Debating you not Mahama's top priority, fix economy first — Mahama’s Aide tells Bawumia

Joyce Bawa Mogtari, Special Aide to former President and flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama has told Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia that fixing the economy should take priority over election debates.

In a post on X on Monday, April 29, the former deputy transport minister responded to calls by the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) campaign team for a one-on-one debate between Mr. Mahama and Dr. Bawumia ahead of the 2024 polls.

"Kindly inform Dr. Bawumia, that it is his campaign tour and that he is under no obligation or compulsion to challenge anyone to a duel of a debate that he is going to lose flatly anyway," Ms Mogtari wrote.

She posited that President Nana Akufo-Addo "never won any of the debates from 2008" when he challenged then-President John Evans Atta Mills and John Mahama in previous elections.

Madam Mogtari further urged Dr. Bawumia to prioritize addressing Ghana's economic challenges over electoral debates.

"Ask Bawumia to fix the economy and fix the Exchange Rate!" the Aide stated.

Her response comes after the NPP campaign team spokesperson Miracle Aboagye asserted that the 2024 election is a choice between Mr. Mahama, who they say "blew his chance" and Dr. Bawumia, who they claim has proven himself as Vice President.

The NPP, in a statement dated April 28, specifically challenged the NDC to a one-on-one debate between their respective flagbearers to highlight their records.