Chairman of the National Planning Committee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Joseph Osei-Owusu, popularly known as Joe Wise, has explained why NPP flagbearer Dr Bawumia was the only potential candidate who addressed delegates during the party’s 2025 National Annual Delegates Conference held at the University of Ghana, Legon, on Saturday, July 19, 2025.
According to Osei-Owusu, Dr Bawumia was allowed to speak due to his status as a former Vice President of the Republic on the NPP ticket. He further clarified that two of the party’s former presidents, John Agyekum Kufuor and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, were unable to attend the event.
“One of our former vice presidents has passed away, so the only person available who had served in such a high office was Dr. Bawumia. That is why he was allowed to speak. If that gave him any advantage, it was because of his position and not a decision of the planning committee,” Joe Wise stated
