NPP to set up election review committee

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced plans to establish an election review committee in January 2025 to conduct a post-mortem analysis of the party's defeat in the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections. 

The committee will engage with party stakeholders and the general public to identify the factors and circumstances that led to the party's loss.

The National Chairman of the NPP, Stephen Ayesu Ntim, announced this at a news conference held at the party’s headquarters at Asylum Down in Accra yesterday.

He has, therefore, urged party members and sympathisers to remain resolute and determined in the wake of the party's defeat in the 2024 general election.

He encouraged members not to lose hope, saying , “Fellow party members, this means we cannot give up. We must engage the restructuring process with all the energies we can mauster to get the elephant trumpeting again.”

Reforms

"We have a firm belief that the work of the election review committee will enable our people to express their concerns and bring out suggestions and the necessary reforms to restructure our party," Mr Ntim said. He said the committee would also examine the need for constitutional amendments and restructuring of the party's internal decision-making processes, particularly in electing presidential, parliamentary candidates and party executives.

Mr Ntim acknowledged that the period was a challenging time for the party, but expressed confidence in the NPP's resilience.

"We must and we will rise again from this defeat. We will be reorganising ourselves for the battles of tomorrow," he emphasised.

Mr Ntim urged party members to engage in the restructuring process with renewed energy, saying, "We cannot give up. We must get the elephant trumpeting ahead."

Assurance

The NPP National Chairman conceded defeat in the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections and acknowledged that the outcome was not what the party had hoped for.

"We aimed to secure an emphatic victory at the polls, and we worked very hard at it,"  he said.

Despite the disappointment, Mr Ntim commended the efforts of party members and sympathisers.

He commended all members of the various campaign teams of the party who put in their very best in the campaign.

He also expressed appreciation for the dedication and commitment of the party faithful and acknowledged their tireless efforts.

Mr Ntim emphasised that the party's ideals and philosophies remained unchanged, and the party's quest for a better Ghana continues.

"We may not have won the battle, but we haven't lost the war. We seek to grow the individual liberties of our people by growing a strong democracy," he said.

Mr Ntim said he shared in the pain of the party faithful and acknowledged their disappointment and reassured them that the party would bounce back.

The NPP Chairman also called for unity and resilience which he said were essential ingredients for the party's success.

He said the party would bounce back as a more united and formidable party in 2028.

A minute silence was observed in remembrance of the party's Central Regional Chairman, Robert Kutin Jr, who passed on in Accra on Sunday, December 22, 2024.