Perceptions that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) only gave its members from Northern Ghana subordinate roles but never allowed them to thrive and excel in the party have now been fully dispelled with the election of Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as the flagbearer and leader of the party. It is now quite clear that the NPP is not anti-northerners like some persons had sought to foist on the party but allows whoever works and deserves to do well in the party to do so. Presently, many Northern NPP stalwarts are extremely powerful within the party and hold influential positions in the Government of President Akufo-Addo. But three persons stand out for the sheer enormity of the influence they wield within the party and Government: Samuel Abu Jinapor from the Savannah Region; Mohammed Amin Adam from the Northern Region; and certainly, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia from the North East Region. Member of (MP) for Damongo Samuel Abu Jinapor, who has been a key member of the Akufo-Addo Government starting as Deputy Chief of Staff and landing the powerful role of Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, is a major force to be reckoned with when it comes to powerful personalities of northern extraction in the governing party.