{"id":44399,"date":"2024-11-15T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T07:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=44399"},"modified":"2024-11-15T07:20:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T07:20:03","slug":"ex-president-kufuor-endorses-bawumia-as-man-of-the-moment-for-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2024\/11\/15\/ex-president-kufuor-endorses-bawumia-as-man-of-the-moment-for-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-President Kufuor endorses Bawumia as \u201cman of the moment\u201d for Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has once again expressed confidence in Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the New Patriotic Party\u2019s (NPP) Presidential Candidate, describing him as \u201cunique\u201d and \u201cthe man of the moment\u201d for Ghana.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking in an interview with Asempa FM, President Kufuor praised Dr. Bawumia\u2019s extensive experience and strong character, emphasizing that he is well-prepared to lead Ghana into a transformative future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Kufuor shared his observations of Dr. Bawumia\u2019s career trajectory, lauding his early start as a research assistant to the Governor of the Bank of Ghana at just 31.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He noted Dr. Bawumia\u2019s steady rise as a professor, a senior consultant to the African Development Bank, a deputy governor of the Central Bank, and Vice President for eight years, underscoring how these roles have shaped him for leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBawumia has been well-prepared, and I think his preparation makes him unique for the position,\u201d President Kufuor stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Qualities as a unifier<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Kufuor highlighted Bawumia\u2019s ability to unify people across religious and ethnic lines, noting that despite being a Muslim, he maintains strong relationships with Ghana\u2019s Christian community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have observed his good conduct. He is not divisive,\u201d President Kufuor said. \u201cHe is a northerner, but he gets along so well with everybody. In a country where many try to use religion or ethnicity to create division, Bawumia stands out as a unifier.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">International exposure and tech-savvy vision<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former President also pointed out Dr. Bawumia\u2019s international exposure and understanding of global trends in technology and digitalisation, which he believes are essential for modern leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has once again expressed confidence in Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the New Patriotic Party\u2019s (NPP) Presidential Candidate, describing him as \u201cunique\u201d and \u201cthe man of the moment\u201d for Ghana. Speaking in an interview with Asempa FM, President Kufuor praised Dr. Bawumia\u2019s extensive experience and strong character, emphasizing that he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":44400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1],"tags":[4899,545,7358,211,3977,8927,5432,8660,8620,3577,192,10954,11493,11630,3874,9974,611,5865,3805,11377,10313,10379,8840,10236,6675,12253,2802,11622],"class_list":["post-44399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-african","tag-african-development-bank","tag-bank","tag-bawumia","tag-central-bank","tag-christian","tag-digitalisation","tag-essential","tag-former-president-john-agyekum-kufuor","tag-future","tag-ghana","tag-international","tag-interview","tag-kugfour","tag-lead","tag-leadership","tag-mahamudu-bawumia","tag-muslim","tag-president","tag-presidential","tag-professor","tag-religion","tag-strong","tag-tech","tag-technology","tag-transformative","tag-vice-president","tag-vision"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44401,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44399\/revisions\/44401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}