Freddie Blay, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has stated that the party lost the 2024 election due to grassroots frustration and apathy.
According to Freddie Blay, the Akufo-Addo government delivered on its mandate across key sectors.
Speaking on JoyNews’ PM Express on Wednesday, July 16, Freddie Blay noted, “Maybe the only thing we failed to do was to carry along our membership, a greater portion of our members, and some got quite frustrated, and therefore refused to go and vote”.
Freddie Blay added that Akufo-Addo deserve high marks for how he handled the economy in his eight years in office.
He emphasised that the Akufo-Addo Bawumia administration, infrastructure, institutional development, education, health, and employment are supreme.
He added, “In terms of performance, and I’m being very sincere with you, I think Nana Akufo-Addo’s government did very well”
“In terms of handling the economy, building infrastructure, building institutions in this country, both political and security institutions, hospitals and education.”
“I think his government did very well in terms of even providing employment in the history of this country; that government did extremely well”, he added.
However, Eugene Boakye Antwi, the former Member of Parliament for Subin, has admitted that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) failed to listen to Ghanaians are was punished in the 2024 elections.
The former lawmaker also admitted that the NPP’s defeat came as no surprise to him and some members.
Speaking on Channel One TV’s Face to Face on Tuesday, July 1, Eugene Boakye Antwi stated, “I’m not worried because some of us anticipated it [2024 electoral defeat]. If you fail to listen to people, they punish you. So, as politicians, we must constantly be listening and hearing people out. And that is what we failed to do”.
“We have to be very frank with ourselves, the best years of Akufo-Addo’s 8 years [tenure] were 2018, 2020, before COVID-19 struck. Those were his best years.
In your first term, you are expected to be voted for the second term, so you’re working towards your second term. So there’s more cooperation, and because you know you have to go and face the electorate again, you are careful of certain mistakes,” he explained.
“But the second term, because you’re not going to contest again, I think all hell broke loose and it cost us,” he added.
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