Former Vice President and 2024 presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, is calling out what he describes as a “baseless” and “divisive” narrative: that his Muslim identity cost the party the general election.
Speaking at the NPP headquarters ahead of the party’s nationwide ‘Thank You Tour’, Dr. Bawumia dismissed the religious bias claims as propaganda, not backed by fact. “When we finished the election, so many people had opinions on why we lost,” he said. “One reason floating around was that people didn’t vote for the NPP because our candidate was Muslim. When I heard that, I said, this doesn’t make sense. This is not the Ghana that I know.”
Dr.Bawumia, who made history as the first Muslim to lead the NPP into a presidential election, pushed back hard on the idea that religion played any meaningful role in the election outcome. He pointed to his sweeping victory in the NPP primaries—despite being the only Muslim among ten candidates, most of whom were Christians—as proof that his faith wasn’t a barrier even within the party.
He also cited hard data to strengthen his case. “In many constituencies across the country, I actually outperformed Christian parliamentary candidates on the NPP ticket. If religion were really the issue, that simply wouldn’t happen,” he explained.
In a pointed example, Bawumia noted that he received more votes in the Assin South constituency—represented by NPP MP and Christian cleric Reverend Ntim Fordjour—than Fordjour himself did.
Backing his stance with evidence from independent research organizations like Global Info Analytics, Bawumia emphasized that neither religion nor ethnicity played a significant role in voter decision-making during the 2024 elections. “All the research ruled out religion and tribe as factors. It’s only propaganda,” he declared.
In a call for national unity, Bawumia urged Ghanaians to rise above identity politics. “We are one nation. Whether Muslim or Christian, we rise and move forward together,” he said, striking a tone of reconciliation.
With this address, Bawumia appears to be resetting the post-election narrative—one that emphasizes data over division, and unity over sectarian spin.
Source:TheDotNews