Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, vice president, has spoken out on whether or not he plans to succeed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and lead the NPP into the 2024 elections.
Bawumia stated in an interview with Kenyan private TV channel KTN News that he was devoted to helping the president for the time being carry out his plans and policies.
He claimed that while 2024 is an election year, it is not the government's main priority and that the Akufo-Addo led administration is instead concentrated on providing relief to Ghanaians.
“I think right now, I’m just focused on helping my boss the president Nana Akufo-Addo fulfil his vision and deliver on his agenda. We don’t really have too much time for thinking about 2024 right now. I think that if you get to 2024 and you don’t have a record, you will have nothing to campaign on. So right now, we are focused on that and we don’t know what the future holds but we will focus on the work for now,” Bawumia said.
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is expected to select a flagbearer next year to lead it into the 2024 elections in which it hopes to ‘break the 8’ – a term which the party has coined in its desire break the 8-year power cycle between itself and the main opposition National Democratic Congress under the Fourth Republic.
Some names that have come up strongly in the race includes Bawumia, Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyerematen; Agric Minister Dr. Afriyie Osei Akoto, Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong and former NPP General Secretary Kwabena Agyepong.
Despite all of the economic difficulties the administration is facing, President Akufo-Addo is optimistic that the "short term" IMF solution it has started would help the economy recover before 2024.
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