Forget Your Presidential Ambition, You’ll Never Be President — Francis-Xavier Sosu Fires at Bawumia

The Member of Parliament for Madina, Dr Francis-Xavier Sosu, Esq, has launched a strong political attack on former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, urging him to abandon his presidential ambition.

In an interview at Ghana Institute of Management and Professional Studies Accra`s (GIMPA) Tertiary Education Institutions Network (TEIN) handing over ceremony, Sosu argued that Bawumia’s record as Vice President and head of the previous government’s Economic Management Team should form a central part of any assessment of his future presidential bid.
“Bawumia should forget about his presidential ambition… he will never become President in Ghana,” Sosu asserted.

The Madina MP also took aim at the economic record of the former Akufo-Addo administration, particularly its handling of the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP).
He pointed to former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo’s decision to join pensioner bondholders in protest at the Finance Ministry as evidence of the level of opposition the programme generated. Sophia Akuffo joined the pensioners in February 2023 as they demanded the total exemption of their investments from the DDEP, the first time ever under the fourth Republic for a former Chief Justice to lead such public uproar.

Sosu further argued that accountability and openness should remain central to Ghana’s politics, while accusing the previous administration of disappointing Ghanaians economically and making the former finance minister, Ofori Atta a fugitive of justice.
He maintained that Bawumia cannot distance himself from that administration’s economic record after serving as Vice President and playing a leading role in its economic management.

The comments are likely to intensify the political debate surrounding Bawumia’s future as Ghana’s political parties position themselves ahead of the 2028 general election.