2024 election defeat has nothing to do with my Islamic background – Dr. Bawumia

 The New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s 2024 presidential candidate, Dr. Bawumia, has rejected claims that his religion or ethnicity led to the party’s election loss.

During the time he was speaking to party supporters at the NPP headquarters on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, Dr. Bawumia said that the claims are completely false and driven by disinformation.

He described that the Elections results shows he performed better than many of the party’s Christian parliamentary candidates, even in areas with mostly Christian voters.‎

He said that ‎“I was the only Muslim among ten candidates in the NPP primaries, and the party still chose me. The election results prove that religion was not a factor. If people were voting based on religion, I wouldn’t have performed better than Christian candidates in many areas.”‎

‎Dr. Bawumia also commended a report conducted by Prof. Mike Ocquaye, who examined the party’s performance. He added that the party would undertake significant revisions, particularly to how leaders are selected in accordance with the report’s proposal.

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