The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), a public service broadcaster in the United Kingdom, has disclosed that the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, denied its request for an interview ahead of the West African country’s elections.
Ahead of the December 7 polls, the BBC said it reached out to the front runners of the presidential race, the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) John Mahama and Dr Bawumia but only Mahama accepted their request for an interview.
“The BBC has asked for an interview with the other main presidential candidate, Ghana’s current Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, but he has declined,” the BBC wrote in a post on Instagram.
The ruling party is yet to comment on the subject matter.
John Mahama, who engaged BBC’s Thomas Naadi, discussed the idea of a 24-hour economy, whether or not he will sign into law Ghana’s anti-LGBT legislation should he be elected, and the issue of illegal mining.
On the verdict of the elections, he said, “I will accept the election results only if the process is fair,” and on assenting to the the controversial anti-LGBTQI bill, formally titled the “Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill,” should he become president, the former president said, “It depends on what is in the Bill.”
Touching on the cost of the 24-hour economy he seeks to implement, Mahama, when asked about how much it would cost, said, “you can’t put a cost on it immediately. 24-hour economy is not an event; it is a process. And so even while we are stabilising the macroeconomic environment and bringing inflation down and interest rates down, we will be implementing the 24-hour economy.”
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