The Minority Leader in Parliament, Hon Alexander Afenyo-Markin, said the NPP lost the 2024 election due to a storm of adversity.
Afenyo Markin claimed the NPP’s 2024 election big defeat was not because of failure, but a perfect storm of adversity that no government in the Fourth Republic has ever experienced.
Speaking at the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) National Delegates Conference in Accra on Saturday, July 19, Afenyo Markin stated, “Yes, we lost the 2024 Election and in a big way. But let us be clear: this was not a defeat born out of failure. It was a perfect storm of adversity that no government in the Fourth Republic has ever had”.
“From the banking crisis that threatened to collapse our financial system, which we spent billions fixing, to the global COVID-19 pandemic that brought the world to its knees. Then came the Russia-Ukraine War, unleashing the harshest cost-of-living crisis in a generation. And through it all, we governed with a hung parliament and an opposition Speaker,” he indicated.
“No government in our democratic history faced this scale of compounded crisis. Yet, with Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the driving seat, we held the line,” he said.
The minority leader further claimed the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has failed.
Afenyo Markin boldly asserted that the NDC is a failure and Ghana deserves better.
According to the minority leader, the NDC betrayal is glaring as they have increased fuel levies, crashing Ghanaians.
Afenyo Markin stated, “The NDC’s betrayal is glaring. New levies on fuel have sparked pump prices, crashing ordinary Ghanaians.”
“Their pledge to end galamsey has crashed into chaos. The president calls it a national emergency, yet refuses to declare a state of emergency,” Afenyo-Markin said.
“They have vowed to reset our nation, but it has become a brazen assault on our judiciary—starting with the shameful vilification of our Chief Justice,” he stated.
He charged, “Their promise of change is a sham, with schemes afoot to funnel our mineral wealth to their cronies”.
“Worst of all, the questionable Ablekuma North rerun where NDC-affiliated thugs attacked our candidate Nana Akua Afriyie and former MP Hawa Koomson,” he added.
The Minority Leader went on delivering a blunt assessment of the NDC’s leadership, insisting, “The message is clear—NDC is a failure, Ghana deserves better.”
