Vice President and presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has clarified his role and responsibilities as Vice President, emphasising that his current role is to support the President’s vision rather than implement his own.

In a recent discussion, Dr. Bawumia addressed questions about why he is not advancing his personal agenda while serving as Vice President. He explained that his position is primarily to assist the President in executing the existing agenda and that he has limited power to pursue independent policies.

Dr. Bawumia highlighted that, should he become President, he will gain the authority to implement his proposed policies fully. To illustrate the constraints of the vice-presidential role, he pointed out that the recent parliamentary budget approval reflects the President’s priorities, not his own.

"The budget that was approved by Parliament went to Parliament in the name of the president, so it is the president's budget. It is not my budget," he said.

"That is why I have outlined my own plans and my own vision, which I can implement when I become President with full authority in three months, inshaa Allah."

Dr Bawumia also asked that if he, who has never been president before, is being asked to implement his vision now as Vice President, then what about former President Mahama, who, even as a former President, wants to come back?

"Why didn't he do all those things he wants to come back and do when he was president? He has been president before with full authority, and he could have done all the things he is mentioning now.

"I have never been president before, and I have never had full authority before. That is why I have come up with my own new ideas."