“NPP Should Sit Out 2028 Elections to Fix Its Broken Base” – Prof. Gyampo Warns After Crushing Defeat

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been advised to abandon any thoughts of contesting the 2028 general elections and instead concentrate on repairing its collapsing political foundation.

Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Shippers’ Authority, Professor Ransford Gyampo, says the party’s recent electoral humiliation exposes deep internal failures that cannot be solved by rushing back into another national contest.

Speaking during a panel discussion on JoyNews’ Newsfile, monitored by MyNewsGh, Prof. Gyampo argued that the NPP’s greatest weakness lies within its own support base — many of whom, he noted, refused to vote in the last election.

“If you yourself argue that in the previous election, your own base did not vote for you, or your own base decided not to vote, then if you are trying to contest another election, it depends on you to do what is necessary and what is important: rebrand and rejuvenate your base,” he said.

According to him, the party’s current strategy appears disconnected from political reality, questioning how a weakened organisation expects to regain power without rebuilding trust at the grassroots.

“Who does that?” Gyampo asked pointedly. “No lasting political structure can be built from the top down without a solid, mobilised foundation.”

He described the NPP’s electoral loss as severe enough to demand deep introspection rather than political ambition.

“Given the kind of defeat suffered, I would have gone for the rebranding,” he stated.

Prof. Gyampo stressed that unless the NPP prioritises reconnecting with its supporters, fixing internal disorganisation and restoring confidence among party members, it risks further decline and irrelevance on Ghana’s political landscape.

His comments add to growing public criticism of the party’s post-election direction, with analysts warning that failure to address internal fractures could spell long-term damage to the NPP’s future.