Kofi Bentil, vice president of IMANI Africa, thinks that Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the outgoing vice president and the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the just finished general election of 2024, is still Ghana's best shot.

On several social media channels prior to the election, Mr. Bentil was outspoken in his support of Dr. Bawumia, asking Ghanaians to select him over former President John Mahama.

Speaking on Joy News' Newsfile on Saturday, one week after Mr. Mahama cut short Dr. Bawumia's presidential campaign, Bentil reiterated his support for Dr. Bawumia, saying he is still the superior choice over John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

"I continue to think that Dr. Bawumia is the superior applicant. Despite our disagreements, John Mahama has won handily. I hope all goes well for President Mahama. He told Samson Lardy on the show, "I think Dr. Bawumia was the better candidate, but if he succeeds, he succeeds for all of us."

Bentil claims that research done by IMANI in February 2024, ten months before to the polls on December 7, supports his belief. He clarified the research's findings by stating, "I adopted a principled stance.

As you can see from the research we conducted in February, the Ghanaian people's ire was the driving force behind the apparent victory of President Mahama. "Drop your anger and look at the candidates," I said, and I still think Dr. Bawumia was the superior choice.

During the presentation, Kofi Adams, a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Buem Constituency in the Oti Region and a member of the NDC, disagreed with Mr. Bentil.

Adams believed that rather than arguing about who was the superior candidate for Ghana, Bentil and IMANI ought to have concentrated more on the haughtiness of the NPP leadership and other social concerns impacting the nation. The MP swiftly retorted, "They ignored the economy, ignored the arrogance, ignored the environmental destruction that was going on, and were just looking at strains," before Mr. Bentil could further explain his position.

Some NPP members, meantime, contend that Dr. Bawumia was punished for crimes he did not commit and that the NPP lost because their members did not vote in large enough numbers.