Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has expressed his concern about the frequency with which some of his opponents in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential flagbearership race are spreading falsehoods about him in the lead-up to the November 4 primaries.

Speaking to delegates in the Tatale-Sanguli constituency in the Northern Region on October 24, 2023, Bawumia revealed that he is confronted with a new falsehood regarding his character or his stance on various matters almost daily.

“I am hearing a different lie everyday as I am sitting down and watching what they are saying,” he stated alleging that the unnamed opponents were bent on creating disunity within the rank and file of the NPP.

He addressed three lies that he said had surfaced recently. First, he addressed Kennedy Agyapong's allegation that the vice presidential candidate's campaign purchased the votes of some super delegates with pickup trucks and 100,000 cedis.

“They say I have given all constituency chairmen, 275 constituency chairmen a hundred thousand cedis (GHc100,000.00), and a pick-up. Have you seen any pick-up here for your chairman? This is just a ridiculous lie” Vice-President Bawumia added.

Bawumia also addressed the claim that he was against the electoral college being expanded, saying that this could not be far from the truth.

“How can this happen? It is not possible for me to stop polling station executives and electoral area coordinators from voting. This was a national conference decision and I was very supportive of expanding the electoral college to allow polling station executives and electoral area coordinators to vote and by the grace of God, they will continue to vote,” he stated.

The final topic he brought up concerned the alleged stance that current members of Parliament support, namely that they should be permitted to run unopposed in the 2024 elections.

He said: “How can I say that? The party’s constitution cannot even allow that. This party is stronger when we have democracy working and so, I will never say any sitting MP must go unopposed. There must be consensus in all constituencies and so that lie should be left alone” Dr Bawumia remarked.

“But as I have said, their tactic is that “if you miss the ball, don’t miss the man,” but as for this one, they will miss the man because we will not allow their lies to take root.”

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