Paul Afoko has formally filed his nomination to contest the National Chairmanship of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), promising to reunite the party, strengthen its grassroots structures and lead efforts to recapture power in 2028.
Paul Afoko, a former National Chairman of the NPP, submitted his nomination at the party headquarters in Accra on Tuesday, August 25, 2026.
Addressing party executives, delegates, and supporters after the filing, he said his decision was driven by the need to rebuild confidence and unity within the party ahead of the 2028 general election.
“I have formally submitted my nomination to serve once again as National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party. I do so with humility. I do so with gratitude. But above all, I do so with an abiding faith in the New Patriotic Party and in its capacity to rise again,” he said.
Paul Afoko said his campaign would be built around three objectives: “Reunite. Reorganise. Recapture.”
He urged the NPP to end internal divisions created by previous contests and ensure that members who supported different candidates are treated equally.
“There cannot be one NPP for those who supported Candidate A and another NPP for those who supported Candidate B,” he said.
“There is only one New Patriotic Party. And every Patriot must have a place in it.”
He also pledged to strengthen the party from the grassroots, with particular attention to polling station executives, constituencies, communications structures, women, and youth.
Paul Afoko said the NPP’s efforts to return to government must begin immediately rather than in the months preceding the 2028 election.
“Our journey back to government in 2028 does not begin in December 2028. It begins now,” he said.
He further pledged to work with the party’s presidential candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, if elected National Chairman.
“If you elect me National Chairman, I will work loyally and tirelessly with Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to return the New Patriotic Party to government in 2028,” Afoko said.
Mr Afoko also rejected arguments that the party’s choice of National Chairman should be influenced by regional considerations because Bawumia comes from northern Ghana.
He urged delegates to judge candidates on competence, integrity, experience, and temperament rather than geography.
“Let us judge every candidate by competence, integrity, experience, temperament, and the ability to do the job,” he said, adding “Let us not create geographical barriers that our Constitution does not create.”
