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.