According to a recent survey by Global InfoAnalytics, over 48% of supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) want Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to be the party’s leader in the 2028 presidential election.
The NPP’s presidential candidate for 2024, Dr. Bawumia, is the overwhelming favorite if the party’s delegates choose a flagbearer for the upcoming election cycle.
In a poll conducted by the Global InfoAnalytics Ghana, about 48.1 percent of voters tipped former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as their preferred candidate to lead the NPP in 2028.
Also, former Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency, Kennedy Agyapong, polled 25.1 percent among the cross-section of prominent persons named as potential candidate to lead the party, becoming the second most preferred candidate.
The poll took a shocking turn as the former Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum; former General Secretary of the NPP, Kwabena Agyapong; MP for Abetifi Constituency, Dr Bryan Acheampong; and former MP for Mampong Constituency, Francis Addai Nimo’s names appeared third, fourth, fifth and sixth respectively on the poll.
According to the Executive Director and Lead Researcher of Global InfoAnalytics,, Mussa Dankwah, while speaking on the The Point of View with Bernard Koku Avle, the poll was conducted between the last three months.
He stated that Dr Bawumia will have to prepare for a difficult tussle because the election will be more fierce than the last election, if he wins to lead the NPP in 2028.
The poll added that most Ghanaians did not vote in the last elections over low interest in the Ghanaian democracy, government performance, and the same voting patterns over the years.
Additionally, about 68 percent attributed NPP’s defeat to Akufo-Addo’s governance, followed by the former Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, some former ministers and appointees under the NPP administration.
