Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong
A group of over 60 Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Minority New Patriotic Party (NPP), yesterday paid a courtesy call on former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to declare their support for him as the race begins for the flagbearer position of the party.
Although Dr. Bawumia, who led the party in the 2024 presidential election, has not yet officially declared his intention to contest in the January 31, 2026 flagbearer primaries, many have encouraged him to do so, and it is becoming obvious he will heed that call.
The visit by the overwhelming number of MPs from the NPP further strengthens Dr. Bawumia’s position as the preferred candidate, as the NPP takes a step to regain the governance of the country by winning the 2028 election.
It is not clear what was said in the closed-door meeting, but sources close to the visit indicated the group of over 60 MPs led by Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong, MP for Mampong, declared their support for Dr. Bawumia and encouraged the former Vice President to formally declare his intention to contest the race.
Some of the noticeable MPs who called on Dr. Bawumia included Sammi Awuku, Mohammed Amin Adam, Nana Adjei Baffour Awuah, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, Mustapha Ussif and Habib Iddrisu.
Dr. Bawumia, addressing the press after the meeting, described the visit as a “very happy visit because it is a courtesy call to declare support for me, and I’m so happy in terms of the group that has declared support for me from Parliament.”
He said the over 60 out of the total 88 NPP MPs represent a very significant number of MPs who have declared their support for him.
“I just want to use this opportunity to thank all of them. I believe that this is going to be very, very important because the Members of Parliament as you know, control the constituencies to a large extent and I’m very, very happy for exactly what they have done today,” he said.
Dr. Bawumia added that “it is a strong show of support and I thank them, and I thank God for the strong show of support and off we go. There is a lot of hard work to be done so that we can help the party and help the country.”
Flagbearer
The NPP is set to elect a flagbearer on January 31, 2026, as the party gears up for the 2028 presidential election.
This was disclosed after the National Executive Committee (NEC) and National Council (NC) meeting held in Accra on Tuesday, June 17, 2025.
General Secretary of the NPP, Justin Kodua Frimpong, addressing journalists after the meeting, said the party will hold its national delegates’ conference on July 19, 2025 ahead of its presidential primaries.
“The National Council today made the decision that the date for our presidential primaries is set for January 31, 2026, that is the date we shall hold our presidential primaries,” he said.
Mr. Frimpong further noted that the national delegates’ conference, which will take place at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), is expected to bring together polling station, constituency and regional executives of the party, as well as former appointees and ministers to amend some provisions of the NPP Constitution.
So far, four persons including Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia; former Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum; former MP for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong and MP for Abetifi, Dr. Bryan Acheampong have hinted their intention to contest for the flagbearer position of the party.
BY Gibril Abdul Razak