Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia departed the Bono and Ahafo regions today leaving little doubt about his frontrunner status, concluding a three-day campaign tour that has been widely described by party insiders as a “delegate conquest” that has fundamentally reshaped the NPP flagbearership race.
The former Vice President’s “Our Journey Together” tour, which swept through Sunyani, Techiman, Duayaw Nkwanta, and other key towns, was met with what local organizers called “unprecedented and energetic” crowds of delegates and party faithful, effectively cementing his position as the man to beat in the January 2026 primaries.
“Mission accomplished,” declared a visibly confident member for the Bawumia campaign. “We set out to demonstrate that Dr. Bawumia is not just a candidate, but the candidate. The response from the grassroots has been overwhelming. The message from the heartland is clear: the party is ready to unite behind his leadership.”
The tour’s success was not merely measured in crowd sizes but in the strategic defections and public endorsements from previously uncommitted constituency executives and grassroots influencers. In several stops, local powerbrokers who had been cautiously sitting on the fence publicly crossed over to the Bawumia camp, citing his compelling vision and electability as decisive factors.
“The race feels different now,” observed l, a polling station executive from Bechem. “Before this tour, there were debates. Now, there is a sense of conclusion. When you see the coordinators, the women’s organizers, and the youth organisers all rallying behind one person with this level of conviction, you know the direction of the wind. He is no longer just a contender; he is the candidate to beat.”
Political analysts suggest that the resounding success in these crucial regions, often a key battleground in party primaries, creates a powerful bandwagon effect that will be difficult for his opponents to counter.
“This was more than a campaign tour; it was a demonstration of organizational strength and political momentum,” said Hon. Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah,MP for Techiman South. “By solidifying his support in the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo regions, Dr. Bawumia has sent a powerful signal to delegates in other regions that his victory is inevitable. In internal party politics, perception is everything, and the perception now is that this race is his to lose.”
With the delegate-rich Ashanti Region already showing strong support for him in earlier polls, and now the Bono, Bono’s East and Ahafo belts seemingly falling into place, the Bawumia campaign has every reason to declare its latest strategic objective: accomplished. The former Vice President continues his campaign not just as a frontrunner in polls, but as the undeniable focal point of the race, leaving his rivals with a dramatically steeper climb to the flagbearership.
