{"id":37259,"date":"2023-08-29T17:31:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=37259"},"modified":"2023-08-29T17:31:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:31:17","slug":"bawumia-did-not-win-npp-super-delegate-conference-on-popularity-dr-amoako-baah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2023\/08\/29\/bawumia-did-not-win-npp-super-delegate-conference-on-popularity-dr-amoako-baah\/","title":{"rendered":"Bawumia Did Not Win NPP Super Delegate Conference On Popularity \u2013 Dr Amoako Baah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A former head of the Political Science Department of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) says the victory of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/?s=Bawumia\">Dr Mahamudu Bawumia<\/a>&nbsp;in the just-ended&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/?s=NPP\">NPP&nbsp;<\/a>Super Delegates\u2019 Congress hinged on the money he paid the delegates, but not on his popularity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Richard Amoako Baah has said he believes the election was skewed to favour the Vice President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA lot of people have been paid, including government appointees, party chairmen, and MPs. Is that how it is supposed to be? So the thing was skewed, and it doesn\u2019t mean he was the most popular, but he was able to pay the money,\u201d Amoako Baah alleged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to Nhyira FM\u2019s Nana Jantuah on<strong>&nbsp;Kuro Yi Mu Nsem<\/strong>, Dr Amoako Baah said the over 70 percent victory of Dr Bawumia was not normal statistically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTen people were going to the election, and only one person had around 70 percent; statistically, it wasn\u2019t normal. There is something wrong,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the political scientist, the other candidates in the contest were strategic not to pump much money into the super delegate congress, looking ahead to the main national congress on November 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo those who did not have money had to strategize not to put much money into the first election. So if Bawumia had around 70 percent, it wasn\u2019t because he was popular; he paid money,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Political Science Lecturer asserted that one cannot depend on the Super Delegates\u2019 Congress to decree a win for Dr. Bawumia ahead of the NPP\u2019s November Presidential Primary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former head of the Political Science Department of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) says the victory of&nbsp;Dr Mahamudu Bawumia&nbsp;in the just-ended&nbsp;NPP&nbsp;Super Delegates\u2019 Congress hinged on the money he paid the delegates, but not on his popularity. 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