By Ghana News
Former flagbearer aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Francis Addai-Nimoh, has described the party’s defeat in the 2024 elections as a “brutal injury” that will require time, deep introspection, and meaningful reforms to overcome.
In an interview on JoyNews monitored by GhanaWeb on Friday, July 4, 2025, he stated that the defeat has left the party in a very poor state.
“Our party, the New Patriotic Party, is now brutally injured. Once you are injured and it’s a brutal one, the recovery takes time and requires a lot of effort to fully heal,” Addai-Nimoh said.
He recalled that while the National Democratic Congress (NDC) suffered a significant loss in 2016, it was not as severe as the defeat the NPP experienced in 2024.
“For a party that seeks to return to power, this must be of great concern as we look forward to 2028. It cannot be business as usual,” he cautioned.
Addai-Nimoh further highlighted alarming regional trends that are undermining the party’s national appeal.
“As it stands now, if you go by the original ten regions of Ghana, the NPP does not have any parliamentary seats in three of them, Upper West, Volta, and effectively now, four regions in total. That must concern us greatly,” he stressed.
He emphasised that while the defeat did not entirely surprise him, the scale of the loss should be a wake-up call for the party to urgently pursue internal renewal.
“This defeat is so brutal that it will require a lot of patience, a lot of dialogue, and a great deal of level-headedness in our recovery efforts,” he said.
Looking ahead to the NPP’s National Delegates Conference scheduled for July 18–20, 2025, Addai-Nimoh revealed that the main agenda would focus on amending the party’s constitution.
He recalled a similar effort after the party’s loss in the 2008 elections, which led to critical reforms in 2009 that continue to shape the party’s operations today.
“After about 15 years, we’ve realised that the dynamics of politics have changed. Technology, demographics, and political expectations are evolving. So, it’s time to reform the constitution again,” he explained.
Addai-Nimoh noted that a key proposal expected to dominate the conference is the expansion of the party’s organisational structure from the polling station level to the national level to ensure broader participation by party members in decision-making.
“Once you’re expanding, it means bringing more people into the process. That’s what the party needs now, greater inclusion, greater ownership, and strategic restructuring,” he added.
The NPP has set up a nine-member Conference Planning Committee to lead the organisation of the Annual National Delegates Conference, scheduled to take place at the University of Ghana Sports Stadium.
The committee is tasked with overseeing all preparations and logistics for the crucial delegates conference, where proposed constitutional amendments will be formally considered.
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