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Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the former Vice President and New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, has said he cannot be blamed for the party’s poor performance in the Bawku zone in the 2024 elections.
The NPP during the 2024 election failed to secure a seat in any of the six constituencies.
Dr Bawumia argued that the NPP’s struggles in the Bawku enclave are historical,
He noted that the area has traditionally been a stronghold of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Speaking to NPP party supporters at Effiduase in the Ashanti Region on Thursday, September 11, Dr Bawumia stated, “They claim we lost the 2024 elections because of the Mamprusi-Kusasi conflict. Those claims will not wash. They would have given me a knock-out if it’s true because I’m a Mamprusi. I was not even born when the conflict started”.
“Since 1965, there have been 11 elections in Ghana, in the Bawku zone, which has six constituencies. The NPP has won only two seats, being the highest. In most of the elections, we had zero seats in six of the 11 elections,” Bawumia explained.
Dr Bawumia further recalled, “In 2004, former president J. A. Kufuor won the election, but the NPP scored zero in the Bawku zone. In 2012, former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was the flagbearer, but we had zero seats in the Bawku zone. We were not part of the conflict.
In 2024, we had zero seats in the Bawku enclave. If you look at the trajectory, was I the cause? I can’t be blamed for our poor performance in the Bawku zone, which is an NDC stronghold,” he emphasised.
Additionally, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said he would introduce a constituency-based budgeting framework under his leadership.
According to Bawumia, the new proposal will overhaul Ghana’s budgeting system, which will be a more local approach to development financing.
Dr Bawumia explained, “I am bringing a new idea to Ghana. I want to transform our current framework into a constituency-based budgeting framework.
With this, every constituency will be featured in the budget, and the management of that budget will come at the constituency level”.
Dr Bawumia highlighted that the proposed system would ensure development funds and contracts are directly tied to constituencies, which will enhance transparency, accountability, and impact.
“So, when we are awarding a contract, you will know that it is coming straight to your constituency so that you manage it from there. That will help elevate each constituency to drive development for all of us,” Dr. Bawumia asserted.
In related news, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said he has also contributed to the NPP but does not come out to declare them publicly.
According to Dr Bawumia, in the 2024 elections, he raised an unprecedented amount of money for the NPP in history.
Dr Bawumia further revealed he donated over 300 pick-ups, which are now being used by the NPP in constituencies.
Speaking during a gathering in the Adansi Asokwa constituency on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, Dr Bawumia stated, “I have also helped the party, but I do not come out publicly to state them. In the 2024 election, the amount of money I raised for the NPP was unprecedented in the history of the party.
It has never happened before, the pickups that I donated to constituencies over various regions, over 300 pick-ups that are now even being used in the constituencies”.
Dr Bawumia also fired back at Dr Bryan Acheampong over his performance in Zongo communities during the 2024 elections.
The former vice president dismissed allegations that he performed poorly in Zongo communities, labelling the claims as baseless propaganda.
According to Dr Bawumia, Dr Bryan Acheampong must prove his claims by showing him data to support the assertion that he won in only one Zongo community polling station in the entire country.
He added, “The propaganda out there is that Muslims and the Zongo people did not cast their votes for Dr. Bawumia. When I heard it, I asked, ‘Where is the data to support these claims?’ Because for me, if you tell me something, I need data to prove whether it’s true,”
“Recently, one presidential aspirant claimed that in the Zongos, Dr. Bawumia won only one polling station in the entire country”, he added.
Dr Bawumia further cried out to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) delegates about party members being arrested by the John Mahama-led NDC government.
According to Dr Bawumia, the NPP needs to unite and regain power in the 2028 elections.
Bawumia added, “We all have seen the things going on. After losing power, the NDC are using power to intimidate us, harass us, and abuse us. In a short period, Chairman Wontumi was arrested, and they have arrested Chairman Abronye; they are arresting our TikTokers, bloggers and appointees. What all this means is that the NPP needs to be united so that in 2028, we will regain power.