Kate Gyamfua, the National Women's Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has revealed that individuals aspiring to become Dr Mahamudu Bawumia's running mate and are not MPs should forfeit their dreams.

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She has categorically stated that that the candidate is already a member of parliament whom the party has already made a decision on.

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Shedding light on the yet to be known candidate, Madam Kate said in an interview on Peace FM on November 22, that the choice will be a male and from the Ashanti region.

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shed light on the party's selection process for the running mate of NPP's flagbearer in the upcoming 2024 elections, Dr. Mahamdu Bawumia.

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Read her conversation with the host below:

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Host: When will you be electing your running mate? Who are you considering for the role?

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Kate: The person knows who they are.

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Host: Male or female?

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Kate: If male, he knows himself; if female, the same way.

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Host: Is it Kate Gyamfua?

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Kate: No, they won't appoint me. I will continue with my monkey works. The flagbearer will appoint his own running mate, and he knows who we want so he will do justice accordingly.

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Host: Have you informed him of the person you want?

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Kate: Yes, we have. We have communicated to him who we want to be the running mate.

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Host: Is it the MP?

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Kate: The person should be an MP.

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Host: So, the running mate will be an MP?

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Kate: Yes.

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Host: So those aspiring to be the running mate and are not MPs should forfeit their dreams?

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Kate: Before we elected Bawumia, we had different opinions. I, for instance, was supporting Ambrose Dery. So sometimes the campaign for the slot doesn't work.

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Host: But you have said that the person will be an MP.

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Kate: Yes, I have told you that already.

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Host: And will he come from the Ashanti region?

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Kate: Yes, definitely…the Chief of Staff is now taking good care of the women’s wing so if women are part of the running mate slot, then it will be two women and a male.

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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo relinquished the leadership of the NPP to Bawumia following the November 7 presidential primaries.

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Akufo-Addo had held the position of the party's leader since 2007. According to the NPP's constitution, Dr. Bawumia, having emerged victorious in the presidential primaries, now assumes the role of the party's new leader.

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As the new leader, Dr. Bawumia is currently deliberating on the selection of his running mate for the 2024 elections. Several names are being considered for this role, including Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Minister of Communication; Adutwum, the Minister of Education and MP for Bosomtwe; John Kumah, the Deputy Finance Minister and Ejisu MP; and Mathew Opoku Prempeh, the Energy Minister, among others.

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Source: The Independent Ghana| Amanda Cartey

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