Bawumia is the best candidate to lead NPP – Forum of MMDCs declares support

 The camp of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia continues to gather momentum following an overwhelming endorsement by some 220 former Metropolitan Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in the previous administration.

Addressing the media in Accra on Monday, the former MCE for Adentan, Ebenezer Doku, said after critical assessment of the various aspirants they are convinced that the 2024 flagbearer and former Vice President Dr Bawumia is the best option for the opposition party in this critical moment.

“We have invited you here today to meet the forum for former MMDCEs for Bawumiah. We are a forum of 220 former MMDCEs who have served between 2017 and 2024 during the tenure of the immediate past NPP administration.

“At this time that the party has announced the election of flagbearer on 31st of January 2026, we deem it important to let the rank and file of our party know our thinking and our observations as we choose a leader for the 2028 election.

“Following extensive consultation with all aspirants and after a thorough assessment of their competence and commitment to NPP progress, we are convinced beyond any reasonable doubt that Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is the best candidate to lead the NPP” the former Adentan MCE told the media.

Meanwhile, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has met all 47 Constituency Chairmen in the Ashanti Region on June 21.

Also present at the meeting were other party executives in the region.

Dr Bawumia visited the party’s stronghold to reactivate his presidential ambition as he engaged the grassroot members.

He has so far engaged some identifiable groups, including the Tertiary Students Confederacy (TESCON), the students’ wing of the opposition party.

Sources at his camp indicate that “the groups have pledged their massive support for him.”

Dr Bawumia officially announced his bid for the 2028 flagbearership to the executives and solicited their support.

“He has asked for party unity” a source told Evans-Nkum.

Over the week, over 60 Members of Parliament from the Minority also visited his office in Accra to affirm their support for the former flagbearer of the party.

In a video that has already g one viral on social media, lawmaker for Akuapem North Sammi Awuku is heard telling a journalist, “We are here to hear to see his Excellency and also have a discussion with him as far as the presidential primary is concern and also hear from him if it is something that he is considering.”

Commenting on this matter on his Facebook page, a spokesperson of Dr Bawumia, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, said, “DMB remains our fastest path to election 2028 victory.”

The National Executive Council (NEC) of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has set Saturday, January 31, 2026, for its Presidential primaries.

This is the outcome of a NEC meeting held on June 17.

The meeting, held at the Alisa Hotel in Accra, was used to deliberate on proposed constitutional reforms by the Prof Mike Oquaye committee.