Former President Akufo-Addo has been blamed for the defeat of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the December 7, 2024 polls.
According to a post-election poll by Global InfoAnalytics 68% of respondents attribute the defeat of the NPP at the polls to former President Nana Akufo-Addo.
The next person to receive blame for the NPP’s woes at the December 7 polls was former Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. 40% of respondents laid the party’s defeat at his doorsteps.
37% of respondents attributed the defeat to former Vice President and the NPP’s presidential candidate in 2024, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
Additionally, 33% blame Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, while 32% hold other government appointees responsible. Members of Parliament were also not exempt, with 25% of voters assigning them some level of responsibility.
This results goes a long way to show that the performance of the Akufo-Addo led government played a major role in the decisive defeat of the NPP in the December 7, 2024 elections.
Issues such as economic challenges, governance concerns, and public dissatisfaction may have contributed to the perception that the former President’s leadership played a significant role in the party’s defeat.
Only 9% of the total respondents blamed Kennedy Agyapong, who contested in the NPP’s primaries but did not lead the party into the elections for the party’s defeat.
In the same polls, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has been named as the preferred candidate to lead the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as its Presidential Candidate for the 2028 general elections.
According to the poll, Dr Bawumia commands 48% of the overall vote in the prospective 2028 NPP leadership race.
Dr Bawumia, who is the NPP’s Presidential Candidate for the 2024 elections, emerges as the clear front-runner should the party’s delegates select a flagbearer for the next election cycle.
His closest contender, Kennedy Agyapong, garners 25%, while Dr Osei Adutwum follows with 13%.
