He is the flagbearer of our party and our commitment as a caucus is to him – Minority Leader assures Bawumia

 

The Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has assured the newly elected flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, of the support of the caucus.

He said once the party has elected Dr Bawumia, the Minority has no option than to accord him the needed assistance to win the 2028 presidential election.

“He is the flagbearer of our party and our commitment as a caucus is to him. It is Parliament that is going to carry his vision and advocate same on the house floor. As a leader of the caucus, my loyalty to the party’s cause and our flagbearer is unsoiled and that is the discussion we’ve had,” Mr Afenyo-Markin said after visiting Dr Bawumia at the latter’s residence on February 2 to formally congratulate him on winning the flagbearer election held on January 31.

According to the Minority Leader, Dr Bawumia called for unity during their discussion, “and that is what we are going to rally behind him and deliver 2028. That is it. Nothing more, nothing less.”

Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has once again been entrusted with the fate of the Dankwah-Dombo tradition come December 7, 2028.

He secured 100,120 votes out of the total votes cast representing 56.39% to achieve this feat.

His closest contender, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong garnered 41,856 votes representing 23.57%.

The other flagbearer aspirants; Dr Bryan Acheampong had 32,985 votes – 18.58%, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum- 1,676 votes- 0.94% and Ing. Kwabena Agyei Agyepong- 375 votes- 0.21%.

NO.	NAME OF CANDIDATE	VOTES OBTAINED	PERCENTAGE
1	Kennedy Ohene Agyapong	46,554	23.76%
2	Bryan Acheampong	36,303	18.53%
3	Mahamudu Bawumia	110,643	56.48%
4	Yaw Osei Adutwum	1,999	1.02%
5	Kwabena Agyei Agyepong	402	0.21%

This is the second time Dr Bawumia will be representing the NPP in Ghana’s presidential election. In 2023, he was handed the mantle and proceeded to contest now President John Mahama and lost.

Some analysts say, because he has already been marketed by the party, by re-electing him, the party stands a better chance of winning the 2028 presidential election. They argue that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is disadvantaged because President Mahama has exhausted his term limit, thus a new candidate would have to be presented.

This argument has been countered by other analysts who contend that the outcome of the 2028 election will depend on not just the candidate to be presented by NDC, but the organisational structure that the party will back the candidate with as well as which party the electorate deem credible and has their interest at heart.

That contest is nearly 3 years away.

The January 31, 2026 flagbearer election was generally peaceful, except a little incident in the Ablekuma North Constituency involving the party’s 2024 parliamentary candidate, Akua Afriyie.