The Vice President, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, 2024 flagbearer of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), is set to begin a 3-day campaign tour of the Ashanti region today, Monday, June 10, 2024.

Some rumours have suggested that the Vice President may announce his running mate from the Ashanti Region while on this tour.

Dr Bawumia’s campaign activities will kick off with a meeting at True Vine Hotel with the Ashanti regional executives of the party, government appointees, members of parliament, parliamentary candidates, the regional council of elders, the council of patrons, constituency chairmen, former regional executives, former regional council of elders, former council of patrons, former government appointees, and former members of parliament.

Later in the morning, Dr Bawumia will meet all paramount chiefs and queen mothers at the Ashanti Regional House of Chiefs secretariat in Kumasi to present his vision to them ahead of the launch of his campaign manifesto for the general elections.

Following a two-hour meeting with the traditional leaders, the Vice President will meet the clergy at McKeown Temple before meeting Muslim leaders in the afternoon at the Kumasi Central Mosque. Later in the afternoon, he will meet traders at the Kumasi Central Market.

Dr Bawumia will conclude the first day of his campaign activities at the True Vine Hotel with meetings with various professional bodies, including the Ghana Medical Association, Ghana Bar Association, Ghana Journalists Association, University Teachers Association of Ghana, Ghana National Association of Teachers, National Association of Graduate Teachers, Coalition of Concerned Teachers, Ghana Institute of Architects, Ghana Institute of Engineers, Ghana Institute of Surveyors, Ghana Association of Society of Medical Physics, Nurses and Midwifery Association, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ghana, and the Ghana Institute of Planning, among others.