The New Patriotic Party in the Volta Region has a new face stepping forward with bold ambition and youthful energy.
Patricia Etornam Hlorbu, an entrepreneur, PR professional, and skills-trained advocate, has officially filed her nominations to contest as the NPP Volta Regional Women Organizer for 2026.
At the filing, Etornam framed her bid not just as a personal milestone, but as a generational shift for the party in a region where the NPP is working to expand its footprint.
She is believed to be the youngest youth to ever contest a regional executive position in the Volta Region, a detail that has drawn attention across party ranks.
From skills training to political leadership
Etornam comes into the race with a background built outside traditional politics.
She is a skills-trained person with experience in entrepreneurship and Public Relations.
Those three pillars, she says, are exactly what the women’s wing needs to connect with young women, market women, and professionals across the 18 constituencies in Volta.
“I didn’t come to occupy a position. I came to work,” she said in her nomination statement. “My mission remains clear and unwavering: to reclaim victory in 2028 and beyond, reform our systems to work for everyone, and revive hope across our Great NPP in the Volta Region.”
For years the NPP has set ambitious targets in Volta, a region long considered a stronghold for the current ruling party. Etornam is putting numbers to that ambition.
She is assuring party members that with the right structures, mobilization, and energy from the women’s wing, the NPP can secure 150,000 and 200,000 votes in the 2028 upcoming general election.
A plan to re-energize the women’s wing
In her message to delegates, Etornam outlined a practical approach rather than slogans. As a PR practitioner, she plans to amplify the stories of NPP women on the ground.
As an entrepreneur, she wants to link party women to skills training, funding opportunities, and small business support.
As someone trained in skills development, she says she understands the gap between policy and the woman selling at the market or running a startup in Ho, Keta, Battor, Adidome, Kpando, Hohoe, kpeve, Sogakope etc.
“This is a shared vision,” she told supporters. “With your prayers, guidance, and mandate, we will re-energize our women’s wing and secure a historic victory for our great party.”
Party insiders say her entry changes the conversation around youth participation in Volta NPP.
At a time when political parties are under pressure to bring in new faces who can speak the language of young voters, Etornam’s profile as a young woman with both business and communications experience positions her differently.
The Regional Women Organizer role is seen as critical for grassroots mobilization.
It coordinates women’s activities, drives voter registration, and turns out support on election day.
Etornam argues that reforming how the wing operates will be key to the party’s broader goal of making Volta competitive.
“Hope is not a campaign word. Hope is jobs, training, dignity, and a party structure that answers when you call,” she said. “That is what I want to build with you.”
She closed her filing message with gratitude: “Thank you for standing with me!”
With nominations now filed, attention turns to the campaign ahead. Delegates will be watching how each aspirant plans to grow membership, support women economically, and deliver votes.
