Proposed NPP Presidential Primary is subject to approval -Afeku

A former Minister for Tourism and Creative Arts in the Akufo-Addo administration, Catherine Ablema Afeku,  has stated that the New Patriotic Party (NPP)  presidential primary slated for January 31, 2026  is a mere proposal by the party’s National Executives and National Council of Elders.

Sharing her views in an interview on Kumasi-based radio station, Silver FM on Tuesday with William De Bordes (Locing Cee), the former Legislator for Evalve-Ajomoro-Gwira Constituency said the date for the Presidential primary  is just a ‘proposal subject’ for the  upcoming Conference next month (July).

She explained that leadership would expatiate the “conviction” behind the said proposal as well as listen and consider the views of the party’s following.

Catherine Afeku stressed that human beings are resistant to change, hence the need for the party’s leadership to step up communication and make clear the air about such proposals.

The former lawmaker noted that though the NPP has never held a presidential primary six months after a defeat in a general election, members must remain calm and wait for the outcome of the deliberations.

She explained that normally Presidential primaries are held at least a year after a defeat and two years after a win and further stressed that the NPP has never elected its Flagbearer before its National Executives, which situation she likened  to appointing an army General before appointing his troops.

The former Minister said this could generate friction and advised the party to “stick” to its traditions and customs. Madam Afeku, however, recommended the expansion of delegate-base to facilitate the assimilation of the masses in the decision-making of the party.

The former Legislator also admitted that the NPP is at a crossroads, hence its inability to function as an “effective opposition”, noting that 80% of the party’s focus is on its internal issues while its other focus is on the sitting government as its (NDC) mistakes are piling up and the party needed to take stock of them.

Criticising the government, Madam Afeku condemned the abrupt termination of contracts of School Feeding Contractors without prior notice making Contractors indebted to loan facilitators.

The former Minister, therefore, urged the leadership of NPP to expedite the resolution of its internal issues and present a “formidable front”, to help scrutinise and criticise the government as well as ensure the party wins power in the 2028 General elections, stressing that “one must take the speck out of his/her own eyes, before removing a speck in another’s eyes”.

Catherine Ablema Afeku also disclosed her intentions to run for the National Women’s Organiser slot of the NPP to advocate for women. She pledged to help the party recapture power in the 2028 General elections.

From Oswald Pius Freiku, Kumasi

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