Competent, incorruptible Bawumia best choice for 2024 elections; ignore mischievous video – Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh

Energy Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has called on Ghanaians to ignore a video making the rounds on social media in which he is alleged to have cast aspersions on Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia .

A statement issued by his press aide, Kofi Abrefa Afena on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, said the words uttered in the video were made by the minister in 2014 and were directed at the President at the time, John Dramani Mahama.

Consequently, he asked Ghanaians to disregard the distortions put on the video by his political detractors.

The press aide emphasised that the Manhyia South MP made those assertions in reaction to the State of the Nation address presented by then President John Dramani Mahama in 2014.

“The said interview by Dr Prempeh was in February 2014, in reaction to the State of the Nation Address of then President John Mahama where he blamed the country’s economic woes on external shocks. In fact, at the time, the Cedi was rated as the worst-performing currency in the world.”

“It is therefore unfathomable, how any reasonable person, after listening to this straight-forward interview, would nonetheless conclude that Dr Prempeh was referring to His Excellency the Vice President. Indeed, in the said clip, Dr Prempeh kept referring to “the President” so that cannot possibly be in reference to Dr Bawumia, who has never served as President of this republic.”

Best choice

Emphasising that the minister has unwavering confidence in Dr Bawumia, the statement said, the Vice President who is the NPP flagbearer for the 2024 elections is the best choice for Ghanaians, and the NPP to secure a victory in the elections.

“Dr Prempeh wishes to reiterate his absolute belief and confidence in the flagbearer of the NPP, His Excellency, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as the most competent and credible candidate, with the proven incorruptibility, to beat the NDC flagbearer in 2024, based on the NPP’s superior record in government.”

“For the avoidance of doubt, the Energy Minister is of the firm view that, the people of Ghana on the balance of probabilities, will renew the NPP mandate with Dr Bawumia because, even in the face of genuine global shocks, as attested to by former President Mahama in his foreign engagements, the government has remained resolute, steering the country out of the woods,” he stated .

Read the full statement below: