Go Public with Election Defeat Report - Dr. Afriyie Tells NPP Leadership

Accra, Ghana - 11 June, 2025 - Member of Parliament for Effiduase Asokore, Dr. Nana Ayew Afriyie, has called on the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to make public the party's internal report on its defeat in the 2024 general elections. The report, compiled by a committee chaired by former Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye, was intended to assess the party's performance and identify reasons for its loss.

Dr. Afriyie disagreed with the party's decision to keep the findings private, arguing that releasing the report would foster transparency and help the party rebuild trust with its members and the public.

“The National [leadership] is saying that we don’t want people to know how it went so that we can correct it and not get ridiculed in public. I disagree with the stance of the National [leadership]. I believe that it should be out. Heal the people. You have lost an election, and be teased, let them use it against you. Ghanaians understand that—they will heal from that,'' he stated in an interview on Channel One TV’s Face to Face with Umaru Sanda Amadu on Tuesday, June 10.

Dr. Afriyie believes that openly acknowledging the loss would enable the party to regroup and restore its reputation, attributing the defeat partly to internal discontent, with around 20-25% of NPP supporters defecting to the NDC or abstaining from voting.

“Get into why you lost, and in two to three years, they will focus on what you’re doing that is better, regardless of how your opponents will ridicule you,” he urged.

The NPP suffered a major setback in the 2024 elections, losing the presidency to John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and recording a sharp drop in its parliamentary representation. The committee presented its findings at an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in April, but the party has yet to release an official version of the report.

Source: Lead News Online