Bawumia must pick running mate from Greater Accra or Volta Region – Group

Patriot Ghana, a group affiliated with the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has opposed a suggestion for Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to select his running mate from the Ashanti region.

The group argued that the party must select the running mate from any of the regions where they don't get enough votes.

According to them, this will give the party an advantage and ensure they win more votes in the upcoming elections.

The leader and founder of the group, Kwesi Korang, proposes that the running mate should be selected from the Greater Accra or the Volta Region.

He made the suggestion when he appeared on Frontline on Rainbow Radio on February 12, 2024.

He said several of their executives at the national, parliamentary and other levels are from the Ashanti region.

According to him, they must ensure regional balance in selecting the running mate.

"The party must select the running mate from any of the regions where we don't perform so well. We have to choose our running mate from either the Volta or Greater Accra Regions.

"The argument that selecting the running mate from the (Ashanti) region will give us more votes is neither here nor there. There are already people holding positions that will give us that advantage.

"We have about six national executives and 47 MPs in the region who will campaign to ensure we get the votes we want.

"We also gave the council of elders from the region who will campaign for us. We have regional executives who will also campaign for us," he said.

He continued: "I stress that if we get someone from the Greater Accra region, we could get more votes; that will help more people vote for us. In the Volta region, we have Amewu and others.

"In the Greater Accra Region, we have lawyer Ayikoi Otoo and the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey," he added.

Meanwhile, he has stated that if the party wants to avoid selecting a running mate from the two regions he proposed, they can go to the Western North or any other area but not the Ashanti region.