Mavis Hawa Koomson, the minister for fisheries and aquaculture, has endorsed Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to lead the New Patriotic Party (NPP) into the general elections of 2024.
It’s time to give the Vice President a chance, he claimed, because he has served as a capable lieutenant to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
She claims that Dr. Bawumia has helped President Nana Akufo-Addo and the NPP realize their shared vision, and it is now time for him to carry out his own.
She also cited Dr. Bawumia’s commitment to service as one of the reasons why he ought to be chosen as the NPP’s standard bearer.
“Dr. Bawumia is the Vice President and I am also a Minister. But when we attend Cabinet meetings, he raises his hand to seek permission to speak, just as I, a Minister do. The one behind the seat who grants permission for any of us to speak is the President, so it tells you that Bawumia as the Vice President has his limits,” Hon. Hawa Coomson argued.
“That is why he is coming to you that he has assisted the President over the years, so he is pleading with you to give him the mandate so he can also implement his own vision for Ghana,” she added.
“I am not supporting Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia because I am a Minister, or because I have been asked by Akufo-Addo to support him. I am supporting him because of some unique things I have seen about this gentleman: his humility, his dedication and his respect for all, regardless of one’s status. No matter who you are, this man has respect for you,” she said.
She continued; “It is true that when we both go to Cabinet, we raise our hands to seek permission to speak, but the reality is that he is above me in rank. But whenever he sees me, the manner in which he accords me respect, especially in greeting me, I ask myself; who am I to get such respect and courtesies from the Vice President?”
“This is a man who is above me in many things: he is older than me, he is richer than me, he is more knowledgeable than, and he occupies a higher position than me, but he accords me much respect,” Hawa Koomson said.
In order to reduce the number of delegates to 5 for the main congress, which will elect the flagbearer in November, the party will hold a Special Delegates Conference.
