The New Patriotic Party (NPP) First Vice Chairman for Atwima Nwabiagya, John Kwame Duodu, also known as Sir John has explained that electing the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), former President John Dramani, would be detrimental to the country’s development.

The Ashanti Regional TESCON Patron and Deputy National Organizer for Friends of Bawumia, 2008 Foundation (FoB-’08) stated that his assertion for the former president not to be given the mandate again is principally premised on his inability to effectively manage Ghana's economy which inevitably left Ghana in a worse situation.

"I can confidently tell you that the John Mahama administration would receive an F9 on any academic grading system for his performance as the president of Ghana", Sir John argued.

According to Duodu, the gains the nation has achieved under the NPP led by the Akufo-Addo and Bawumia administrations would be reversed by Mahama in the unlikely event that he is reelected into office.

He added that former President John Mahama needed to own up to his mistakes and extend his regrets to the people of Ghana for the mismanagement of the economy during his tenure as president.

Sir John further contends that opportunism and contradictory statements characterize Mahama's attempt and eagerness for a comeback into Ghana's politics. One of such statement highlighted by the TESCON Patron is former president Mahama’s statement in 2016, where he asserted that “four years is not enough for any president”.

He therefore questioned why Mahama is seeking re-election, given that he has only one four-year term serve.

The NPP Constituency Vice Chairman also opined that former president Mahama's quest for re-election is driven by ego or personal ambition rather than a genuine desire to serve the nation. He argued that the economic challenges and scandals recorded during Mahama’s administration continue to have dire effect on Ghanaians.

Thus, he enumerated a handful of the more significant scandals that occurred while President Mahama was in office.

On the basis of the foregoing, Sir John urged Ghanaians not to put the future of Ghana at risk by voting for the former president Maham but instead they should vote for Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to become Ghana’s next President in the upcoming December polls.

He then described Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the NPP’s flagbearer, as the best person to continue the good works of the NPP government and to lead Ghana into a prosperous future.

He said that former President John Mahama is deeply rooted in corruption unlike his opponent, the NPP Flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia who has had no corruption tag since becoming the NPP running mate in 2008 to date.

According to Sir John, he can confidently say that Dr. Bawumia has never been involved in any corruption activity and therefore threw challenge to anyone who has any evidence of corruption against Dr. Bawumia to come forward with it.

"The NDC cannot throw a similar challenge on President Mahama's behalf because he has a history of corruption tag, he added.