Frank Annoh-Dompreh, the Minority Chief Whip and Member of Parliament for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, has told New Patriotic Party (NPP) delegates not to go and spoil their votes as he rallies support for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
According to Frank Annoh-Dompreh, Bawumia is going to win the NPP presidential election, so delegates should not waste their vote by voting for other candidates.
The MP stressed that the NPP must be united behind a clear frontrunner for the rebuilding efforts of the party.
Frank Annoh-Dompreh stated, “Bawumia is going to win the forthcoming presidential primaries. So don’t go and spoil your vote,“
Dr Adutwum is my close friend, and we all worship as members of the Church of Pentecost. We even met at the business committee, and I told him, my brother, this battle is not yours,” Mr Annoh-Dompreh stated.
Frank Annoh-Dompreh further added that leadership succession within the party should be guided by long-term vision. He further told the other NPP aspirants, “This is not your time, although your time will come”.
The Nsawam-Adoagyiri MP reechoed his confidence that Dr Bawumia remains the best positioned to lead the party into the next general elections.
Also, Samuel Atta Akyea, a former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, has warned the New Patriotic Party (NPP) against presenting a new presidential candidate for the 2028 elections.
Atta Akyea reminded the New Patriotic Party of Dr Bawumia’s performance in the 2024 elections, which he noted was in a difficult political environment.
According to Atta Akyea, internal assessments revealed Dr Mahamudu Bawumia was not a factor in the defeat, but rather voter fatigue after eight years in government.
Atta Akyea claimed that the ruling NDC would face challenges introducing a new candidate against Dr Bawumia, who he said already enjoys strong national recognition and credibility.
The former Abuakwa South MP warned that abandoning Dr Bawumia to present a new candidate would be a gamble for the NPP.
Speaking on Metro TV on Thursday, January 15, 2026, Atta Akyea explained, “I am trying to show the arithmetic that when the situation was terribly bad, the persona of the man attracted him the 41 per cent that he got in the election. Common sense will suggest that we show him again,” he said.
“We have to lift him up again and then add about nine per cent to cross the 50 plus one mark. That is how we get him as president,” he stated.
“By the time the NDC brings a new candidate against Bawumia, who is already marketed and whose figures are in his favour, I am telling you there is nobody they will bring who will have the national appeal and the doctoral appeal more than Bawumia,” he added.
He added, “If we decide to start afresh with new people and allow the NDC to use propaganda against them, that will be a lottery the NPP should not get involved in”.