Why the NPP Called Off Their Boycott – A Case of Hollow Rhetoric

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has finally called off their much-publicized boycott of Media General, and the reasons behind this retreat are as revealing as they are laughable.

It has become evidently clear that the NPP’s decision has nothing to do with principle—despite their self-styled image as a party of conviction—and everything to do with desperation. Having observed that NDC parliamentary aspirants in the upcoming Ayawaso East by-election have fumbled badly, and with the Cocobod crisis unraveling their own governance failures, the NPP finds itself politically cornered.

So what has changed? Absolutely nothing—except the NPP’s resolve.

If they truly stood on principle, they would have held their ground. Instead, they have chosen to retreat, revealing that their boycott was never about media accountability, but about optics. The so-called “great reset” of the NDC across key sectors of national life has rendered the NPP increasingly irrelevant in public discourse. Stripped of substantive issues and facing a resurgent opposition, they can no longer afford to stay out of the media space.

This is not a strategic rethink. It is a forced surrender. And for a party that claims to hold the moral high ground, this climb-down is more than laughable—it is telling.

*By Comrade Yentik Gariba*
North East
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