New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Bantama in the Ashanti Region, Francis Asenso Boakye, has made a strong case for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to be re-elected as the NPP’s presidential candidate for the December 2028 general elections, noting that Dr Bawumia is the NPP’s best bet amongst the five persons contesting the party’s presidential slot to win the presidency in 2028.
Addressing his constituents today, Monday, 26 January 2026, during Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s stopover in the Bantama constituency, Asenso Boakye pointed out that it would be the biggest mistake the NPP would have ever made should the party decide not to repeat Dr Bawumia for the 2028 presidential elections, as it did in the past for President John Kufuor and President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
“Among the five persons contesting in the upcoming Saturday, 31 January 2026, the one with humility, in-depth understanding, wisdom, intelligence, and understanding of the Ghanaian economy and the global system, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, clearly stands out,” Asenso Boakye remarked.
“The history of the NPP and NDC shows that both parties have constitently repeated its presidential candidate everytime the csndidate lost an election and when they are repeated they go ahead to win the next election. NPP repeated Kufuor in 2000 and he won. NPP repeated Nana Akufo-Addo in 2012 and 2016 and he won in 2016.
The NDC repeated Atta-Mills in 2004 and 2008 anf he went on to win in 2008. The NDC repeated John Mahama in 2020 and 2024 and he ened up winning in 2024. The historical facts are the very reasons and grounds on which the NPP must repeat Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for the 2028 election after bringing him for the first time in 2024,” Asenso Boakye further remarked.
Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is one of five persons contesting to be the NPP’s presidential candidate for the 2028 general elections. the other candidates are Dr Bryan Acheampong, MP for Abetifi, Dr Yaw Adu Twum, MP for Bosomtwe, Kennedy Agyapong, former MP for Assin Central and Kwabena Adjei Agyapong, former General Secretary of the NPP.
Over 210,000 delegates drawn from the 276 constituencies across the 16 Regions of the country are expected to vote in the Saturday, 31 January exercise. Delegates will be voting in about 333 polling centres. Voting will commence at 7 am and end at 2 pm. The election process will be supervised by the Electrol Commission of Ghana and the Ghana Police Service will be in charge of security.
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Francis Asenso Boakye addressing delegates in the Bantama Constituency
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