Adu Boahen was sacked by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in November 2022 and referred to the OSP for investigation after he was recorded telling undercover journalists from Anas Aremeyaw Anas's Tiger Eye PI investigative organisation that Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia could be paid US$200 000 as an 'appearance fee' for a meeting with investors (Dispatches 14/11/22 Treasury team in disarray as finance minister faces probe and his deputy is sacked)...
This 'postponement of austerity' could help Akufo-Addo's Vice President and NPP flagbearer Mahamudu Bawumia but it might lead to another fiscal reckoning...
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The victory of Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia in the ruling National Patriotic Party (NPP)'s presidential primaries on 4 November seemed assured with strong backing from the President and most of the cabinet...
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Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia's landslide victory in the New Patriotic Party's Special Delegates' Conference and the withdrawal of former Trade Minister Alan Kyerematen has put Bawumia in pole position to win the battle to lead the NPP in the December 2024 election (AC Vol 64 No 2 The succession race starts)...
The case started after investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas released digital recordings of Adu-Boahen asking for payments to arrange meetings with Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia...
The schedule for the completion of the cathedral and its inauguration was planned with Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia (a Muslim) in mind – as a way to help sway the Christian majority vote as he hopes to succeed Akufo-Addo as President...
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A crowded field of contenders are jockeying for advantage in the party hierarchy but Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia is Akufo-Addo's preferred successor...
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This time Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia Akufo-Addo's preferred successor is likely to stand in his way...
Three contenders have emerged: Mahamudu Bawumia (current Vice-President) Alan Kyeremateng (Trade Minister) and Kennedy Agyepong (MP for Assin Central in the Central Region)...
ACCRA'S ECONOMIC TRIUMVIRATE UNDER PRESSURE Of the three men running Ghana's economy finance minister and former investment banker Ken Ofori-Atta is blamed most for the latest meltdown but the other two – Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia and Bank of Ghana governor Ernest Addison – are being pushed into the frame by politicians across party lines and civic activists as they intensify attacks on the government (AC Vol 63 No 22 Economic woes hit Akufo-Addo on all sides)...