NPP FLAGBEARER RACE BEGINGS

 ASIRIFI GOWVID REBECCA TWUMWAA

JUNE 20th, 2025

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NPP FLAGBEARER RACE BEGINS. 

 A group of 60 members of parliaments (MPs) from the minority New Patriotic Party (NPP) paid a courtesy call on former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia yesterday, to declare their support for him as the race begins for the flagbearer position of the party.   It is becoming obvious that Dr. Bawumia will heed to the call even though he has not officially declared his intention of doing so, this is because many people have encouraged him to take the position of the flagbearer.                       The visit by the overwhelming number of people of MPs from the NPP further encourages Dr. Bawumia to stand for the position as the preferred candidate. as the NPP takes a step to regain the governance of the country by winning the 2028 elections. According to sources close to the visit, the group of over 60 people was led by Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong, MP for Mampong, who declared his support for Dr. Bawumia and encouraged the former vice president to formally declare his interest to contest the race.

Mustapha Ussif, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah, Nana Adjei Baffour Awuah and Kojo Oppong Nkrumah were some noticeable MPs who called on Dr. Bawumia. Dr. Bawumia addressing the press after the meeting, describes the visit as a "very happy visit because it is a courtesy call to declare support for me, and I'm so happy in terms of the group that has declared support for me from parliament". 

He said the over 60 out of the total 88 MPs represent a very big significant number of MPs who have declared their support for him. "I just want to use this opportunity to thank all of them. I believe that this is going to be very very important because the members of parliament as u know, controls the constituencies to large extent. I am very happy for exactly what they have done today" he said.   

The NPP is set to elect a flagbearer on January 31st, 2026, as the party gears up for the 2028 presidential election. This was disclosed after the National Executive Committee (NEC) and National Council Meeting (NCM) held in Accra on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. General secretary of the NPP, Justin Kodua Frimpong addressing journalist after the meeting said the party will hold its national delegates conference on July 19th,2025 ahead of its presidential primaries.

                          INDIVIDUAL NEWS ANALYSIS

1. Yes, the image accurately represents the headline message because the headline talks about the election of 9 committee members of the NPP and the image shows the pictures of the 9 elected members.   

2. The I mage tries to give citizens informations about who the newly elected NPP Members of the National Delegates Conference are, by showing pictures of them and their names written under their pictures. 

3. no, the image is not manipulated or biased. This is because the image is in line with the headline and gives readers an idea of what the news entails even before reading. 

4. In the image, there are 9 people with the blue, red and white lines or frames around them which clearly indicates that the people or the news is from a specific party which is the NPP because their party colours are the colours seen in the picture.    

5. Yes, the image adds depth to the story because it does not only show the names of the members, but goes ahead to reveal their pictures which cannot be found in there

6. Yes, another image might change the readers perception. this depends on the image that would be shown.  

7. Others may also get a similar image which would also convey the same information to readers; However, this image is more likely to give readers deeper informations about the news story.    

8. The image Is politically significant because it talks about a political party and shows us images of its elected members for the national delegate conference.

BY; ASIRIFI GOWVID REBECCA TWUMWAA

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