Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has congratulated all newly elected regional executives and declared the internal contest over, calling for unity and renewed energy toward the 2028 elections.
His Communications Directorate stated this following the completion of elections across the regions. Dr Bawumia said the peaceful conduct of the polls reaffirms the party’s commitment to internal democracy and respect for the will of its members.
He urged unsuccessful candidates to rally behind those who won, and expressed confidence that the incoming executives will provide the leadership needed to position the party for victory in the 2028 presidential and parliamentary elections.
A verdict on how the elections ran
The flagbearer opened by acknowledging the outcome across the regions before turning to the manner in which the contests were conducted. The statement said the Presidential Candidate congratulates all newly elected Regional Executives following the successful elections across the regions.
On process, it offered an assessment that doubles as a claim about the party itself. “The peaceful conduct of the elections reaffirms the NPP’s commitment to internal democracy and respect for the will of its members,” the release said.
That framing carries weight for a party rebuilding after a general election defeat. Internal contests conducted without disruption give a leadership its clearest argument that the organisation remains intact.
Confidence in the incoming executives
Bawumia tied the results directly to the electoral task ahead rather than treating them as an administrative milestone. The statement said he is confident that the newly elected executives will provide the leadership required to strengthen the party and position it for victory in the 2028 presidential and parliamentary elections.
Regional executives control the structures through which any national campaign reaches constituencies, which makes the composition of those teams a matter of direct consequence for a candidate already selected to lead the ticket.
The release also addressed candidates who fell short, and the language moves from commendation to direction. It said Bawumia commends all candidates for offering themselves for service and urges the unsuccessful candidates to rally behind the newly elected executives.
The appeal answers a recurring difficulty in Ghanaian party politics. Losing camps frequently withdraw their networks and organisational effort after internal defeats, and the cost surfaces at the general election rather than immediately.
The contest is over
The statement closed with the line that gives it its edge, drawing a boundary between what has just happened and what the party must now do. “The regional contest is over, the greater task is unity and renewed energy to secure victory in 2028 and it begins now,” the release said.
It was signed by the Communications Directorate of the Office of the Flagbearer. Dr Bawumia’s message follows a similar appeal from Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, his running mate on the 2024 ticket, who congratulated the regional executives and urged unsuccessful aspirants not to step away from the work of rebuilding the party.
Two senior figures issuing near-identical appeals within days suggests the leadership sees a real risk of disengagement among defeated camps, or is moving early to prevent one.
The contests returned chairmen across most of the country. Odeneho Kwaku Appiah, known as COKA, took the Ashanti Region against Dr Henry Kwabena Kokofu. Bernard Okoe-Boye won Greater Accra against Alfred Boye, and Jeff Konadu Addo emerged in the Eastern Region.
Western North was scheduled to vote on 16 August, while results from the Oti and Bono East regions had not been declared at the time the statement was issued.
Nominations open Monday
The regional stage feeds directly into a national contest that begins within a day of Bawumia’s statement. Nominations for national executive positions open on 17 August 2026 and close on 22 August, according to the roadmap published by the National Elections Committee.
The National Executive Elections follow on 3 October 2026. That compressed schedule explains the urgency in the closing line of the release. The party moves from sixteen regional contests into a national congress within seven weeks, and the regional executives sworn in this month will mobilise the delegates who decide the October outcome.
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