Rivalry between TAMASCO and GHANASCO reignited as Bawumia and Mahama are elected flagbearers
After Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia emerged victorious in yesterday’s New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential primary, months after John Mahama emerged victorious in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) primary, the rivalry between the two most prestigious senior high schools in Northern Ghana, the Tamale Senior High School (TAMASCO) and Ghana Senior High School (GHANASCO), has been reignited.
John Mahama, a former student of Ghana Senior High School (Ghanasco), or Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, a former student of Tamale Senior High School (Tamasco), will almost certainly become President of the nation after all, as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) are the two main political parties in the nation.
The possibility that Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia or John Mahama may take office as president in January 2025 has stoked a healthy competition between current and former students of these universities. The competition to have one of their own at the Jubilee House has also been more intense because both flagbearers are involved in their old students’ associations.
Following the announcement of Dr. Bawumia as the NPP’s flagbearer, or presidential candidate, yesterday during the National Delegates Conference, social media erupted into a flurry of debates over who would be a better fit to lead Ghana in 2025—Dr. Bawumia or John Mahama, two Ghanaians.
Since “salvos” have already been fired, it looks like the true “showdown” will take place between students and former students of Tamasco and Ghanasco, rather than the NPP and NDC.
In the next days, the “schemes” and “strategies” of both institutions will be fascinating to read.
Hi, Official results, declared by Dr. Serebour Quaicoe, a Deputy Commissioner of the Electoral Commission (EC), showed that Dr. Bawumia received 118210 votes, or 61.47% of the total, while Mr. Agyapong, his nearest rival, received 71,996 votes, or 37.41%.
In a distant third place, Dr. Afriyie Akoto received 1,459 votes, or 0.76% of the total, while Addai-Nimoh only managed to receive 731 votes, or 0.41%.
In the presidential primary held on Saturday, 192 446 delegates cast ballots. There were 193, 346 legitimate votes overall, and 900 invalid votes. There was 94.63% turnout.
Although Bawumia was expected to win the presidential primary from the beginning, he fell short of the 80% mark that his campaign team had targeted.