Isaac Adongo: Mahama Will Not Debate Bawumia to Resurrect His Failed Career

Isaac Adongo, Ranking Member on Parliament’s Finance Committee, has asserted that John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), will not engage in a debate with Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), to salvage Bawumia’s faltering career, which he claims is marked by perceived dishonesty and incompetence.

This statement follows Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin’s challenge for Mahama to debate Bawumia, suggesting it would be an opportunity for Mahama to highlight the government’s shortcomings.

In an interview on Eyewitness News on Citi FM, Adongo criticized Bawumia for failing as Vice President and lacking credibility due to his perceived dishonesty. He also questioned why President Akufo-Addo avoided debating Mahama in 2020, speculating whether it was due to inadequate preparation or fear of being exposed.

He challenged Bawumia to hold a press conference, as Mahama has done, to address his actions rather than seeking a debate to rejuvenate his career.

“In 2020, was it because Akufo-Addo was clueless, was it because Akufo-Addo was insulting? Why wasn’t Akufo-Addo prepared to meet John Mahama in a debate in 2020? And now you are calling for a debate after you’ve messed up your career, you want to use John Mahama to resurrect your career, not because you’re going to say anything, you’re going to lie.”

“If you know that you are better and you have done well, John Mahama met the press, even as an opposition leader. Why are you not meeting the press? Let them put the questions to you, go and account to the press.”