The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who electoral polls describe as a forerunner in the upcoming presidential primary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), will file his nomination form today at the Asylum Down Headquarters of the party.
The filing of the forms, which were earlier picked up on his behalf, is the preparatory process to succeed his boss, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. It also shows his preparedness to battle it out with the likes of Alan Kyerematen, Dr Afriyie Akoto and others.
However, like the rest of the aspirants, Dr. Bawumia, whose mantra is NPP breaking the 8th with him as the presidential candidate “is possible,” would appear before the party’s vetting committee.
When successful, he would ballot for a position on the ballot paper for the special congress in August for supper delegates to vote for five candidates that would contest the main primary in November.
Meanwhile, as The Chronicle reported about two weeks ago, our checks reveal that Dr. Bawumia will officially launch his campaign either tomorrow or Sunday in Kumasi.
INVESTMENT
Before appearing party headquarters to submit his forms, Dr. Bawumia had made a trip to London, United Kingdom, where he enticed foreign investors to come and invest in Ghana.
He told the gathering of business moguls that Ghana’s economic opportunities for private sector investors are back on track as the country is navigating its way out of the global economic meltdown.
Dr. Bawumia noted that the government is relentlessly re-focusing on economic growth and working hard to regain the trajectory Ghana was on and get back to pre-Covid growth numbers.
“We are living in extraordinary times. Over the past two years, inflation has surged. Its rise has been large, sudden, and global. In many parts of the world, it is now at levels unseen for generations.
“Meanwhile, financial systems have come under strain. For the first time in recent decades, we have seen high inflation and financial stress emerge in tandem.
The world, as we are all aware, continues to face difficult moments caused by several factors, including climate change and disruptions in the supply chain of manufacturing goods as a result of the pandemic, among others,” he told the investors.
