Awentami Paul Afoko, an aspiring National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has told party delegates that if he is elected chairman, the party will only spend two years in opposition.
Paul Afoko expressed confidence that the party can return to government in 2028, pledging to prioritise unity if elected National Chairman.
According to Paul Afoko, the NPP would need only two years in opposition before returning to power, provided the party reunited and rebuilt its structures.
Speaking to delegates in the Western, Central and Eastern Regions as part of his campaign tour, Paul Afoko stated, “I do not have a magic wand, but I can assure you that if we close our ranks and rally behind me to become the National Chairman, we have only two years to stay in opposition, and then power will be ours”.
“We have all the ingredients for victory. What we lack is unity. My message to every constituency, every region, is simple: set aside our differences, reunite as one family, and rebuild the structures that have made us formidable in the past,” he said.
Earlier, Paul Afoko had said the NPP 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.
Meanwhile, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has completed balloting for candidates contesting its national executive elections scheduled for October 3, 2026.
On Wednesday, September 9, the balloting was carried out to determine the positions of the aspirants on the ballot papers.
John Boadu, the Former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has picked up the number one position on the ballot paper for the party’s National Chairmanship election scheduled for October 3, 2026.
Sammy Crabbe picked the second position, while former National Chairman Paul Afoko secured the third slot.
Boakye Agyarko, a former Energy Minister, will occupy the fourth position on the ballot paper.
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