Patrick Yaw Boamah, the Member of Parliament(MP) for Okaikwei Central, has revealed that former President John Agyekum Kufuor is worried about the state of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
He noted that Kufuor is concerned about the waning culture and internal discipline within the NPP.
Speaking on Channel One TV, Patrick Boamah stated, “He is worried about the state of the party, that I can tell you for free.”
“I saw him on Friday at late Justice Gbadegbe’s funeral. The first question he’ll ask you is how is the party front? Because it is the party that made him. It is part of him, so he must be worried, Bernard”.
“We’ve been used to strong chairmen who could correct even the flagbearer or marshal his National Executive Officers to sit the president or the flagbearer down to put in place some arrangement for the betterment of the party,” Mr. Boamah said.
Patrick Yaw Boamah further called on the former presidents John Agyekum Kufuor and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to intervene in the NPP’s growing turmoil.
According to Patrick Boamah, the NPP has produced two presidents who are still alive and must call the party to order.
Patrick Yaw Boamah added, “This party has produced two presidents. We are fortunate to have two former presidents alive”.
“I am calling them to call for some action and order in the party because this party produced them. If we are going through this turmoil, we ask that they call people around the table and have a heart-to-heart chat with them”, he added.
Patrick Boamah also asserted that the NPP must fix the party before choosing a flagbearer.
He added, “I have stated on various platforms that I am against this approach of selecting a flagbearer when we haven’t fixed the party. We need to fix the party to make the party attractive again to be able to win a general election.”
“That is why I said we need a very organised and disciplined party to elect a president, not a flagbearer, because those declaring to be flagbearers and what have you—what are we standing on?” he questioned.
Patrick Boamah continued, “What some of my people forget is that what led to our abysmal performance was the lack of public trust in our party. We need to build that public trust and confidence again, because it cannot be that you go into an election and produce this result, and all you are interested in is electing a flagbearer. Nobody does that.”
