Ghana's ruling party voted on Saturday in primaries to elect its candidate for next year's presidential ballot, with Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia widely favoured to win.
The West African country is undergoing its worst economic trouble in years, and the crisis is set to dominate the election campaign ahead of the December 2024 ballot to succeed President Nana Akufo-Addo.
"We're expecting at least 70 percent of the votes," his spokesman said."We are not basing our confidence on any opinion polls. We are with the grassroots."Kwasi Amakye-Boateng, politics lecturer at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, told AFP"the polls favour Bawumia". Ghana signed a deal with the International Monetary Fund last year as the country sought to shore up its public finances and better manage debt.
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