Okaikwei Central MP Patrick Yaw Boamah has delivered a frank assessment of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) defeat in the 2024 election, warning that the party has strayed from its core values and risks deeper internal fractures if it fails to reform.
Speaking on Atumpan on AsaasePa 107.9 on Monday (5 May) the outspoken legislator said the NPP had become overly materialistic and driven by self-interest, a shift he described as a betrayal of the party’s founding ideals of sacrifice, unity, and discipline.
“There’s been a shift in the true values of the NPP,” he said. “People are too materialistic and money-driven. People are in a rush, and that is not the NPP I know.”
“If we don’t speak against it, our elders in the party will leave us miserably—and that is unacceptable,” he stated. “We have to go back to the basics and build the party to make it an attractive brand.”
Delayed actions
The MP also criticised the party’s poor handling of infrastructure priorities, particularly in the Ashanti Region, which is considered the NPP’s electoral stronghold.
He cited the delayed development of major road projects such as the Kumasi-Suame-Anloga Junction stretch, which he believes contributed to voter apathy and backlash.
“Our people were very peeved, and so they punished us,” Boamah said. “The NDC is always energised—they will always go and vote. But your party [the NPP] will not do that; they will go and vote against you.”
Way forward
Reflecting on the party’s defeat and the surprise election of an opposition-aligned Speaker in Parliament, Boamah said the result was a wake-up call and a sign of broader discontent.
“If we as MPs voted for a Speaker from the opposition, then we are capable of anything,” he remarked.
Calling for a total re-strategising effort, he proposed that the party prioritise local influencers—people who command genuine support within their communities—as leaders who can rebuild public trust and drive effective grassroots mobilisation.
“We need to correct a lot of things,” Boamah urged. “We need to get people who are loved by the party to drive us.”
The NPP lost the 2024 general elections to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) led by John Dramani Mahama, prompting internal soul-searching and renewed calls for a leadership overhaul.
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