On 7 December Ghanaians are due to elect a successor to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in what is shaping up to be a tight race between Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia and former President John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress...

Adu Boahen was sacked by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in November 2022 and referred to the OSP for investigation after he was recorded telling undercover journalists from Anas Aremeyaw Anas's Tiger Eye PI investigative organisation that Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia could be paid US$200 000 as an 'appearance fee' for a meeting with investors (Dispatches 14/11/22 Treasury team in disarray as finance minister faces probe and his deputy is sacked)...

This 'postponement of austerity' could help Akufo-Addo's Vice President and NPP flagbearer Mahamudu Bawumia but it might lead to another fiscal reckoning...

Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia's landslide victory in the New Patriotic Party's Special Delegates' Conference and the withdrawal of former Trade Minister Alan Kyerematen has put Bawumia in pole position to win the battle to lead the NPP in the December 2024 election (AC Vol 64 No 2 The succession race starts)...

The case started after investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas released digital recordings of Adu-Boahen asking for payments to arrange meetings with Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia...

The schedule for the completion of the cathedral and its inauguration was planned with Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia (a Muslim) in mind – as a way to help sway the Christian majority vote as he hopes to succeed Akufo-Addo as President...

This time Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia Akufo-Addo's preferred successor is likely to stand in his way...

Three contenders have emerged: Mahamudu Bawumia (current Vice-President) Alan Kyeremateng (Trade Minister) and Kennedy Agyepong (MP for Assin Central in the Central Region)...