'Mate' Bawumia presented with Ghana-branded steering wheel at Techiman Magazine

Some artisans at the Techiman Magazine, located in the Bono East Region, have expressed support for Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia's presidential bid.

The artisans, gathered in an event to convey their intentions directly to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer demonstrated their endorsement through a symbolic gesture.

They presented a crafted steer adorned with campaign flyers promoting the Vice President's bid for the 2024 elections.

During the handing over of the steer to the vice president, one artisan took the opportunity to express his admiration for the government's transformative initiatives, particularly the Free Senior High School (SHS) intervention.

Emphasizing his resolve to support the NPP flagbearer for the upcoming 2024 elections, he echoed the sentiments of his colleagues.

“For us the magazine workers, we have manufactured a steer for the incoming president. We are giving him the steer because in 2025 he will be holding the steer to drive the nation into the promised land,” he said.

“My son benefited from the free SHS and I didn’t pay anything,” he added.

Vice President Bawumia, visibly moved by the gesture of support and the endorsement of his candidacy accepted the steer.

Bawumia later held the steer aloft while blowing horns to signify his commitment to the cause as other supporters cheered him on.

Bawumia is captured in a viral video asking to be handed the steer of Ghana, which is currently in the hands of his boss President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

By asking for the steer, Bawumia wants to become president after 2024 and by so doing elevate himself from the status of "mate" i.e. assistant to driver Akufo-Addo, his current role.

Haha 😛 Tachiman Magazine NPP supporters finally found some steer for Bawuliar Bawumia. Please don't disturb our ears again😂 pic.twitter.com/Ig4J1fb9wQ

— Aristotlektv (@aristotledada) May 10, 2024

Bawumia aka #Bawuliar has finally gotten his steer. pic.twitter.com/RQF7ZTyurh

— OfficialNDC Asokwa Constituency (@Asokwa_Ndc) May 10, 2024

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