Contrary to the widely held public opinion that Dr Bawumia, the twice defeated Vice Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party who popularise the terms "Pink sheet" at the supreme court was selected by Nana Akufo-Addo to partner him as his running mate based mainly on his competence, Dr Bawumia has stated that his selection has nothing to do with competence but rather, he was selected because he was a Muslim.