Today, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) vetting committee will interview Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the vice president, and Alan Kojo Kyeremanten, the former minister of trade and industry.
The two front-runners in the governing party's contest for flagbearer will present to the committee their plans for the party and Ghana in general.
Businessman Kwadwo Poku will also be vetted today, according to a statement from the NPP on the screening.
The screening of further candidates, including Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, and Boakye Kyeremateng Agyarko, the former Energy Minister, will continue on Tuesday, July 4.
According to a statement made by Evans Nimako, the secretary of the National Presidential Vetting Committee,On July 5 and 6, the remaining applicants would undergo testing.
However, the NPP will have a special congress on August 26 to choose five candidates for the primary on November 4.
In related news, Dr. Gideon Boako, a spokesperson for Dr. Bawumia, claimed that the Vice President is not running for President to accumulate fortune.
Dr. Boako stated that Dr. Bawumia is into politics to alter the fortunes of the country and not to dip his hands into the public purse during an interview on Accra-based Citi TV with Umaru Sanda Amadu.
Dr. Boako characterized Dr. Bawumia as a unifier who, if chosen as the NPP's flagbearer for the elections in 2024, will bring the party together.
Inquiring into the tribal gambits being used by some of his rivals, Dr. Boako pointed out that if the Vice President is chosen to lead the party in the 2024 elections, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) must take advantage of the advances it stands to make in its strongholds.
“I think Dr. Bawumia has been the most influential person in our politics in terms of ideas and vision. A vision that you can identify with. Politics has moved to politics of ideas, so you need such visionary leaders who have organized themselves well and committed themselves. You can see through them that they are not into politics to amass wealth for themselves. But they are into politics to ensure that things work. That has been the Vice President, working to make sure things are done properly. The people see him to be a unifier,” he underscored
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