My NPP friends secretly want their party to lose – Mahama

John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has revealed that some supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) are secretly calling for the party’s exit in the 2024 general elections.

According to him, many NPP members believe the country is being hijacked by a select few, to the detriment of the larger population.

Mr. Mahama stated that these disgruntled NPP members are clamouring for his return to the presidency, to pave the way for the NPP to reorganise itself.

Addressing party supporters during his tour of the Upper East region, over the weekend, the NDC flagbearer revealed, “In Ghana, it is not the NPP, it is a small family that has captured everything. And so, I can tell you, there are many of my friends in the NPP who come and tell me, they say ‘NDC, you have to do well and get our party out of power.

“These are NPP people because the NPP has been captured by a small group of people. This is not Kufuor’s NPP. This is a different NPP. It has been hijacked by some people and so the democrats and others in NPP want the party to lose. So that they can go back into opposition and reorganise.”

In a comparison with other African countries, he described Ghana’s economic hardship as “worse off.”

“Many people in Nigeria are on the streets demonstrating. You heard about Kenya, Kenyan youth are demonstrating because opportunities are not opening up for them. The situation in Ghana is worse,” he said.