Investigative journalist and author, Manasseh Azure Awuni, has declared that he is not politically neutral.
According to him, before his profession as a journalist, he is first a Ghanaian citizen who must be concerned about who becomes President.
In a Facebook post on Monday, June 23, Manasseh said he would have voted for then-President John Dramani Mahama in 2012 if he had been in the country.
However, he voted for Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the 2016 elections, which was the last time he cast his ballot.
“I’m not politically neutral. I wrote an article to that effect in 2014. It’s a Google search away. I am a citizen of Ghana, first and foremost, before being a journalist. I vote. And I have an interest in who becomes my president.
“The last time I voted was in 2016. I voted for the NPP’s Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. I had voted for John Dramani Mahama in the 2012 election, but I believed — and still believe today — that he did not deserve my vote in 2016. (He appears to have learnt some great lessons in the wilderness of opposition),” he said.
Referencing his 2014 article titled “I’m not a neutral journalist”, Manasseh explained that his work as a journalist is a fight against societal injustice, and he would not remain silent for fear of being vilified.
“I am not a neutral journalist. I have strongly taken sides with the oppressed, and I expect others to do same. I am a victim of social injustice, and the passion to correct that is what keeps me in journalism. If that passion diminishes, I will quit journalism for a more lucrative job,” he wrote in part of the 2014 article.
His comments come days after he stated that former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is the New Patriotic Party’s best bet in its upcoming January 31, 2026 flagbearer contest—a position that has attracted criticism from some quarters.
But Manasseh reiterated that “Dr. Bawumia may not be the best in the entire NPP as a party, but from the list of options ready to lead, he stands out by miles.”
“I’m not neutral. I have an interest in who leads the NDC. And I have an interest in who leads the NPP. It is from the two that Ghanaians like me will choose from in 2028. I cannot be interested in who wins the election in America and pretend that I don’t care who governs Ghana,” Manasseh stressed.
