NPP communications director hopeful Dennis Miracles Aboagye has expressed confidence that former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will be difficult to defeat in the 2028 presidential election if Ghanaian voters concentrate on the issues affecting their lives.
Mr Aboagye believes the election will be shaped largely by the solutions presidential candidates present to the challenges confronting the country at the time.
According to him, Ghanaian voters are becoming increasingly sophisticated and are assessing political candidates based on issues and proposed solutions rather than party colours.
“When people are going to vote, they vote for the roads they don’t have. They vote for the schools they don’t have,” he said.
Mr Aboagye said workers and professionals across various sectors would similarly consider how the policies and proposals of presidential candidates could improve their livelihoods.
“The teacher is going to cast his vote based on what he thinks will benefit him. The nurse, the architect, the trotro driver, the taxi driver, all these people, they are going to get up in the morning to go and cast their vote, not because of the colours,” he stated.
He argued that the key question for voters in 2028 would be which candidate could offer credible solutions to the challenges facing the country.
“That is why I think, and I’m very convinced in that opinion, that in 2028, it’s not about what you did right or what you did wrong,” Mr Aboagye said.
“It’s about who are the people coming to us to ask us for our votes. Now, amongst all the people asking for our vote, who amongst them is proposing solutions that address the challenges we face as of 2028?”
Mr Aboagye said voters would ultimately compare the various presidential candidates and determine which proposals they believed could provide meaningful relief.
He maintained that the electorate would not necessarily vote for a candidate solely based on the past performance of the political party they represent.
“They are going to put Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia here, and put any other person also vying for president, and see who is telling us the things that will give us relief,” he said.
He also urged voters to remain focused on substantive national issues rather than allowing political rhetoric and distractions to dominate the electoral discourse.
“And that, for me, is why we should not allow any politician, especially those in government, to create a facade and continuously distract us from paying attention to the issues,” he said.
Mr Aboagye was emphatic that Dr. Bawumia would win the 2028 presidential election if voters focused on the issues and carefully assessed the proposals of the competing candidates.
“I can tell you, if the Ghanaian voter should focus on the issues and pay attention, no politician can beat Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in the 2028 elections,” he stated.
