Former Vice President and 2024 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has expressed strong confidence that the NPP will return to power in the 2028 general elections, despite the outcome of the 2024 polls.
Speaking at an engagement in London, Dr Bawumia shared his conviction that political dynamics and historical trends in Ghana favour the NPP’s comeback in the next election cycle.
“I believe that in 2028 NPP is going to come back into government. I believe so. There are few reasons why I am so convinced about this,” he stated.
According to him, Ghana’s political history has shown that first-time presidential candidates often face difficulty winning elections, and this trend may give the NPP an edge in 2028.
“If you look at our political history—our political history suggests that it is usually difficult for a first-time presidential candidate to win an election in Ghana. I don’t know why that is, but Ghanaians want you to come more than once,” Bawumia noted, suggesting that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) may field a new candidate in 2028, giving the NPP a comparative advantage.
He also argued that the NDC’s performance in government would further discredit their campaign promises, especially those related to cost of living and economic relief.
“In opposition, they made so many promises and told a lot of stories about what they were going to do, and now they have come into government. It is not easy to do propaganda when you are in government. It is very easy to do propaganda in opposition,” he said.
Citing examples such as food prices and cost of materials, Dr Bawumia criticised the NDC for what he described as misleading the public while in opposition.
“They said that when they come, they will bring down the cost of kenkey and the cost of living. I don’t know, have you noticed the reduction in kenkey prices in Ghana? No. Prices are rather going up… You will see that this lie that they told about reducing the cost of living will be more and more exposed as we go forward,” he said.
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