Campaign team members for Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, Messrs. Fred Oware and Sammi Awuku former Chief Executive Officer of Bui Power Authority and current Director-General of the National Lottery Authority respectively, on Tuesday May 30, 2023, picked nomination forms for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, officially signifying the Vice President’s formal entry into the governing New Patriotic Party’s Presidential Primaries.
Mr. Awuku told the media after picking the nomination forms that they had been authorised to do so.
The team conducted the exercise of picking the forms in a low-profile fashion, devoid of the pump and pageantry that usually characterize such events.
On why the team decided to pick the forms without involving supporters of the Vice President, Mr. Oware averred that they did not want to engage in the panache that usually accompany such events because they deemed it as ‘’a private assignment’’.
Mr. Awuku on his part explained further that Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia will address the media after filing the form.
Vice President Bawumia gave impetus to his desire to contest the NPP Flagbearership slot when he met the Majority Caucus in Parliament on May 3, 2023, at which meeting he broke the news of his intention to contest the primaries when nominations open, to them.
Vice President Bawumia told the Majority Caucus when he met them that “I want you to know that I appreciate your support. We are going to break the 8. First of all, we are going to file for the flagbearership which I’m going to do, win the flagbearership, break the 8, and go to Jubilee House. That is what I’m going to do.’’
So far, nine persons have indicated their interest to contest the NPP Presidential Primaries including Dr. Bawumia himself, former Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen; former Food and Agriculture Minister, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto; Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong, and a former MP for Mampong in the Ashanti Region, Francis Addai Nimoh.
The rest are a former Minister of Justice and Attorney General and MP for Essikado-Ketan, Joe Ghartey; a former General Secretary of the NPP, Kwabena Agyepong; Former Trade Minister Dr Kofi Konadu Apraku and former Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko.
The NPP opened nomination for the Presidential Primaries on Friday May 26, 2023, with six people already picking forms to contest. Nominations are expected to close on June 24, 2023, while the primaries are slated for November 4, 2023.
The Party’s parliamentary primaries are due in February 2023.
Source: BestNewsGH.com
