#Election2024: Akufo-Addo’s provocative comments, Ken Ofori-Atta reason for NPP’s loss — Eugene Boakye Antwi

Subin Member of Parliament Eugene Boakye Antwi has shed light on key events that contributed to the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 2024 general election defeat.

He has referenced controversial statements by President Nana Akufo-Addo and internal party discord over the former Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta.

Speaking during a panel discussion on Metro TV, on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, Eugene Antwi said that the protest started because President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo refused to meet them.

He said that the NPP MPs wanted to meet Akufo-Addo because of some statements he had been making which they thought would affect the fortunes of the party in future elections.

"The president went to Otec Radio, at that time, the Kwabre chiefs, who gave us the highest votes in the Ashanti Region, were demanding quality roads which they had every right to do... they held a press conference dubbed 'the ingrate must remember.’

"The president was at Otec, I was watching live, and he said 'Your thumb is yours, you can vote for the NDC if you want.' I was shocked. I asked myself whether this was happening or it was a slip of the tongue. But it wasn't because he (Akufo-Addo) repeated himself," he said.

The MP said that attempts to meet the president proved futile which forced them to hold the 'Ken Must Go' press conference.

He claimed that Akufo-Addo refused to meet them because some of them voted against Prof Mike Ocquaye during the election of the Speaker of the 8th Parliament.

"Like-minded colleagues of mine met and the meeting took place in my house, 42 members of parliament and I invited Kyei- Mensah-Bonsu and Honourable Joe Wise to come and join.

“We wanted to go and meet the president quietly. We wanted to speak about matters of our house. Nobody was interested in the press conference.

"We all worked for him to be elected president and for us to be elected Members of Parliament. We wanted to see him and have a discussion with him concerning some of the things that he had been saying. He may not run again but we have elections to win as a party. We couldn't meet our president... his own MPs couldn't meet. Because some of the MPs had voted against Mike Ocquaye," he said.