The Deputy Chairman of the Bawumia 2024 Campaign Team, Nana Akomea, has asserted that Dr Mahamudu Bawumia presents a superior choice for Ghanaians compared to former President John Dramani Mahama.

In an interview with Accra-based Citi TV, on Tuesday, February 20, Mr Akomea emphasised that Dr Bawumia surpasses Mahama and offers a more compelling vision to the Ghanaian electorate than the "tried entity Mahama."

The former Okaikwei South Member of Parliament contended that Mahama's candidacy actually benefits the NPP rather than poses a threat, contrary to what the NDC believes.

Labeling Mahama as a failure for facing rejection twice at the polls, he stated that Mr Mahama's candidacy does not scare the NPP.

Mr Akomea further asserted that Dr Bawumia is poised to deliver another resounding defeat to the National Democratic Congress' "perennial" Presidential Candidate, effectively retiring him from active politics.

“Our candidate Dr Bawumia pound for pound, one-on-one against John Mahama, we believe that he will be a better candidate. And we are also boosted by the simple fact that our main opponent, former President Mahama, is a tried entity. He’s not a new, and he is not a threat, but a strength to us. He failed when he was tried.

“I’m not the one saying it, his rejection at the polls in 2016 by the ultimate judges, the Ghanaian voter, shows that when he was tried, he didn’t perform to their expectations, and was rejected. He’s meeting Bawumia who has not been tried. Whatever you say or do, the simple fact is that you have two people vying for one position."

“One of them has been tried before in that position, he failed and was rejected. The other one has never been tried,”Nana Akomea said.

Nana Akomea dismissed claims suggesting that Mahama possesses more political experience than Bawumia.

“If he [Mahama] has any favours, it will reflect when he was President. Yes, he has some favours as a President, but it wasn’t enough. That shows the level of failure. He lost by the highest margin of a sitting President in Africa, not just Ghana [2016 polls]. It shows the level of dissatisfaction, Ghanaians had with him.”