New NPP Central Regional Chair Unveils 5‑Point Plan: “We Will Earn 2028 — Polling Station by Polling Station”

The newly‑elected Central Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Joseph Kobina Essibu, has outlined a five‑pillar strategy aimed at delivering the region to the party in the 2028 general elections.

He said the first and most urgent task was reconciliation — not only among candidates, but among their supporters — stressing that every former opponent would have a place in the rebuilding process and every constituency would feel represented.

“Every former grievance will be considered a lesson rather than a weapon. We will not carry the wounds of our internal contest into the 2028 general election. We will convert competition into collaboration, differences into diversity, and unity into electoral strength.”

Dr Essibu shared the plan in an interview with the Daily Graphic after paying a courtesy call on the NPP’s 2028 flag bearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, last Tuesday, where he also introduced the newly elected regional executive.

He said the regional leadership would return the party to the grassroots long before the campaign season begins, warning that waiting until 2028 would be a strategic mistake.

“2028 must be won constituency by constituency, branch by branch, polling station by polling station — and it must begin now.”

To achieve this, the new executive will launch a Central Region Grassroots Recovery Programme, ensuring every constituency has a clear understanding of its polling stations, branch strength, membership, weak areas, swing communities, youth demographics, women’s groups, floating voters, historical voting patterns and organisational gaps.

Dr Essibu said the regional team would fight for parliamentary seats, not merely higher vote percentages.

In the 2024 elections, the NPP won only four out of the region’s 23 seats — a performance he described as unacceptable.

“The objective cannot simply be increasing the NPP’s percentage. It must be winning parliamentary seats.”

He announced plans to build a data‑driven communication and persuasion machine, insisting that the 2028 campaign would not rely on slogans but on research, evidence, listening and disciplined messaging.

The regional communication directorate will work with constituency communicators to establish a permanent Central Region political research and communications war room. Its responsibilities will include:

• Tracking voter sentiments
• Conducting constituency‑level research
• Monitoring emerging issues
• Detecting misinformation
• Listening before speaking

Dr Essibu said the regional executive would reconcile the party, rebuild the grassroots, organise every constituency, strengthen every polling station and communicate with discipline.

“We are not promising you a miracle — we are promising you a method. We are not promising victory by wishful thinking — we are promising victory through organisation. We are not asking for the Central Region to be given to us. We are going to earn it — community by community, constituency by constituency, polling station by polling station.”