Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia will later today file his nomination to contest the upcoming Presidential race of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as a survey puts him in a clear lead.
The veep will file his nomination forms at the Party’s Headquarters at Asylum Down at exactly 11 am today
Ahead of the filing of Veep’s nomination, a survey by Global InfoAnalytics in collaboration with Citi TV/Citi FM has revealed that New Patriotic Party (NPP) delegates want him (Bawumia) to lead the party for the 2024 poll.
According to the survey, Dr. Bawumia was ahead of the former Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong for the race to lead the NPP in 2024.
Dr Bawumia leads with 34.8% of the votes, followed by Kyerematen with 27.9% and Kennedy Agyapong, with 12.5%.
The rest of the candidates attracted less than 1% of the votes, while 8.9% declined to reveal whom they intend to vote for and 15.10% were undecided.
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However, in a run-off, the poll finds Alan Kyerematen leading Dr Mahamudu Bawumia 38% to 37% of the votes. 16% of the delegates were undecided and 9% declined to disclose who they would vote for in the event of a run-off.
In what appears to be a difficult contest for the vice president, the poll found that 72% of NPP delegates who voted for Kennedy Agyapong in the first round, opted to vote for Mr Kyerematen compared to 12% who voted for Dr Bawumia.
Further, 55% of other delegates who backed other presidential aspirants in the first round intend to vote for Mr Kyerematen compared to 25% who intend to vote for Dr. Bawumia.
On the question of whether the country is headed in the right or wrong direction, 70% of the delegates believe the country is headed in the right direction while 24% believe it is headed in the wrong direction and 6% have no opinion.
Concerning the president’s job approval, the poll found 77% of delegates approving of the performance of the president compared to 17% who disapprove of his performance, 6% did not have an opinion.
Source: Daily Analyst