The New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate for the 2024 general elections Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has revealed the NPP plans to elect its 2028 presidential candidate lastest by January next year.
According to Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the NPP elected its 2024 presidential candidate in November which gave John Mahama an advantage as he was already the NDC presidential candidate and had already been touring the country.
Dr Bawumia asserted that the NPP did not have time for reconciliation after their internal elections as there was a lot of fallout from many constituencies.
Speaking to some members of the NPP, Dr Bawumia stated, “We elected our presidential candidate a bit late in the day. We elected our presidential candidate in November by that time Mahama who had been elected by the NDC much earlier had already toured the country, giving him an advantage and we had spent three years on an internal election that divided the party.
There was no time for reconciliation, I had to hurry to get into the field to begin the campaign because Mahama was already ahead. Reconciling people at all levels of the constituency was difficult and we didn’t have enough time to do that.
There were a lot of problems in the constituency involving the elections”.
He added, “Now, we are working on a proposal that, by January at the latest, all elections from polling stations to flagbearers will be completed, so we have three years to prepare for the 2028 elections and we have enough time to also do reconciliation”.
Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and Kennedy Agyapong are the two early front runners in the NPP’s 2028 presidential candidate election.
Dr. Bawumia won with 118,210 votes, representing 61.47% of the total votes cast. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong secured the second-highest votes with 71,996 votes, representing 35.52% of the total valid votes.
Meanwhile, Boakye Kyerematen Agyarko a former flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said the NPP has become a label stripped of the soul, values and principles.
He emphasised that the NPP a party that once shared ideas, values, and national purpose has deteriorated into a shattered organization captured by narrow interests.
In a statement titled “Teachings From Our Past: Things We Must Avoid,” Boakye Agyarko detailed the party is straying dangerously from its core principles.
“The NPP is at a critical crossroads. We have become a label—stripped of the soul, values, and principles that once bound us together.”
“Our internal contests have become battlegrounds instead of mechanisms to choose the best among us,” he said.
Boakye Agarko urged, “The idea of service has been replaced by the scramble for opportunity. We must move away from control to growing the party by empowering the rank and file”.
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“We elected our presidential candidate a bit late. By that time, President Mahama who had been elected by the NDC much earlier had already toured the country, giving him an advantage.
Now, we are working on a proposal that, by January at the latest, all elections from polling… pic.twitter.com/OdQMQIFpS8
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