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Former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has asked delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to remember the sacrifices he has made for the party and vote to retain him as the party's flagbearer for the 2028 elections.
These sacrifices, he told a gathering of delegates at the Sene East Constituency of the Bono East Region, couldn't have been done by someone who doesn't love or hold the NPP in high esteem.
He recalled joining the NPP ticket in 2008 at the invitation of the then-candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, despite widespread doubts about the party’s electoral chances that year.
He also referenced his decision to leave a senior role at the African Development Bank in 2012 to return home and support the party during a challenging campaign season, including serving as a key witness in the NPP’s election petition case.
"I have sacrificed for the party over the past 16 years. In 2008, I resigned from my position as Deputy Head of the Bank of Ghana to join the NPP as Nana Akufo-Addo's running mate. In 2012, not even appeals from the head of the African Development Bank could convince me to stay on as Head of its mission in Zimbabwe. I resigned to join Nana Akufo-Addo again as the party’s running mate and even led the party’s team to court...," he told the delegates.
Since then, Dr. Bawumia said, he has remained a central figure in the party’s electoral successes and policy direction—highlighting initiatives like the Ghana Card, Mobile Money Interoperability, and the Medical Drone Delivery Service as proof of his impact even within the limits of the Vice President’s office.
Dr. Bawumia told delegates that his record demonstrates not only loyalty but also results and hence urged the party to continue building on that foundation as it looks ahead to the next political cycle beyond 2024.
He therefore appealed to the delegates to vote for him once more, as years of leading the NPP as running mate, Vice President, and then as flagbearer have made him acquire the needed experience to lead the party to recapture power in 2028.
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