Former New Patriotic Party flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has issued an apology to members of his party during an engagement in London, after a series of recent overseas conferences.
Last week, Dr. Bawumia spoke at a Brussels conference and later met students at Cambridge University during their 2025 African Business conference.
But speaking to members of his party’s branch in London, he acknowledged shortfalls made by the NPP in the lead-up to the 2024 general elections.
“The NPP did a lot of work, there’s no doubt about that, but we did not get everything right. We got quite a few things wrong, and I think that, on my own behalf and on behalf of the party, I apologise to all of you for us not getting the figures right,” he said.
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The NPP suffered a glaring loss in the last elections. Dr. Bawumia polled 41.61% (4,657,304 votes) and lost to the NDC’s John Mahama. In Parliament, only 88 of its members won seats out of 271.
However, Dr. Bawumia believes that his party has another shot at the next elections in 2028.
“I believe that, by the grace of God, if we are given another opportunity, we will get many things right, because we have learnt the lessons that will guide us forward,” he said.
The engagement with the party’s diaspora in London comes on the back of recent “Thank You” tours he undertook back home in Ghana, where he admitted bad governance policies were some of the reasons the party lost the elections.