Former Yendi Member of Parliament (MP) Dr. Farouk Aliu Mahama has reiterated that the 2028 parliamentary elections in the constituency will not be about the past but about an unfinished business.
He said this when he confirmed his return to contest the Yendi Parliamentary seat.
For the charismatic former MP, this is not a comeback for power. It is a comeback for completion.
“We have to finish the Great Yendi Dream we started together,” Farouk said, making reference to his remarkable developmental achievements as a one-term MP.
What was started?
When Farouk was elected in 2020, Yendi began to see a new kind of leadership – leadership that did not wait for Accra to remember Yendi.
In his first term from 2021 to 2025, the constituency witnessed: road construction in Yendi and its surroundings, schools that gave children in rural Yendi a real chance, skills training that gave young people tools, not just promises, agriculture support that put resources directly into the hands of farmers, partnerships with government and foreign development agencies that brought projects Yendi had never seen before.
It was ambitious. It was fast. And for many, it was just the beginning.
Then 2024 came, and the work stopped halfway: Farouk lost his re-election bid in a contest many in the constituency blame on internal NPP wrangling, not on his record.
Projects slowed. Momentum was lost. And Yendi felt it.
Why 2028 is different
In an interview, Farouk was clear that 2028 is not about correcting 2024.
It is about protecting the future.
“I did not leave Yendi. Yendi never left me. I am back to seek my people’s mandate to finish what we started together – the Great Yendi Dream.”
Those close to him say he has spent the last two years listening – not campaigning, but listening: To youth who want jobs, to farmers who want support, to elders who want unity and to mothers who want better schools for their children.
And what he heard, again and again, was the same: “Come back and finish it,” one team member said.
Even out of Parliament, he never stopped. He continued to support brilliant but needy students and continued to support communities in need.
For his supporters, that is proof leadership did not end when the seat was lost.
If 2020 was about introducing the dream, 2028 will be about the youth finishing it.
A young resident in in Yendi, who expressed his appreciation to Farouk’s work on social media stated: “FAM gave us skills, not slogans. When he lost, he stayed with us. Now we are ready to finish the dream with him. This is our election.”
Another young constituent added: “We started something in Yendi. We cannot leave it halfway. 2028 is our chance to finish it together.”
It is that youth energy – not party machinery – that is driving what supporters now call the Great Yendi Dream.
What does “Finish” mean?
For Farouk, “finishing” means three things: Finish the infrastructure by completing the roads, schools, and community projects started in his first term; Finish the empowerment by moving from training youth to creating real jobs and businesses for them in Yendi; Finish the unity by healing the divisions of 2024 and bringing NPP in Yendi together as one family.
“A divided house cannot build,” Farouk said in a recent radio interview, adding that: “In 2028, Yendi must speak with one voice.”
With the NPP deadline for aspirants to declare interest set for November 10, 2026, Farouk’s declaration signals that the race for Yendi has officially begun.
But for the people of Yendi, it is not just a race. It is a return to a vision they started together – and are now determined to finish together.