Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has predicted that the 2024 general elections will be a showdown between Vice President Dr. Bawumia and former President, John Dramani Mahama.
“It will be the first time in the history of the Fourth Republic that both major parties in Ghana will have candidates hailing from the northern region of the country”.
Bagbin made this projection during a courtesy call on the Overlord of Gonja, Yagbonwura Bii-Kunutu Jewu Soale, at his residence in Damongo.
Addressing the Overlord and his subjects, the Speaker emphasized that it is now the time for development in the northern region and urged the people to prepare themselves accordingly.
“This is the time that the two main parties in Ghana are both deciding that the flagbearers will be our sons from the North.
What I plead with all of you is for us to accept our differences and see how we can come together to prepare to receive the development that is coming our way.”
The speaker is currently touring the Northern region ahead of Parliament’s 30th anniversary celebrations and expected to attend a public forum on Friday, June 16, 2023 at the University for Development Studies, Tamale.
The forum seeks to take stock of Parliament’s achievements, challenges, opportunities and the way forward.