80% of NPP's defeat in 2024 was self-inflicted – Obiri Boahen

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play videoFormer NPP Deputy General Secretary, Nana Obiri Boahen

Former Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Obiri Boahen, has stated that the party’s decision successful the 2024 wide elections was mostly caused by members of the enactment itself.

According to Nana Obiri Boahen, respective decisions and policies of the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government, arsenic good arsenic individuals wrong the party’s leadership, contributed importantly to the defeat.

“The NPP’s decision successful 2024 was mostly self-inflicted. About 80% was owed to NPP members and their leaders. They don’t perceive erstwhile you counsel them. Let maine springiness you an example: arsenic a governmental party, we don’t person dialysis machines, and you accidental you privation to physique a National Cathedral? Even with the National Cathedral, you went overseas with an airplane to import a stone. Every Ghanaian is acrophobic astir however to provender themselves, precocious energy costs, substance prices, and transport fare increases. These things volition infuriate them, and they volition ballot against you,” helium told Okay FM’s Kwame Nkrumah Tikese successful an interview.

However, helium absolved the party’s 2024 flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, from immoderate specified blame.

He further disputed assertions that the party’s decision was influenced by the flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, oregon different factors specified arsenic his spiritual and taste background.

Nana Obiri Boahen asserted that Dr Bawumia remains the NPP’s strongest campaigner successful their effort to reorganise and recapture powerfulness successful 2028, contempt interior absorption for the flagbearership.

“They are bully candidates deserving of being flagbearer, but fixed the situation, history, and contented arsenic hindsight, cipher tin bushed Bawumia,” helium stated connected the contented of different contenders competing the erstwhile vice president for the vacant role.