Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 2024 presidential candidate, has denied allegations that his Muslim faith played a significant role in the party’s defeat in the general elections of 2024. Speaking at the party’s headquarters on Wednesday, April 23, in advance of the NPP’s “Thank You Tour,” Dr. Bawumia urged Ghanaians to concentrate on facts rather than propaganda, calling the claims unfounded and unsupported by proof. “Many individuals offered many explanations for why we lost the election once it was over. When you examine at the reasons individuals gave, one of them was that they didn’t vote for the NPP because our presidential candidate was Muslim. Did you not hear that? I remarked, “This doesn’t make sense,” upon hearing that. “I don’t recognise this Ghana,” he said. In order to refute the assertion, Dr. Bawumia emphasised the results of the NPP primaries, pointing out that the party overwhelmingly selected him even though he was the only Muslim among ten candidates—nine of whom were Christians. He further disproved the idea of religious bias by using election data. According to the findings, I performed better than Christian parliamentary candidates running on the NPP ticket in numerous constituencies throughout the nation. That wouldn’t be the case if religion played a role, he clarified. Additionally, Dr. Bawumia mentioned that he even received more votes in Reverend Ntim Fordjour’s constituency, the NPP MP for Assin South. Dr. Bawumia also cited research from other independent organisations, such as Global Info Analytics, which came to the conclusion that ethnicity and religion had no bearing on the outcome of the 2024 election. “It’s just propaganda,” he claimed. Religion and tribe were ruled out as contributing factors in all of the investigations. I take pride in the fact that neither our party nor our nation’s political decisions are influenced by religion or ethnic affiliations. He exhorted Ghanaians to stay united and reject divisive notions. “We are a single country. We all rise and advance together, whether we are Muslims or Christians.