The Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has called on the party’s youth wing to prepare for leadership and work tirelessly towards winning back power in the 2028 general elections.
Dr. Bawumia delivered this rallying message during a meeting with student leaders ahead of a three-day boot camp organised by the party on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. He explained that the training programme was designed to empower young party members with the skills and experience needed to take up key leadership roles in the future.
“I want you to be assured that this training program is for your benefit because we want the youth to take key leadership positions,” Dr. Bawumia told the gathering. “And we cannot get you into key leadership positions if we don’t prepare you for the uptake of these leadership positions.”
Confident about the NPP’s chances in 2028, Dr. Bawumia stressed the importance of early organisation and mobilisation. “2028, Inshallah, it is going to happen in 2028. It is possible. It is possible. And we are going to work towards it,” he declared, emphasizing that victory would not come by chance but through determined preparation.
He underscored the decisive role the youth would play in the next election, just as they did in 2024, making student engagement and leadership development a central part of the party’s campaign strategy. “The youth will take over the key positions as we move forward in this country. You know that the vote is largely youth-dominated. 2028, as it was in 2024, will be a youth-dominated election,” he noted.
Dr. Bawumia also announced plans to deepen the party’s engagement with the Tertiary Students Confederacy of the New Patriotic Party (TESCON), promising to visit several campuses in the coming years to share the party’s ideas and vision. “We will take the debate, the ideas to the country, and we will make our case,” he said.
Addressing the issue of political pressure, Dr. Bawumia insisted that the NPP would not be intimidated. “We are, however, saying that we will not be intimidated. You can arrest all of us. We will come back and make our case to the people of Ghana,” he asserted.
He concluded by urging the student leaders to stand united behind the party’s efforts and seize the opportunities offered by the training programme.
Source: Apexnewsgh.com