Stop Settling Old Scores – Afoko Rallies NPP

Former National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Awentami Paul Afoko, has amplified his call for the Party’s unity and reconciliation, urging all to abandon internal vendettas and focus single-mindedly on returning to power in 2028.

Speaking during a series of consultative engagements with Regional Executives, the Council of Elders, and Patrons of the Party across the Western North, Ahafo, Bono, and Bono East Regions, Afoko cautioned that the NPP risks being left behind if it remains trapped in cycles of blame and recrimination.
“We must build bridges to the future, not the past,” Afoko told Party faithful.

“If we keep looking backwards, we will miss the opportunities in front of us. The youth in this Party, and a great number of us, don’t want stories about who offended whom in the past or during 2024. They want the Party they believed in back to power.”

The former National Chairman, who has largely worked “quietly behind the scenes” in recent years, said developments within the party had compelled him to step forward once again.

“For years I chose to work quietly behind the scenes, supporting the NPP in private,” Afoko said. “But recent developments have compelled me to step forward. We need to get our party back into winning ways, and that starts with unity of purpose.”

At the heart of his message is what he described as the “3R Agenda” – Reuniting the party by healing internal divisions and restoring trust across factions; Rebuilding by strengthening party structures from the polling station to the national level; and Recapturing power by re-engaging the base and presenting a credible, united front to Ghanaians.

Afoko was emphatic that the ultimate goal remains making Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia the next President of Ghana, expressing optimism that all genuine supporters of the party would come on board to realise that objective.

“The future will not wait for us to finish fighting the past,” he said. “Let’s build the bridges now.”
His tour of the Western North, which forms part of a wider nationwide outreach, is aimed at reconnecting with grassroots structures and encouraging greater participation from younger members of the party.

Political observers say Afoko’s sudden public resurgence after years of operating behind the scenes sends a clear signal to the current national leadership that he intends to be a major player in the party’s rebuilding process.

With the NPP still nursing wounds from recent electoral setbacks, Afoko has thrown down the gauntlet: the party must choose between remaining stuck in old conflicts or building bridges to a more unified and competitive future.

“Move past internal rivalries,” Afoko concluded. “The bigger goal is winning the trust of Ghanaians and returning to government to deliver development.”