Volta Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Makafuo Woanyah, has made a strong case for members of the NPP in the region and across the country to retain former Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as the party's flagbearer for the 2028 elections.

Addressing NPP stakeholders in Hohoe on November 10, 2025, during the opening day of Dr Bawumia’s campaign tour of the Volta Region, the Volta Regional Chairman Dr Bawumia is the best among the five aspirants for the NPP flagbearership and retaining him will be in like with political marketing and consistent with the party’s tradition of retaining its flagbearers to help them win the Presidency.

"In the political market, there are rules. And the rule is evident in Ghana that consistency is the key. We've seen it with NDC and we've seen it with NPP. That when you take a product to the market and that product is not bought, repeat that product and it will be bought," Chairman Woanyah said.

"The precedent is there, it is clear. President Kufuor went two times and we got it. President Akufo-Addo went three time and we got it."

Beyond the NPP, the Volta Regional Chairmen also referred to the multiple times both John Evans Atta Mills and John Mahama attempted the Presidency before they eventually won.

"Mahama went three times and he got. The previous one was because President Mills died and with the mourning and sympathies, he got it (in 2012). But when he came in 2016 he lost. They repeated him in 2020, he lost. Then he came back in 2024."

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Chairman Wanya urged members of the NPP to support and vote for Dr Bawumia, whom he highlighted his positive sides and his commitment to the welfare of party members.

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