Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has received the support of Mavis Hawa Koomson, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, as the ideal candidate to halt Ghana’s 8-year cycle of power alternation.
Hawa Koomson claimed in an interview with Umaru Sanda Amadu on Face to Face on Citi TV that Bawumia is the only one who can explain the accomplishments of the administration and the reasons the NPP should be re-elected in 2024.
“Dr. Bawumia is the very one who can break the ‘8’,” she said. “He has worked with President Akufo-Addo for the past eight years. He knows where we started from and where we are now. So he has a story to tell. Apart from Dr. Bawumia, nobody can tell the story of the government, and that is why we are all supporting him.”
The idea that Bawumia is not a decision-maker in the cabinet was also refuted by Hawa Koomson. She said that despite his position as vice president, he is not a one-man show and has the authority to act independently.
“If you say he’s part of the government, yes, but he’s only a vice, he’s supporting the president,” she said, adding “He has no say. When the president is not there, Dr Bawumia cannot chair cabinet meetings, or sign any documents unless the president asks him to do it on his behalf. So when he’s in charge, he can make decisions on his own.”
Bawumia was expected to win the NPP’s presidential primary in November by a wide majority, according to Hawa Koomson. She said that he is the most well-liked and experienced contender in the contest and that the party’s grassroots are behind him.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Joseph Asare
