Former Vice President and 2024 New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate, Dr. Mahamudu  Bawumia,  has expressed immense gratitude to a group of NPP Members of Parliament, who have declared support for him to be retained as the party's flagbearer for the 2028 election.

The MPs, numbering about 67, Thursday morning called on Dr. Bawumia at his office in Accra to declare their support for him.

Speaking to the media after the visit, Dr. Bawumia said the visit and declaration by the MPs were significant, as it demonstrated a "strong show of support" from key stakeholders of the party at the grassroots level.

"It was a visit from our Members of Parliament and I think that it was a very happy visit. A courtesy call and a call to declare support for me and I'm so happy in terms of the group that have declared support for me from parliament, now amounts to over 60 members of Parliament. And you know we have 88 members of parliament so that tells you that a very significant Members of Parliament have declared their support for me," Dr. Bawumia said.

''This is a strong show of support and I thank them, and I thank God for this strong show of support. Off we go."

“I believe that this is going to be very important because the Members of Parliament as you know, control the constituencies to a very large extent and I'm very happy for what they have done today."

While expressing gratitude to the MPs, Dr. Bawumia urged them to get down to work in a bid to help the NPP and the nation.

"Off we go. There is a lot of hard work to be done to help the party and to help the country," he said.