Akomea proposes Alan-Bawumia ticket for NPP in 2024

A former Director of Communications of the governing New Patriotic Party, NPP, Nana Akomea, has asked the party to halt its planned presidential primaries and convince Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and Alan Kyerematen to run together in the 2024 presidential election.

According to him, the two are the leading candidates in the NPP presidential race who meet the requirements of the north and south balance, and so taking advantage of that will prevent a rancorous contest.

Nana Akomea said this in an interview with Citi News,’ Duke Mensah Opoku on The Chamber on Citi TV.

“The party should be able to have a consensus and have the two leading candidates, run together. For a very simple reason. For the first time, the two leading candidates satisfy the North-South divide. If Alan won, he is most likely to choose a candidate from the North, if Bawumia won, he is most likely to choose a candidate from the South. I would want a certain consensus to be built within the party to have the two of them run together.”

Nana Akomea has also called on the election management committee to ensure the irregularities and violence that characterized the polling station level polls are not repeated in the constituency elections slated to begin on April 28.

“I am hoping that those in charge have taken notice of the difficulties in the polling station elections, and ensure that the difficulties at the regional and national levels are minimized.”

A recent survey by Global Info Analytics showed that former President, John Dramani Mahama, remains the preferred presidential choice going into the 2024 general elections. 

While 53 percent of Respondents wanted John Mahama’s return, only 30 percent had an affinity for Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia should he even emerge as the NPP’s presidential candidate.