Boakye Kyeremanteng Agyarko a New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential aspirant hopeful has fired shots at the NPP’s National Executive Committee’s decision to conduct the presidential primaries before the national executive elections, describing it as nonsense and motivated by greed.
According to Boakye Agyarko, if the party genuinely understood the dynamics of campaigning and sought to make a real impact on the electorate, it would have prioritized the selection of capable party executives across the country.
He noted that nobody builds a house starting from the roof before constructing the foundation.
Boakye Agyarko emphasised that strengthening the base by electing competent lower-level executives would significantly support the work of presidential aspirants, as these executives play a crucial role in grassroots mobilization.
Speaking on Sompa FM, Boakye Kyeremanteng Agyarko stated, “What has caused for them to change the bottom-top approach to top-bottom approach? Who builds a house starting from the roof before constructing the foundation. It’s either some people don’t understand the politics or are just being selfish and greedy. Why will you elect a flagbearer before national and regional executives? It is total nonsense!” Agyarko stated.
“If you understand campaigns very well, you will not elect a flagbearer at this time. There are 88,917 human settlements in Ghana and so, if you elect a flagbearer and expect them to campaign in all these communities, it will take them 10 years to achieve that, but if you have 210,000 executives from polling stations, they can successfully campaign in these communities within a week if two executives are assigned to each community,” he continued.
“First and foremost, we sell the party to the people before the flagbearer even comes in. There is no way one person can win an election for any political party, that is why we begin from the polling stations,” he added.
His comments come following Justin Frimpong Koduah, the General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) revealing that the party will hold its presidential primaries on January 31, 2026.
According to Justin Frimpong Koduah, the National Council adopted a proposal from the constitution review committee.
The General Secretary stated, “The date for our presidential primaries is set for January 31, 2026.
That will be the date that we shall hold our presidential primaries. Because there is going to be a proposal or motion for amendment of our constitution, a planning committee has been put in place,” he stated.
Joseph Osei Owusu, a former Bekwai MP will chair a nine-member committee to plan the July 2025 national delegates conference.
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NPP presidential aspirant hopeful Boakye Agyarko has strongly criticized the National Executive Committee’s decision to conduct the presidential primaries before the national executive elections, describing it as nonsense and motivated by greed.
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