Bawumia is more competent than Mahama; he’ll beat him any day, anytime – Tolon MP

The Member of Parliament for Tolon, Habib Iddrisu, confidently asserts that in a hypothetical head-to-head competition between Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama, the former would undoubtedly emerge as the winner.

He argued that there is simply no basis for comparison between the two candidates that would favor the former president, Mahama, over his preferred choice for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer race, Bawumia.

The Tolon legislator in an interview with Kwesi Parker-Wilson, host of Oyerepa Breakfast Time,  described the former president as incapable of beating his preferred candidate in the 2024 general elections, in the event that Dr. Bawumia emerges as the NPP’s candidate.

“It is rather when Bawumia is the flagbearer that we have a sure banker that we are going to win the NDC in the first round, not even a run-off, because in the first place, John Mahama is no commodity. He’s no commodity; we know that he has been president for 4 and a half or 5 years. We know that he was in charge, and then what did he do?

“We haven’t forgotten that when he was there, businesses were collapsing and people were being laid off from work,” he said.

Habib Iddrisu added that in such a contest between the two candidates, he predicts a one-touch win for the vice president, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.

He emphasized that Bawumia is a significantly superior candidate for the presidency compared to the former president and flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama.

Furthermore, he asserted that Dr. Bawumia possesses superior ideas for the country’s development, surpassing what John Mahama could ever offer, particularly considering Mahama’s missed opportunities.

“If Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, he is the best person to be able to break the 8 for us. He will win with one touch. He’s more credible than what the NDC is presenting. He has better ideas than what the NDC is presenting. He is more capable of winning the masses of the education class than what the NDC is presenting.

“When you put John Mahama here and you put Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia here, it’s going to be game over. Dr. Bawumia will beat him any day, any time, because he’s more competent than him,” he said.