New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential hopeful and Member of Parliament for Abetifi, Dr. Bryan Acheampong, has disclosed that he privately urged former Vice President and fellow flagbearer aspirant, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, to withdraw from the party’s January 2026 Presidential primary.
Speaking in an interview on Good Evening Ghana with Paul Adom-Otchere on Thursday, December 18, Dr. Acheampong explained that his appeal was motivated by what he describes as structural challenges within the party.
According to him, those challenges could undermine the NPP’s chances in the 2028 general elections if Dr. Bawumia leads the party again.
“Those structural challenges are in addition to what he Mussa Dankwah does not know, the ones that I compiled and reached out to the candidate and said ‘look we will have challenges if we continue like this and therefore if you consider the interest of the party and bow out, that will be great for us so that we can find a new candidate and press on.’
“But then also the perceived division, the supporters of himself and that of Kennedy Agyapong was emerging. It was very clear to me that it was going to take us into 2028, and it will not give us the opportunity of winning that election and you know if we do not win, we are in serious trouble,” he stated.
The Abetifi MP, who supported Dr. Bawumia during the 2023 flagbearer contest, has since withdrawn from backing him and entered the race himself.
He said his decision came despite attempts by Former Second Lady Samira Bawumia to persuade him to remain with her husband’s campaign.
Source: Citi Newsroom
