Bawumia Takes Full Control As NPP Delegates Approve Sweeping Constitutional Edits

In a major organizational overhaul, delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have overwhelmingly endorsed a constitutional amendment restoring the party’s presidential candidate (flagbearer) as its supreme political leader.

The decision was sealed at the party’s National Delegates Conference held on Saturday, October 3, at the iconic Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi. In total, all 14 proposed modifications submitted by the Constitution Amendment Committee were successfully adopted by the assembly.

The smooth passage of the reforms occurred despite an initial push by Acting National Chairman Joseph Danquah Smith to defer the voting process to a future conference. Smith had raised concerns that delegates might be overwhelmed trying to weigh complex constitutional edits alongside the high-stakes election of new national executives.

Among the approved measures, the leadership restructuring stands out as the most consequential. During an earlier gathering on January 31, 2026, the party had instituted a rule placing the National Chairman at the helm of party leadership under all circumstances. Saturday’s vote completely rolls back that provision, handing authority back to the flagbearer—currently Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia—as the NPP positions itself for the 2028 general elections.

The revised constitution also reshapes the internal electoral structure for national officers:

Direct Vice Chairmanship Contests: Rather than having all Vice Chairmanship aspirants run in a single pool where votes determine the First, Second, and Third Vice Chair positions, candidates must now campaign and run directly for a specific position.

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Appointed Leadership Roles: Delegates authorized the creation of three non-elected Vice Chairperson slots.

Administrative & Executive Upgrades: The party introduced Deputy Communications Officer roles and elevated the IT Officer post to full national executive status.

Defending the changes, Frank Davies, Chairman of the NPP Constitution Amendment Committee, clarified that the adjustments were targeted corrections designed to fix “acts of omission and commission” stemming from previous constitutional revisions in 2025.

He emphasized that pushing these amendments through was vital to ensuring the party operates under a sound and modern organizational framework.

The constitutional vote set the stage for the second major agenda item of the day: the election of new national officers. Supervised and verified by the Electoral Commission, a total of 7,163 delegates representing all 16 regions cast their ballots across 31 polling stations to select leaders for nine national executive positions.