{"id":114458,"date":"2026-02-07T10:49:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T10:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=114458"},"modified":"2026-02-07T10:49:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T10:49:04","slug":"i-was-hoping-for-60-paul-adom-otchere-on-dr-bawumias-flagbearer-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=114458","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI was hoping for 60%\u201d \u2013 Paul Adom-Otchere on Dr Bawumia\u2019s flagbearer win"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Board Chairman of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), Paul Adom-Otchere, has offered his perspective on the New Patriotic Party\u2019s (NPP) internal election following Dr Mahamudu Bawumia\u2019s emergence as the party\u2019s flagbearer. <\/p>\n

Speaking on JoyNews\u2019<\/strong> Newsfile<\/em> programme on Saturday, February 7, Mr. Adom-Otchere reflected on the voting results and what they reveal about support patterns and factional dynamics within the party.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was really hoping that Dr Bawumia would repeat the 60% he achieved previously, but when I looked at the results, I noticed that he had won places that he didn\u2019t win before,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd it is always important how the party sees him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adom-Otchere noted particular interest in the Ashanti Region, a long-standing stronghold for the NPP. \u201cIn Ashanti, which is what I was interested in, it looked like the spread was wider \u2014 the longitude didn\u2019t go up, but it spread,\u201d he explained, suggesting that Dr Bawumia\u2019s support may have broadened geographically even if the overall percentage did not rise substantially.<\/p>\n

He further highlighted trends in his own constituency areas of Labadi and Teshie, where Dr Bawumia reportedly increased his share of support. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I saw that, I thought, well, that\u2019s not too bad,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n

The former GACL chairman\u2019s analysis comes amid reports of deep factional tensions within the NPP following Dr Bawumia\u2019s election as flagbearer. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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