Radio host Okatakyie Afrifa Mensah has challenged followers of former Ghanaian president John Dramani Mahama to provide concrete arguments for their candidate’s reelection.
He says that just because Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the flagbearer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), is a member of the failed Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government, does not mean that Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), should be the obvious choice, as some are claiming.
In response to accusations that Dr. Bawumia should have left if his voice was not being heard by the current government, the journalist laughed, as stated in the most recent episode of his “For the Records” show.
He maintained that the vice president could not have quit over his disagreement with some government policies since doing so would have prevented him from winning the presidency.
“ordinarily, I agree with you that both Dr Bawumia and Akufo-Addo should be booted out. But this is the case where this person on the other side, has been given the chance as vice president and president.
“Then they say Dr Bawumia says when he comes, he will cancel the E-levy. Is it not a known fact that Dr Bawumia said publicly that he believes electronic transactions must not be taxed? Then people say why did he not resign? How is that even possible? If he had resigned, he would surely not even have the chance to come and lead the NPP,” he stated.
According to Afrifa Mensah, Ghanaians ought to look at the words and ideas of the two candidates to decide who would be a better leader of the nation.
He asserted that Dr. Bawumia could be a man of his own, just as Mahama had been when he went from vice president to president.
Watch his remarks below:
"If not Bawumia, why Mahama" – #FixTheCountry convener Okatakyie Afrifa pic.twitter.com/nyhEThnOXc
— NanaYhaw (@NanaDarko__) February 13, 2024
