Special Aide to former President John Dramani Mahama, Joyce Bawah Mogtari has taken a swipe at the 2024 running mate of the governing New Patriotic Party, (NPP) Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, for his latest call on Ghanaian Muslims not to vote for John Mahama.

Describing the comments as unguarded, Mogtari said political discourse must be conducted devoid of religious, ethnic or tribal undertones that threaten social cohesion.

Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh is captured in a video addressing some Muslim communities during his campaign tour of the northern part of Ghana.

In the said video, Dr Prempeh reportedly encouraged Muslims to choose Bawumia over Mahama because it is forbidden for Muslims to vote for John Mahama who is a non-Muslim.

Speaking to the media on day one of John Mahama’s tour of the Central Region, Joyce Bawah said “Let me say something about the NPP’s running mate. I think he is a loose talker, I think he needs some coaching, and I think he needs to grow up a little bit more. I also think he needs to appreciate the sensibilities of our society.

Napo has exhibited enormous arrogance and ignorance since his nomination as running mate. I shudder to think what else he is going to be saying next” she lamented.

Joyce Bawah Mogtari further indicated that Dr Opoku Prempeh lacks the traits to occupy the high office of vice president and his utterances highly suggest that due diligence was not done before he was selected as the party’s running mate.

“It is obvious that he has nothing to offer the NPP. Let’s also try as much as possible to vet the people we nominate for high office.

Since he was nominated, from the very first day, all the missteps largely tell us that he is not ready for high office” Joyce added.