Majority of the New Patriotic Party Members of Parliament want Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as the flagbearer of the party in the 2024 elections says Yendi MP Umar Farouk Aliu Mahama.
According to him, Dr Bawumia is the huge favorite to win the party’s presidential primaries ahead of nine other candidates including three-time runner Alan Kyeremanten and Assin Central lawmaker Kennedy Agyapong.
The Chairman of Parliament’s Muslim Caucus indicated that Dr Bawumia is the perfect candidate to lead the NPP in the 2024 polls, having worked with President Akufo-Addo as the Vice President of the republic.
“As for me and the majority of the Majority MPs, we are rooting for the Vice President, and it is a fact, and we are bold enough to say that we want Mahamudu Bawumia to take us to the promised land and also unite the party after the elections.
“Although we are yet to meet the other presidential hopefuls, it was clear during our meeting with the Vice President that everybody in the room wants Dr. Bawumia, and we are not saying that everyone wants him, but at least, over 100 MPs want him”, he told Citi FM.
He added that “Bawumia will win [the presidential primaries] with over 80 percent of the votes.”
Meanwhile, the Vice President in a meeting with members of the Majority Caucus in Parliament on Tuesday, May 2 disclosed his intention to contest the NPP Presidential Primaries on November 4, 2023.
