Sammi Awuku Explains The Thinking Behind Bawumia’s “It Is Possible” Slogan

On April 5, 2023, Vice President Dr Bawumia posted a picture that had the Ghanaian flag to the left and the NPP’s red, white, and blue flag to the right, with the inscription “It Is Possible” at the top of the two flags.

This was before he announced his decision to contest the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearership race.

Six months later, Dr Bawumia becomes the NPP flagbearer after beating his closest contender, Assin Central MP, Ken Agyapong during the party’s presidential election on November 4, 2023.

But all this while much has not been said about his slogan. A member of his campaign team, Sammi Awuku, has provided details explaining the origin of this slogan and its purpose.

In an interview on JoyNews’ The Probe over the weekend, Mr Awuku noted that the slogan was crafted by Dr Bawumia himself due to its significance to him.

According to Mr Awuku, there were naysayers who dismissed Dr Bawumia’s chances of ever becoming NPP’s leader due to his religion and ethnicity, but for the Vice President, his notion remained ‘it is possible’ hence the slogan.

“He mounted a spirited campaign. For many people, when he started, they said it wasn’t possible but he was determined to make history. That slogan ‘it is possible’ was not coined by anybody of the campaign team. It was coined by himself.

“In political campaigns, you test the slogans. Our focus gurus, people coming with all sort of ideas but the ‘It is possible’ slogan came from him. And his belief is that it is possible to also do it together. Many people with the mindset that the NPP will never go for a candidate who is a non-Akan. He believes that is was possible.”

“Many people who believed that it would never get to the point where tbbe party would go for a non-Christian, he believed it was possible,” he added.

 

 

 

 

A total of 203,439 delegates participated in the election conducted on November 4, in the various constituencies across all 16 regions of Ghana.

Dr Mahamudu Bawumia polled 118,210 votes, representing 61.43 percent, Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong garnered 71,991 votes (37.41 percent), former Agric Minister, Dr Afriyie Akoto got 1,459 votes (0.76 percent) and former Mampong MP, Frimpong Addai-Nimoh secured 781 votes, representing (0.41 percent).

 

 

 

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