Former Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia seems to be having a lot of endorsements and assurances from delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that they would retain him as the Party’s presidential candidate for the 2028 presidential elections.
The most recent of such assurances came from the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Regions when Dr. Bawumia took his ‘Our Journey Together’ tour there to sell his campaign message ahead of the NPP January 31 presidential primary.
A wave of palpable excitement and unwavering support has swept through the Bono and Ahafo regions, as Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia concluded a highly charged campaign tour that has ignited a frenzy among party delegates and firmly positioned him as the consensus candidate ahead of the NPP’s crucial flag-bearership election.
The tour, which saw Dr. Bawumia engage in intense, grassroots interactions, was marked by scenes of jubilation, with delegates and party loyalists chanting his name and waving placards in a powerful display of endorsement that has significantly altered the race’s dynamics.
From meetings in packed town halls to spontaneous roadside cheers, the atmosphere was less of a political campaign and more of a victory celebration.
“What we are witnessing is not just support; it is an eruption of belief in Dr. Bawumia’s leadership,” declared David Boakye, Regional secretary for the Bono East Region. “The delegates are not just agreeing with him; they are embracing him with a passion that I have not seen in many years. The energy is electric.”
The tour’s success was not merely measured in crowd sizes but in the strategic defections and public endorsements from previously uncommitted constituency executives and grassroots influencers.
In several stops, local powerbrokers who had been cautiously sitting on the fence publicly crossed over to the Bawumia camp, citing his compelling vision and electability as decisive factors.
“The race feels different now,” observed , a polling station executive from Bechem. “Before this tour, there were debates. Now, there is a sense of conclusion. When you see the coordinators, the women’s organizers, and the youth organisers all rallying behind one person with this level of conviction, you know the direction of the wind. He is no longer just a contender; he is the candidate to beat.”
Political analysts suggest that the resounding success in these crucial regions, often a key battleground in party primaries, creates a powerful bandwagon effect that will be difficult for his opponents to counter.
“This was more than a campaign tour; it was a demonstration of organizational strength and political momentum,” said Hon. Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah, MP for Techiman South. “By solidifying his support in the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo regions, Dr. Bawumia has sent a powerful signal to delegates in other regions that his victory is inevitable. In internal party politics, perception is everything, and the perception now is that this race is his to lose.”
With the delegate-rich Ashanti Region already showing strong support for him in earlier polls, and now the Bono, Bono’s East and Ahafo belts seemingly falling into place, the Bawumia campaign has every reason to declare its latest strategic objective: accomplished.
The former Vice President continues his campaign not just as a frontrunner in polls, but as the undeniable focal point of the race, leaving his rivals with a dramatically steeper climb to the flag-bearership.
