Close to 490 youth organisers and deputy youth organisers with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have contributed to pick up nomination forms for former flagbearer and Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to contest in 2028.
This is according to David Boakye, Bono East Regional Secretary of the NPP. Mr. Boakye made this disclosure to Oheneba Nana Asiedu on Wontumi FM.
Mr. Boakye said the youth organisers and their deputies across the country approached Samira Bawumia, wife of Dr. Bawumia, right before the recently held National Delegates Conference at the University of Ghana in Accra.
“490 out of the 546 youth organisers and their deputies in Ghana have collectively contributed money to support Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s presidential candidacy for the upcoming election. They met Hajia Samira, Sammi Awuku, Dr. Gideon Boako, and Ekwow Vincent a day before the delegates conference with the proposal,” David Boakye said.
He added that the youth, together with their deputies, have already sent some selected representatives to meet Dr. Bawumia and assure him of their decision, adding that they will pick up the nomination forms for Dr. Bawumia come Wednesday, August 12, 2025.
Meanwhile, a group of 220 former MMDCEs who served under the immediate past Akufo-Addo government, on June 23, 2025, officially declared their endorsement of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as the party’s presidential candidate for the 2028 general elections.
Dr. Bawumia held an open interaction with the MMDCEs in Accra two months ago as part of his stakeholder consultations. Following the meeting, the former MMDCEs held a press conference to declare their absolute confidence in Dr. Bawumia’s leadership and endorsed his candidature for the 2028 elections.
As the New Patriotic Party (NPP) gears up for its presidential primaries, slated for January 31, 2026, anticipation is building both within the party and across the national political landscape.
The primary will mark a pivotal moment for the NPP as it seeks to elect a flagbearer capable of steering the party into the 2028 general elections, building upon its legacy.
Dr. Bawumia, Kennedy Agyapong, Bryan Acheampong, and Dr. Yaw Adutwum have all declared their intention to contest the flagbearership elections.