Manasseh Azure Awuni has weighed in on the internal flagbearer contests of Ghana's two major parties, arguing that while each side secretly prefers a weak opponent, the nation's well-being demands that both the NPP and NDC present their strongest candidates. "It is in the interest of the NDC that the NPP elect a bad candidate. "And it is in the interest of the NPP that the NDC elect a bad candidate.

However, it is in the interest of our democracy and the well-being of Ghanaians that both parties put their best foot forward," he wrote on his Facebook page.

Turning his attention to the NPP's contest, Manasseh gave a cautious endorsement of Vice President Dr.

Mahamudu Bawumia, noting both his experience in government and the precedent of first-time losers who later triumphed. "Dr.