The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has amended its constitution to correct the factors that hindered its electoral progress in the December 2024 general elections.
This move follows the adoption of some motions approved at the party’s 2025 annual delegates conference which factored the causes of the party’s 2024 electoral defeat.
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During the launch of the amended constitution on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, the party observed that a breakdown in communication strategy and neglect of party members accounted for their defeat.
General Secretary of the NPP, Justin Kodua Frimpong, speaking at the launch, noted that these factors were clearly visible from the investigations they conducted.
“Many of the issues that culminated in our loss in the 2024 election have been addressed in this amendment,” he said, noting that voter apathy and dissatisfaction among former party executives significantly influenced the outcome.
Kodua Frimpong says the party has expanded its electoral college size by granting former party executives at both the district and national levels voting rights.
“We all know that one of the reasons why we did not get the needed vote to win the election was voter apathy, and it also stemmed from the fact that there were several former party executives who felt that they were neglected.
“But in our current constitution, we have expanded our electoral college to make room for our former executives at the district level and the national level to have a voting right. All of these are to address the issue of apathy in our party.”
He further noted that the NPP’s communication strategy was not the best, indicating that despite the government’s numerous achievements, the lack of cooperation between party communicators affected effecting messaging to the citizenry.
“Another reason why we lost is that many people criticised our party’s communication. We had done so much, but we were not communicating them, and there was no coordination among the various communication directors,” he added.
The General Secretary emphasised that the amendments reflect lessons learned from the 2024 elections and are intended to strengthen party structures, engagement, and messaging ahead of future electoral contests.
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