Former President John Agyekum Kufour has thrown his support behind Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, endorsing him as the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) new flagbearer and labeling him a “man of destiny.”
President Kufour urged the nation to unite behind Bawumia in the forthcoming elections.
The endorsement was delivered during the Bawumia Speaks event, held at the UPSA auditorium in Accra, where Dr. Bawumia was inaugurated and presented his vision for the party’s future.
President Kufour, speaking fervently about his confidence in Bawumia’s leadership abilities, recounted a personal encounter dating back to 2002 when he first met the now-NPP flagbearer.
At that time, Dr. Bawumia was serving as a research assistant for the governor of the Bank of Ghana in London.
“I have come to bear witness to the candidate who is being inaugurated today. I have always seen him as a man of destiny. When I first saw him in 2002, he was just a research assistant for the governor of the Bank of Ghana in London,” President Kufour remarked.
President Kufour recalled the incident and said he saw Bawumia’s potential during a speech and predicted the young man would have a bright future.
“I sent somebody to go and call him, and I told him, ‘Carry on like that and you will go far.’ In 2008, Akufo Addo picked him as his running mate, and today we have all gathered here to launch him as our flagbearer for NPP,” he continued.
Emphasizing the importance of leadership in the digital age, President Kufour highlighted Bawumia’s performance in areas such as digitization and geopolitics. “Leadership around the world is growing, and without digitalization, you may be found wanting. Digitalization, Geopolitics, and we have seen him perform loyally,” President Kufour stated.
Addressing the nation’s current challenges, President Kufour urged Ghanaians to vote for Bawumia, emphasizing the need for visionary leadership. “Ghana has come to a crossroads, and we want a leadership with a vision who can pick the requisite manpower to develop the nation. I am appealing to the whole nation to vote for him. He is definitely the man of the moment, and we must accept him,” he concluded.