The Spokesperson and Technical Economic Adviser to the Vice President, Dr. Gideon Boako has indicated that the election of Dr. Bawumia as flagbearer for the NPP will spell doom for the NDC in the Northern part of the country in the upcoming 2024 General Elections.
Speaking on Accra-based Peace FM on Monday, Dr. Boako rubbished claims that the Vice President is no match for the former president, John Dramani Mahama in the 2024 elections.
According to the economist, such assertions are baseless and untrue touting his boss as the best person among the lot to compete with former President John Dramani Mahama, especially in the northern sector of the country.
Justifying his stance, Dr. Bawumia recounted Dr. Bawumia’s impact on the 2020 elections stressing the vice president’s influence that won the NPP more parliamentary seats in the Northern Region; a region which is believed to be a stronghold of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Dr. Boako expressed his confidence that the vice president will help the New Patriotic Party to win more votes from the NDC strongholds in the northern sector.
“Bawumia over the years has demonstrated through his impact in the political scene that he can win more votes for us,” he said.
He added that “it will be very very dangerous for the NDC in the North” when Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia goes head to head with Mr. Mahama.
“In the 2020 elections, NPP won seventeen (17) seats from the NDC in the whole Ghana. Out of the 17 seats we won from the NDC, 15 of them came from the Northern Region. So, this means Bawumia’s influence penetrated the NDC that as even as Running Mate, his effect is so huge that if we leave him head to head with Mahama, it will be very very dangerous for the NDC in the North,” he narrated.
