The Public Affairs Directorate of Parliament has refuted reports suggesting an endorsement by Speaker Alban Bagbin for Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia ahead of the New Patriotic Party's primaries.

During a courtesy call on the Overlord of Gonja, Yagbonwura Bii-Kunutu Jewu Soale, at his residence in Damongo, the Speaker revealed the possibility of Ghanaians having to choose between two northerners to lead the country in the 2024 election.

“This is the time that the two main parties in Ghana are both deciding that the flagbearers will be our sons from the North. What I plead with all of you is for us to accept our differences and see how we can come together to prepare to receive the development that is coming our way.”

This statement, Parliament said has been misconstrued.

According to Parliament's Public Affairs Directorate, although the Speaker made reference to the two politicians at the said event, it was not an exercise in prediction.

The Speaker is said to have suggested that what should be of interest to the people in northern Ghana, in which context he was speaking, is that they will be well represented at the apex of Ghana’s political structure, and that should be a source of pride to them.

"The Rt. Hon. Speaker explained that despite political differences, we are one people with a common destiny. Our common goal therefore should be to work towards the common good of all Ghanaians, irrespective of our political differences," a statement from Parliament noted.

Source: The Independent Ghana