The 2028 political battle has already begun.
The Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, Mahamudu Bawumia, has fired a strong signal of intent, charging the party’s youth wing to brace for leadership and begin preparations to return the NPP to power in the 2028 general elections.
Addressing student leaders ahead of a three-day political boot camp organised by the party on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, Dr. Bawumia described the youth as the engine of the NPP’s political future and insisted the party’s road back to government would depend heavily on their energy, ideas and mobilisation.
“I want you to be assured that this training program is for your benefit because we want the youth to take key leadership positions,” he declared, stressing that leadership does not happen by accident but through deliberate grooming and preparation.
According to him, the boot camp forms part of a wider strategy to equip young party faithful with the knowledge, discipline and political skills needed to occupy influential positions within government and the party structure in years ahead.
Dr. Bawumia appeared upbeat about the NPP’s chances of staging a political comeback after the party’s 2024 electoral defeat, confidently predicting victory in 2028.
“2028, Inshallah, it is going to happen in 2028. It is possible. It is possible. And we are going to work towards it,” he told the student leaders to loud optimism.
But the former Vice President was quick to caution against complacency, insisting the party would not sit back and expect power to fall into its hands.
“We are not going to sit down and say it will happen, but we are going to work,” he emphasized, signalling an early mobilisation drive that could redefine the NPP’s rebuilding efforts.
In what appears to be a direct appeal to Ghana’s growing youthful electorate, Dr. Bawumia said elections in Ghana are increasingly being decided by young voters, making student politics and youth development central to the NPP’s electoral calculations.
“The youth will take over the key positions as we move forward in this country. You know that the vote is largely youth-dominated. 2028, as it was in 2024, will be a youth-dominated election,” he noted.
The NPP flagbearer also disclosed plans to deepen engagement with the Tertiary Students Confederacy of the New Patriotic Party, popularly known as TESCON, promising to visit tertiary campuses across the country to market the party’s ideas and reconnect with young voters.
“We will take the debate, the ideas to the country, and we will make our case,” he said.
In one of the strongest moments of his address, Dr. Bawumia struck a defiant tone against what he suggested was political intimidation, insisting the opposition party would not be silenced by arrests or pressure.
“We are, however, saying that we will not be intimidated. You can arrest all of us. We will come back and make our case to the people of Ghana,” he declared.
His comments are likely to ignite fresh political debate, especially amid heightened tensions between the ruling government and opposition figures over allegations of political persecution and state intimidation.
For the NPP, however, the message from Dr. Bawumia was unmistakable: regroup, reorganise, and begin the long march toward 2028 with the youth at the centre of the political comeback strategy.
