The chairman of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s campaign’s communications directorate, Nana Akomea, has rejected allegations made by Abetifi MP Bryan Acheampong that the former vice president was mostly to blame for the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) failure in the 2024 general elections.
Speaking on Thursday, December 18, on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo program, Akomea characterized Acheampong’s comments as a personal opinion devoid of solid proof.
He emphasized that a number of independent surveys carried out prior to the 2024 elections, such as those by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), Afrobarometer, and Global InfoAnalytics, had forecast that the NPP would probably lose because of public discontent with the economy, unemployment, and overall living conditions.
“None of the reports identified Bawumia’s candidature as a cause of the defeat,” Akomea emphasized that post-election investigation in 2025 by the Prof. Mike Oquaye-led commission on the NPP’s electoral defeat, as well as studies by the German organisation Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, produced similar conclusions.
According to Akomea, the results repeatedly indicated that the primary cause of the defeat was voter dissatisfaction with government performance. He asked Acheampong to provide one reliable survey to back up his assertion.
Akomea stated that new data by Global InfoAnalytics and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung shows growing support for Bawumia among delegates ahead of the party’s future primaries. He claims this trend refutes claims that the former flagbearer was to blame for the 2024 election defeat.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Joseph Asare
