Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Yendi Constituency, Farouk Aliu Mahama, has asserted that Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia possesses a competitive advantage that could potentially help the New Patriotic Party (NPP) secure victory in the 2024 elections.

In an interview on Citi FM on Friday, Farouk Aliu Mahama explained that since the Vice President Dr Bawumia has travelled the length and breadth of the country, he is abreast of the challenges facing Ghanaians and how to have them resolved.

He said: “Bawumia is somebody who is very competent, someone who has gone through the country, who understands every problem in the country, understands the constituents, understands wherever we are coming from. And he is somebody who has that competitive advantage to rally all of us to lead us break the eight. And that is how come I have chosen Dr Bawumia.”

“I am not looking at his religion or where he comes from. It also matters because it wipes off that perception that former President John Mahama keeps saying that Northerners are people that have been sidelined,” he stated.

The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu, has made a prediction that Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will emerge as the winner in the NPP's presidential primaries, which are scheduled for November 4.

Osei Owusu anticipates that Dr. Bawumia will secure over 68% of the votes from the Super Delegates' Conference, following his impressive victory with 68.15% of the vote in a Special Delegates' Conference held on August 26.

Other contenders, including Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong and former Trades Minister Alan Kyerematen, received 14.30% and 10.29% of the votes, respectively, placing second and third.

Speaking to Citi News on the sidelines of the launch of Professor Kwesi Yankah’s book titled, “The Pen At Risk, Spilling My Little Beans”, the Bekwai MP stressed the Vice President’s imminent victory.

He added that Dr Bawumia is the most popular candidate that Ghanaians yearn for to lead the country.