By Nadia Ntiamoah
Former Awutu Senya East Member of Parliament Mavis Hawa Koomson has secured a new national leadership role in the New Patriotic Party (NPP), emerging as the party’s National Women’s Organiser after defeating Hajia Safia Mohammed at the party’s National Delegates Conference.
Koomson polled 783 votes, while Hajia Safia Mohammed obtained 429 votes in the election held on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi.
Her victory marks a significant return to the centre of the NPP’s national organisational structure following her defeat in the 2024 parliamentary election.
Hawa Koomson is now expected to lead the party’s women’s wing at a critical period as the NPP reorganises its structures and prepares for the 2028 general elections.
Hawa Koomson’s political career has been closely associated with the NPP for several years. She entered Parliament in 2012 as the party’s parliamentary candidate for Awutu Senya East and successfully retained the seat in the 2016 and 2020 elections, serving three consecutive terms as a legislator.
During the administration of former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, she occupied key ministerial positions.
She initially served as Minister for Special Development Initiatives before becoming Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development in 2021.
Her parliamentary career, however, came to an end in the 2024 general election, when she lost the Awutu Senya East seat to the NDC’s Phyllis Naa Koryoo Okunor.
Her election as National Women’s Organiser now gives the former legislator another opportunity to play a prominent role in the party, particularly in mobilising women and strengthening the NPP’s grassroots structures ahead of the next national election.
The election formed part of the NPP’s National Delegates Conference, which brought together 7,163 delegates from across the country to elect the party’s national officers.
The Ashanti Region recorded the highest number of delegates with 1,122, followed by Greater Accra with 773 and the Eastern Region with 732. Savannah Region recorded the lowest number with 184 delegates, while Western North had 223.
For the various specialised contests, 2,745 delegates were eligible to vote in the National Youth Organiser election, 1,275 in the Women’s Organiser contest and 858 in the NASARA Organiser election.
