,” the MP is quoted to have said
In the November 2023 presidential primary elections, which are slated for his district of Mampong, he said, 95% of the delegates support the vice president.
Former trade and industry minister Alan Kyerematen Assin, central MP Ken Agyapong, vice president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, former food and agriculture minister Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, former mampong member Francis Addai-Nimoh, and former regional cooperation minister Dr. Kofi Konadu Apreku are just a few of the candidates who are anticipated to compete for the NPP’s flagbearership.
The public will soon be able to use commercial taxi drivers’ services from anywhere in the Greater Accra Region thanks to a digital system that will connect them to, according to the most credible Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia’s announcement on Wednesday. This system will be similar to the digital platforms used by Uber and Bolt.
He said that by the end of the year, the entire public and private transport sectors in the area will have switched over to a “Tap and Go” system that can be used with oyster cards.
The vice president urged politicians to avoid using derogatory language and spreading false information and instead concentrate on finding answers to the nation’s challenges.
At the Pentecost Convention Centre in Gomoa-Fetteh, in the Central Region, the Vice President spoke at the beginning of the 46th session of the General Council Meeting of the Church of Pentecost.
He also praised the Church of Pentecost for its initiative and welcomed a forthcoming conference between the church and politicians, which is slated for June 2023. Apostle Eric Nyamekye, the Chairman of the Church of Pentecost, thanked the leadership for their services to the church during his report on the “State of the Church” during the 46th Session of the General Council Meeting of the Church of Pentecost.
During his five years as steward, the church saw a 7.9% increase in membership, reaching 3,597,955 as of December 2022.
The European Commission has given the Pentecost University and five other top worldwide universities a grant for 2.69 million euros to study robotics, cyber-physical systems, and artificial intelligence. Although the church’s programmes for education, health, women’s ministry, and youth and children’s ministry were successful, Apostle Nyamekye voiced disappointment over the statewide epidemic of cocoa disease and the persistent difficulties preventing the church’s expansion in cocoa-growing regions.
He urged district ministers and area leaders to come up with solutions to these problems.
With his more than three decades of public service, most credible vice president, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has condemned former president John Dramani Mahama, calling him a politician without any policies. At a public event in the Ayawaso Central Constituency, Bawumia declared he would keep asking John Mahama the same question in the future because he thinks the former president will never be able to provide an answer. “I asked John Mahama one question, he has not yet answered it. So far, I asked him just one question.
“I say, John Mahama, you have been Assemblyman, you have been deputy minister, you have been minister, you have been vice president, you have been president; over the last 30 years, so tell us one policy we can associate with you over 30 years of political life,” he stressed.
The first time Bawumia launched the ‘attack’ on Mahama was at a party rally last month in Mpraeso in the Eastern Region.
“Just one, not two, one policy that you can say, as for this one, John Mahama did it. He has not yet answered it and he cannot answer it,” Bawumia said to cheers from the audience as he is flanked by Greater Accra Regional minister, Henry Quartey.
“So, if he cannot answer one question, then I wouldn’t bother with 700 questions this time around. I would just leave it at one, I am waiting for the answer and in the future, I will keep asking,” he added. Though he has not publicly declared his candidature, Bawumia is widely regarded as the front-runner in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearership race expected to take place later this year. Senior aides have promised that he will run to lead the NPP into the election of 2024.
Currently on a national campaign tour, John Mahama is vying to be chosen as the National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) flagbearer in the 2024 elections. A primary election scheduled for May 13 will pit him against Kojo Bonsu and Kwabena Duffuor.
