Patrick Yaw Boamah, the Member of Parliament for Okaikwei Central, has admitted that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) still has the scars of its defeat in the 2024 general election.
According to Patrick Yaw Boamah, the NPP must work to rebuild public confidence and trust while generating renewed interest in the NPP from the grassroots.
The NPP MP highlighted that the party’s immediate focus should include the election of new national officers.
He also urged NPP members to be mindful of their conduct and public statements.
Patrick Boamah warned that individual actions could affect the image of the party’s flagbearer and parliamentary candidates as they seek to rebuild public confidence and trust.
He further cautioned members against turning the party’s preparations into what he described as a “beauty contest”.
Speaking in a video shared on his social media page on September 26, 2026, Patrick Yaw Boamah stated, “We still have the wounds of 2024 around us, and we are working very hard to generate a lot of interest in the party from the police station to the national executive level”.
“I believe the next phase is to elect national executives or national officers. We need to build a lot of confidence in the public and a lot of trust,” he said.
“People, there shouldn’t be any beauty contest or whatever to see yourself as the most popular or the most this, to outshine the image of the flagbearer who leads the party’s charge to win the next general election,” he said.
“There are a lot of things that we do. Our utterances, our public statements, and also be strategic and tactful with our communication. That is what I entreat members to do,” he added.
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.
In related news, Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has accused Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin of resorting to “takashi” in Parliament because the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is “limping.”
According to Dr Ato Forson, although he disagrees with Afenyo-Markin’s approach, he acknowledges that the Minority Leader faces a difficult task due to the NPP’s lack of numbers in Parliament.
Ato Forson noted that the numerical disadvantage of the Minority explains the approach adopted by Afenyo-Markin in parliamentary proceedings.
Speaking on Ahenfie TV, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson stated, “Kwamena, we are all Central Region politicians; I have the privilege of being a minority leader representing my party in parliament. He has also had his chance to be the leader of his party and also minority leader. I have been there before.
Sometimes I look back and say I think we are privileged, the two of us, to lead our party in parliament”.
He added, “I disagree with him on a number of things that he does. I have always told him in the face. But I also recognised that he has a big task because his party is limping.
The NPP party is limping, and the party, looking at their record, they do not have any record, so they are using ‘takashi’ sayings or sort of things just to try to rebrand the party. So I can only understand him. he is using Takashi just to make sure his party get the necessary rebranding.
If you go to parliament, also their number have become Nkoko Nkitinkiti, a very small group of people, while we are very big. They don’t have the numbers also”.
Ato Forson further recounted that the NDC also faced a similar crisis and needed to rebrand, saying, “When the NDC went into opposition in 2017, we faced a similar crisis and needed to rebrand under Haruna Iddrisu; I was ranking member of the Finance Committee, and I had to put up a fight; it was tough, but gradually Ghanaians began to listen to us.
They will get there one day; I don’t know when”, he added.
Watch the video below:
[1] Richard White Justice on #AskPYB:
— Patrick Yaw Boamah (@pyboamah) September 26, 2026
As a staunch NPP member and MP, how do you see the NPP going into the 2028 elections?
[1] Richard White Justice on #AskPYB:
As a staunch NPP member and MP, how do you see the NPP going into the 2028 elections?
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