Former Vice President and 2024 New Patriotic Party (NPP) Flagbearer, Dr.

Mahamudu Bawumia, has pointed to two key reasons behind the party's loss in the 2024 general elections: the controversy surrounding the National Cathedral project and a significant fuel price hike shortly before election day.

Speaking in Takoradi at the start of his nationwide Thank You Tour, Dr.

Bawumia candidly addressed party members and supporters, reflecting on the events that, in his view, swayed public sentiment against the NPP at the polls. "The National Cathedral we were not able to complete after $58 million was sunk into it caused a lot of rage in the public. "When I heard it, I thought it was a joke.