Current NPP leadership cannot lead the party for a strong contest in 2028 — Amaliba

Acting Director-General of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), Abraham Amaliba, says the current leadership of the

New Patriotic Party (NPP) lacks the strength and vision to mount a serious challenge in the 2028 general elections.

He argued that the executives, led by Chairman Stephen Ntim General Secretary Justin Kodua Frimpong, and its Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin, have lost focus and should be replaced if the party hopes to rebuild after its 2024 defeat.

“With the kind of opposition we have led by Afenyo-Markin, I am not sure the NPP would be able to contest the next elections strongly,” Mr. Amaliba said on TV3’s New Day programme on Friday, May 9.

Mr. Amaliba, who is also a member of the NDC’s legal affairs team, asserted that retaining the current leadership could keep the party weak in opposition.

“It is clear that the current NPP leaders have lost focus, but I will be surprised if the NPP goes for elections and does not wipe off the current leaders,” he stressed.

He also referenced the party’s dismal performance in the 2024 general elections, where the NPP lost the presidency by 1.7 million votes and saw its parliamentary seats drop from 137 to 88.

“I will be shocked if they don’t wipe all of them in a clean sweep. You had 135 MPs and now you’re at 88, even though you were in government. Yet, the executives still speak as if they performed to the satisfaction of Ghanaians,” he added.