Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, a flagbearer candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has emphasised his role in the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo administration even though he is “just” a vice president.
On October 30, 2023, Dr. Bawumia told NPP delegates in the Upper East Region that although his primary responsibility as vice president is to support the president, he is the driving force behind some of the government’s most important measures.
“I’m a vice president; I’m not yet a president. By the grace of God, you would make me a president, but I’m a vice president, and you know that the work of the vice president is like that of an assistant headmaster, isn’t it?
“That is the nature of my work, but if you ask me, Dr. Bawumia, since you became vice president, what policy have you brought to bear on government that we can use to remember you by?” he quizzed.
He went on to list some of the major policies he championed under the Akufo-Addo government, as follows:
“I will tell you that we brought the GhanaCard, no grantor student loan, Digital Address System, Mobile Money Interoperability, One Constituency, One Ambulance (1C1A), Agenda 111, Zongo Development Fund, and NHIS Digitalization—today you can use your mobile phone to renew your National Health Insurance card.”
He added, “We have brought Zipline drones to deliver medicines; we have brought Gold for Oil; we have brought paperless port; we have brought E-currency; we have brought ghana.gov…”
The NPP’s presidential primary is set for Saturday, November 4, 2023.
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Assin Central lawmaker Kennedy Agyapong, former Food and Agriculture Minister Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, and ex-Mampong lawmaker Francis Addai-Nimoh would all vie to represent the party in the 2024 presidential elections.
