Paul Afoko, an aspiring National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has said the party will return to power and remain in government for more than eight years.
According to Paul Afoko, the NPP must be united, calling on party members not to be divided based on the candidates they supported.
He disclosed that the NPP must strengthen its structures at the constituency and polling station to recapture power and stay in power to not only break the eight but also the twelve.
Speaking to NPP supporters after filing nomination to contest NPP National Chairmanship, Paul Afoko stated, “We have to re-organise and strengthen the party and the foundation, which is the constituencies, the polling stations, because that is where power lies, and then we will recapture power, and we will stay in power, and we will not only break the 8; we will break the 12”.
“There cannot be one NPP for those who supported candidate A and another NPP for another candidate. There cannot be an NPP of the powerful and another NPP for the forgotten grassroots. There is only one NPP ethic, and everybody must have a place in it,” he noted.
“If you elect me as chairman of the party, I will come into office with no enemies. There is nobody that I want to punish,” he stated.
In related news, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh (NAPO), the New Patriotic Party (NPP) 2024 running mate, has said if the party do not win the 2028 general election, they cannot win the 2032 election.
According to NAPO, if the NPP do not fight for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to become running mate, no one will come after him.
Speaking to some NPP members in a viral video shared on social media, NAPO stated, “If the NPP do not fight for Dr Bawumia to come, no one will come after him. If you think I am telling lies, don’t do it. If we do not win the 2028 we cannot win the 2023 election.
So if somebody comes to tell you that someone wants to lead in 2032, shame them”.
Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh further disclosed that he could have picked up forms to contest in the NPP presidential primaries, but he will never stand unless Dr Mahamudu Bawumia become president.
NAPO added, “I have said it on the radio: I can pick forms in the NPP, but if I have not helped Dr Bawumia to become President, I will never stand”.
Meanwhile, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has said the party’s primary objective is to regain political power in the 2028 elections.
According to Dr Bawumia, the August 15 regional elections should not be viewed as the end of the party’s internal activities but rather as part of a broader process aimed at creating a stronger and more effective political organisation capable of winning back power in the 2028 election.
He also reminded the executives that their election should be viewed as a responsibility rather than merely a political achievement.
Dr Bawumia stated, “The goal for all of us is to win the 2028 election. This is just a stepping stone towards winning 2028. As a party, we have been engaged in an exercise of reorganisation. We have had our polling station elections, our electoral area elections, we have had our constituency elections, and we have now had our regional elections.
“We will culminate that process on October 10 with the national elections and therefore, at the end of that, the party will be in a good position to have that vehicle that drives us to victory in 2028. So there is a lot of work ahead of us.”
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“We will recapture power, stay in power, and not only break the 8 but break the 12” – Paul Afoko addresses supporters after filing nomination to contest NPP National Chairmanship.#UTVGhana pic.twitter.com/1u3dzHrVnU
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