New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has expressed confidence that the party can recapture power in the 2028 general e
New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has expressed confidence that the party can recapture power in the 2028 general elections if it strengthens grassroots mobilization and boosts voter participation.
Speaking at the launch of his “Our Journey Together” campaign in the Sene East constituency on Wednesday, October 15, Dr. Bawumia argued that the NPP’s defeat in the 2024 polls was not a reflection of the National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) popularity, but rather the result of voter apathy within the NPP’s own ranks.
“I am confident that, by the grace of God, if we address our internal challenges and turn out in our numbers to vote, we will win the next election,” Dr. Bawumia stated.
He cited data from the 2024 polls, revealing that more than 2.1 million people who voted for the NPP in 2020 did not cast their ballots in 2024 — a shortfall he said was a decisive factor in the party’s loss.
“The NPP’s votes declined significantly — about 2.1 million people who voted for us in 2020 did not vote in 2024,” Dr. Bawumia explained. “These were our own members; we simply didn’t go out to vote.”
He noted that former President John Mahama secured victory with a margin of 1.7 million votes — a figure smaller than the number of NPP supporters who abstained — underscoring how voter apathy cost the party the election.
“If our 2.1 million supporters had gone out to vote, we would have won,” Dr. Bawumia stated. “That’s why I’ve said repeatedly that it wasn’t the NDC that won the election — it was the NPP that lost it.”