Former Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has declared that he’s probably the most ready candidate to steer the New Patriotic Occasion (NPP) into the 2028 elections.
“I’m providing myself as flagbearer with integrity, competence, compassion, humility and values to serve each occasion and nation,” he stated.
Dr Bawumia made these remarks yesterday on the NPP headquarters in Accra, the place he formally submitted and crammed his nomination to contest the occasion’s presidential primaries scheduled for January 31, 2026.
He described the forthcoming NPP presidential primaries as an election “for the soul of the occasion”, stressing that the selection delegates make would decide whether or not the NPP remained true to the values of its forebears or drifts away from its custom.
Tracing the roots of the occasion to the custom of J.B. Danquah, Ok.A. Busia, Victor Owusu, John Agyekum Kufuor and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, he stated the NPP had at all times risen at vital moments in Ghana’s historical past to offer management and should achieve this once more in 2028.
“The NPP and Ghana are demanding a frontrunner who embodies the values of our forebears deep mind, humility, respect for all individuals, unity, braveness, foresight and resilience. I provide myself to steer this occasion as a result of I imagine I’m probably the most ready for the 2028 elections and the presidency in 2029,” he declared.
Highlighting his report, Dr Bawumia cited a number of initiatives he spearheaded whereas in government, together with the Ghana Card, Cellular Cash Interoperability, the Gold-for-Oil Programme, Agenda 111, the No Guarantor Pupil Mortgage Scheme, and the Zipline Drone Supply Service.
These, he confused, had influenceed tens of millions of lives and proved that he was “wealthy in concepts, not cash”.
He additionally underscored his grassroots credentials, recalling that over the previous 16 years he had visited each constituency a number of instances to marketing campaign and work with occasion members.
Dr Bawumia, who was additionally the NPP’s flag-bearer within the 2024 normal election, cautioned in opposition to divisive politics inside the occasion, warning that assaults primarily based on faith, tribe or factional rivalry solely weakened the occasion.
“To win in 2028, we should not simply discuss unity, we should reside it. Our true opponent shouldn’t be inside it’s on the market,” he advised occasion faithfuls.
Outlining his imaginative and prescient for the nation, he pledged to scale back the price of residing, develop the economic system, introduce tax reforms, help native manufacturing, and construct a digitalised economic system that creates jobs and presents equal alternatives for all, together with girls, the bodily challenged and the grassroots.
He assured delegates that if elected, he would reward the sacrifices of occasion members, restore misplaced alternatives for the grassroots, and lead the NPP to victory in 2028.
Among the many occasion leaders who accompanied him had been Member of Parliament for Bantama Constituency within the Ashanti Area, Francis Asenso-Boakye; former MP for Ayawaso West Wuogon within the Better Accra Area, Lydia Seyram Alhassan; MP for Damongo within the Savannah Area, Samuel Abu Jinapor in addition to nationwide delegates and different outstanding figures.
BY STEPHANIE BIRIKORANG
