Fifteen out of the 23 New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament in the Eastern Region have declared their support for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s bid to lead the party into the 2028 general election.

The MPs said replacing the former Vice President as flagbearer in the January 2026 contest would set the NPP and Ghana back by 16 years.

At a press conference in Nkawkaw on Wednesday, the MPs argued that Ghanaians were beginning to embrace Dr Bawumia’s policy ideas, many of which they claimed had been vindicated since the 2024 polls.

“After all the propaganda hurled against the NPP in the 2024 elections, it is becoming clear day by day that Bawumia was right in many of the things he proposed. Now is the time that more Ghanaians are warming up to his ideas. Changing him will be setting ourselves back by another 16 years,” they stated.

Speaking on behalf of his colleagues, Kofi Ahenkorah Marfo, MP for Achiase, described Dr Bawumia as the best candidate to secure victory for the NPP.

“Having been well marketed and having served as Ghana’s most impactful Vice President, he is the best option politically and policy-wise to win us the election,” he noted.

The MPs highlighted Dr Bawumia’s qualities of humility, inclusiveness, and effectiveness, stressing that he embodies the leadership style Ghanaians desire. “He is humble, effective and embracing of all persons. We need a leader who unites and not one who divides,” they said, pledging to campaign vigorously for him across the region.

The fifteen MPs include Kofi Ahenkorah Marfo (Achiase), Michael Okyere Baafi (New Juaben South), Akwasi Acquah (Oda), Charles Owuredu (Abirem), Sammi Awuku (Akuapem North), Kwame Appiah Kodua (Fanteakwa North), Kingsley Agyemang (Abuakwa South), Nana Kwame Ampaw “Buffalo” (Abuakwa North), and Ida Adwoa Asiedu (Ayensuano). Others are Frank Annor Dompreh (Nsawam), Kojo Oppong Nkrumah (Ofoase Ayirebi), Frank Asiedu Bekoe (Suhum), Alexander Agyare (Kade), Henrietta Korkor Asante (Atiwa West), and Duke Ofori Atta (Fanteakwa South).