Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Haruna Mohammed, has dismissed claims that the party’s national leadership is orchestrating public endorsements of aspirants ahead of the 2026 presidential primaries.
Haruna addressed growing speculation following a public declaration of support for Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia by a group of former Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs). He firmly stated that the party leadership had no role in encouraging or coordinating such endorsements.
“…People are saying, but it is a rumor, and sometimes it is very difficult to speak to rumors. And I can tell you, on authority, that the party leadership certainly does not have a hand in anybody’s declaration,” he stated.
He noted that while party members have the right to express support for any aspirant, such expressions must adhere to the party’s internal rules and be made respectfully.
“We are dealing with adults, and they have their right to their position and expression. In expressing such opinions on particular decisions, we must also be guided by certain rules of the game,” he added.
Haruna reiterated that the national leadership remains neutral at this stage of the process. “We are not in any way putting up people to go about declaring people. Leadership is always minded, and we are not behind the statement,” he stressed.
His comments come in the wake of a press conference held at the Alisa Hotel in Accra by a coalition of 220 former MMDCEs who served under the NPP government between 2017 and 2024. The group, under the banner Forum of Former MMDCEs for Dr. Bawumia, publicly endorsed the former Vice President as the party’s preferred flagbearer for the 2028 general elections.
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