Dr Bryan Acheampong, a New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, has said he would restore discipline in the NPP when he wins the party’s flagbearer position on January 31, 2026.
The Abetifi lawmaker highlighted that a lot of people within the NPP are just talking, insulting, and fighting on all platforms.
According to Dr Bryan Acheampong, there is no respect for authority within the NPP, and lines are being crossed back and forth.
Speaking on Asaase Radio, Dr Bryan Acheampong explained, “A lot of people in our party, just talking, insulting, fighting… on all platforms, radio, TV, social media, everywhere there’s banter. There’s no respect for authority; lines are being crossed back and forth. Nowhere in the world can you win an election with this level of indiscipline?
“Look at my campaign, you won’t find anybody in my campaign speaking against anybody or insulting anybody. No, you dare not,” he said.
He added, ”January 31st, when I win on February 1st, I will restore discipline. To start with, I will ensure that everyone downs their tools, drops their mics and raise your fingers from the screen. Let’s have a conversation on how we are going to communicate with each other and how we are going to communicate with the external publics,” he said.
“To start with, I will ensure that everybody downs their tools. Come down, drop your mic, raise your fingers from the screen and let’s have a conversation on how we’re going to communicate to each other, how we’re going to communicate with the external publics going forward.
Meanwhile, Dr Bryan Acheampong has said the NPP had a candidate challenge in the 2024 election.
The NPP flagbearer hopeful noted that the 2024 election outcome highlighted the deeper weaknesses within the party.
According to Dr Acheampong, the NPP went into the 2024 elections with a governance challenge and also a candidate challenge.
He detailed that the governance challenge was evident in the discrepancy between the performance of parliamentary candidates and that of the party’s presidential candidate.
Speaking on Face to Face on Channel One TV on Tuesday, December 23, stated, “We went to the 2024 elections, and the results that came out portrayed two things. We had a governance challenge, and we also had a candidate challenge”.
“And the governance challenge was seen from the performance of the parliamentary candidates’ level. And if you come to the presidential candidate [Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia], in most constituencies of this country, the parliamentary candidates did far better than the presidential candidate in the same constituencies, in the same elections, in the same political party,” he stated.
He added, “In my case, I did better than my presidential candidate”.
“In Okaikwei South, the parliamentary candidate lost by about 5,000 votes, while the presidential candidate lost by roughly 11,000 votes,” he noted.
“And that almost cuts across the whole country. If you put all the parliamentary results together, it beat the presidential candidate by almost 350,000 votes. This has never happened in the country before,” he said.
Also, Dr Bryan Acheampong cautioned the party that they cannot repeat Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as the flagbearer of the party ahead of the 2028 elections.
The Abetifi lawmaker detailed that the results in the 2024 elections show that maintaining the same candidate will not change the NPP’s fortunes.
Dr Acheampong stressed that the results of the 2024 elections should inform the party’s decisions ahead of 2028.
He stated, “If you go into the 2024 elections results, you cannot repeat a candidate. Not much will change”
He, however, noted that Ghanaians will forgive the NPP for its wrongs in the past, just like they forgave the NDC, but the NPP have a candidate challenge the party cannot overcome.
“Ghanaians will forgive our party [NPP] for a lot of the wrongs it did in the past, because they forgave the NDC. It will forgive NPP. But we have a candidate challenge that we may not be able to surmount. Leadership inspires hope,” he stated.
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“There is too much talking and too little respect for leadership in our party. My campaign does not attack others, and when I win on January 31, discipline will be upheld from February 1.” — Hon. Bryan Acheampong pic.twitter.com/O0SDUd2Baf
— THE STATE NEWS (@THESTATENEWSS) December 29, 2025