The Former Majority Leader in Parliament, , has dismissed claims that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) 2024 flagbearer, 's ethnicity and religious background contributed to the party's defeat in the 2024 elections.
Speaking in an interview on Nhyira FM monitored by GhanaWeb on Thursday, February 27, 2025, he stated that the post-election research conducted in the Ashanti Region showed that respondents had no issues with Bawumia's candidacy, religion, or ethnicity but rather acknowledged his hard work during the electioneering campaign. "From the post-election research in the Ashanti Region that is one out of 16 regions in the country, the respondents did not have any problem with Bawumia's candidacy.
They did not have a problem with his religion or ethnicity.
They rather affirmed the hard work he put in the campaign. "I can firmly state that it was not because of Bawumia that the NPP lost the election " he added.
