Akufo-Addo rallies behind Bawumia, criticizes Mahama's debate stance

Accra, Ghana - October 30, 2024 - President Nana Akufo-Addo has thrown his weight behind New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, expressing hopes he'll avoid being a "one-term president."

Akufo-Addo criticized former President John Dramani Mahama's refusal to debate Bawumia, calling his reasoning "groundless." Mahama had declined, saying debating Bawumia would be "stooping low."

The President noted Mahama's unique position as a "one-term president" among recent Ghanaian leaders. He highlighted that Ghanaians voted Mahama out due to poor performance.

Akufo-Addo hopes Bawumia will secure a second term, joining him, Rawlings, and Kufour as two-term presidents. "We are not after a one-term president," he emphasized.

''I have heard Mahama say that he is not ready to debate Bawumia today or tomorrow because Bawumia is not in his class. I can’t see the status of the class where Mahama finds himself, which makes it impossible for Bawumia to debate him.

“The only class I know Mahama finds himself is that…since we entered the fourth republic in 1993, Ghana voted for five people to be president. Unfortunately, one of the five is late; Prof John Atta Mills. Now, out of the remaining four Ghanaians voted for one of them because he performed poorly when he was in government, he was voted out.

“So, if Mahama is claiming to have a class, then it is that class of one and in that class, he is in there alone. I don’t think that is the kind of class I would want Bawumia to be in.”

“God willing, when Bawumia becomes president on January 7, he will be voted for again to continue and join the likes of myself, Rawlings and Kufour, who all had double terms. We are not after a one-term president,” he sadded.

Source: Lead News Online