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President Nana Akufo-Addo has been challenged to a debate by former President John Dramani Mahama over their track record.

This year's Presidential election is historic because this is the first time in Ghana that a former President is contesting a sitting Head of State.

In touting the achievements of the Akufo-Addo administration, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Tuesday, August 18, 2020, held a virtual Town Hall meeting and recounted the infrastructure record of the government to Ghanaians but the record has been questioned by the largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).

The NDC Presidential candidate, John Mahama, is calling for a debate between him and the President to set the records straight on who among the two deserves to win the 2020 elections.

"Today, I can see a scramble to grab even KVIPs and any infrastructure and tout it as an achievement. But it is easy to settle the issue of infrastructure. After all, the President says this election is going to be an election of track records, comparing his track record to my track record.

"We can settle it easily, lets have a debate between two of us, the two Presidents. Let Nana Akufo-Addo come and sit down, let me sit down and let's debate our records. I am willing to present myself for debate, any day, anytime, anywhere and we will settle the matter once and for all," he said during a tour of the Volta Region.

Reacting to Mr Mahama's challenge, Deputy Health Minister, Dr Bernard Okoe Boye has asked President Akufo-Addo not to entertain a debate with the Ex-President.

According to him, he will only endorse a debate between the President and a new Presidential candidate for the NDC but not John Mahama who has been a Vice President and eventually President of the Republic.

This is because he noted, the works of the two leaders - President Akufo-Addo and Ex-President Mahama - are already clear to Ghanaians and they need no convincing about what Mr Mahama did while in government.

"Someone says we need a debate. Must we have a debate in today's Ghana?" he queried.

"Once the infrastructure or the project is there, it means there are people who are benefiting and that is the most important thing . . . If Joshua Alabi were to be the candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), I, Dr. Okoe Boye, would go and beg Akufo-Addo to give him a chance for a debate because he is a new person. You don't know his intentions but John Dramani Mahama, he's been in the leadership of this country for eight good years . . . If you're been involved in the leadership of this country for 8 good years, you don't need [ a debate] a platform to come and tell us what you can do and how you do your things. Your works will speak for you," he emphasized on Peace FM's 'Kokrokoo'.